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AJLI Member ID Dear Junior League Member, With your help, The Junior League will Welcome continue to make a meaningful impact on On behalf of The Association of Junior communities across four countries and be Leagues International, Inc., welcome to The prepared to adapt to our ever-changing world. Junior League! In 1901, when 19-year-old Mary Harriman founded the first Junior League in Thank you for taking the first step in this New York City, she envisioned an organization journey and for becoming part of The Junior where women could volunteer their time, League team. I encourage you to visit the AJLI develop their skills and improve the lives of website, www.ajli.org, to learn more about those in their communities. One hundred and the exciting developments and programs that President our Association from thirteen years later, Junior Leagues in 292 are taking place both Association-wide at the communities throughout Canada, Mexico, international level and also in individual Junior the United Kingdom and the United States Leagues. continue to provide opportunities for women As you embark on your Junior League career, who are committed to honing their leadership I hope you will explore new opportunities for skills by tackling the issues that confront their growth and embrace our shared commitment communities. to being a major force in the nonprofit sector Every Junior League is a member of The in both the development of women volunteer Association of Junior Leagues International, leaders and community impact. There’s Inc. (AJLI), an organization created to support a reason we’ve been called the Volunteer the Junior Leagues in their fulfillment of the Powerhouse. Mission—to promote voluntarism, develop the Sincerely, potential of women and improve communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Founded in 1921, AJLI Ellen Rose provides consultation, information, resources 2014-2016 President and valuable training opportunities to League members so that every League continues to be a vital force in its community. By being a part of The Junior League, you are making a journey of lifelong membership in an organization with a long and rich history. Just as our organization has evolved and remained an important force for change over the course of more than a century, your Junior League training and volunteer opportunities will help you understand how to address change—as a community, as an organization, and as an individual. The Junior League provides a strong foundation for civic leadership and also connects women who share a commitment to voluntarism and community transformation. 411 MEMBER 1 Introduction opportunities they’ve been given to reach Facts their potential as effective community and For more than 91 years, The Association of civic leaders. It is a thoroughly networked Junior Leagues International, Inc. has been organization with far-reaching influence that providing support, guidance and leadership both rewards women for their leadership and development opportunities to the 292 Junior voluntarism and also provides the community Inc. International, of Leagues Junior of Association the About Leagues throughout Canada, Mexico, the at large with a level of service, expertise and United Kingdom and the United States. compassion it would be hard pressed to find anywhere else. AJLI is your association, formed in 1921 by your predecessors: forward-looking AJLI marshals a host of resources to provide representatives from more than 30 Leagues support to its member Leagues in their who envisioned an organization that could fulfillment of The Junior League Mission. It unite all Junior Leagues, provide continuity and conducts meetings, provides comprehensive support, and serve as a steward for The Junior training and tools, cultivates collaboration and League Movement in promoting voluntarism, cross-pollination among Leagues, promotes developing the leadership potential of women best practices, offers customized consultations, and improving the quality of life in the and is continually in touch with its member communities they serve. Leagues through All League Emails, All Member Emails, an interactive website, and connected, Today, after an important period of AJLI’s printed and online magazine. AJLI introspection and collaborative self-evaluation, protects the organization’s legal integrity and The Junior League is in the midst of a major financial security, and, as the ambassador of transformation. Inspired by our Vision and our The Junior League to society at large, it shapes enduring Mission, The Junior League is aligning the organization’s public image and crafts its the collective intentions of its members with message through a comprehensive media their actions: endeavoring to develop lasting relations strategy. and high-impact programming that meets a community’s most pressing and under- AJLI is governed by a 19-member Board of served needs and provides a rare and valuable Directors, all of whom are members of the opportunity for members to develop their skills Junior Leagues in their communities. The as best-in-class civic and community leaders. Board is accountable to the Leagues for the development of goals, which enhance Leagues’ Gathering together the diverse experiences ability to fulfill The Junior League Mission. The and perspectives of League leaders, AJLI AJLI Staff then provides services to Leagues has begun to chart a course for the future that support the established goals. in which it takes into account the changing needs and roles of women in modern society—as well as the altered landscape in Community & Civic Leadership the communities they serve. Development On the other end of this transformational Based in New York City, AJLI Staff members process lies a dynamic organization, in step work with League leaders to provide assistance with its times, that is comprised of individual in League governance, financial and business women who’ve capitalized on the many management, communications, strategic 411 MEMBER 2 planning, membership development, members to learn from each other regardless Facts fundraising and community impact. of where they are located geographically in an effort to cultivate a more engaged, Each year, AJLI hosts leadership and impassioned and efficient membership. To that governance meetings including Annual end, we: Conference, Fall Leadership, and Winter Inc. International, of Leagues Junior of Association the About Leadership, and provides training through • Offer numerous networking opportunities Organizational Development Institute at leadership and training meetings Conferences. Regional Meetings provide training opportunities locally and are organized • Provide important contact information for by the Leagues. In addition, AJLI is in the Leagues and League Boards through our process of developing and providing an online Contact Directory assortment of online learning opportunities including interactive online training, self-paced • Maintain Profile Data, which includes learning modules, webinars, as well as an on- details on League activities such as fund demand Help Desk. development, recruitment, strategy, etc., and what Leagues are doing in their communities to make an impact Building the Global Junior League • Develop the online content and annual Brand print version of connected magazine. All content is posted on One of AJLI’s most critical responsibilities is http://connected.ajli.org to build the global Junior League brand. It works both internally and externally to increase • Develop web-based tools that enable awareness about the work of Junior Leagues Leagues and League members to share and to tap opportunities to gain recognition resources and network, including Ask for League programs and accomplishments. AJLI, the President/President-Elect AJLI supports the meaningful work being Groups page, the Affinity Groups pages, done by the Leagues and works to promote it which organize Leagues by size, and in a variety of ways including media outreach, individual League pages, which provide features in connected, postings in social essential details on every one of our media forums, and inclusion on the AJLI 292 member Leagues. In addition, each website via features such as the Newsfeed, individual League has its own private Upcoming Events Calendar and Community Groups page where League members Projects. In addition, AJLI strives to cultivate can communicate and share files and maintain synergistic ties with other like- between members of their own League minded organizations in the hope of enhancing in a private setting the organization’s image and adopting best practices. • Offer access to free web meetings platform, Fuze. Members can schedule and host online meetings within Leagues, Connecting 150,000 Movers & Shakers across the Association and they can include external participants such as As your association, AJLI is committed to sponsors and community partners too providing opportunities for Leagues and League 411 MEMBER 3 • Maintain the JL Contact Directory, a Getting In On the Action Facts searchable online User Directory that allows members across the Association The whole is only as great as the sum of its to connect to one another through the parts, and we believe the more robust and frequently updated AJLI website comprehensive our resources become and the more engaged and active our members Inc. International, of Leagues Junior of Association the About • Develop and maintain an official presence are in sharing information with one another, in the
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