Key Initiatives
The Junior League of Atlanta has undertaken two key initiatives to address critical needs in our community. Both of these initiatives address unmet needs, yet do not take away from our existing community partners and placements and opportunities. Click on either of the below headlines to learn more information about these initiatives and what the League is doing to address them.
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League Initiative: Early Childhood Education
In the spring of 2009, the Junior League of Atlanta selected Early Childhood Education as our League Initiative. The decision came after identifying, isolating, and researching key challenges facing women and children in Atlanta. After significant research and discussion with community leaders, other organizations, and our members, Early Childhood Education was determined to be the area of greatest need, and the area in which the JLA is positioned to make the greatest difference. Learn more.
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Pilot Project: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
According to the FBI, Atlanta is among 14 cities with the highest incidents of child prostitution. The Junior League of Atlanta has made it a priority to join with other organizations in Georgia to end the sexual exploitation of children in our community. Child sexual exploitation is child abuse at its worst and is of major concern to the health and well-being of our community’s young children. Over the next several years, the JLA will be working with existing community partners and forging new partnerships to make Georgia a “No Tolerance Zone” for child sexual exploitation. Initially, we will be raising awareness about the issue and efforts to stop this from happening. We will educate our members, community partners and the business community about child sexual exploitation, and we will collaborate to identify plans of action to eradicate child sexual exploitation in Atlanta. We will also offer opportunities for done-in-a-day activities that will help our members become more directly involved in solving this problem – through advocacy, training and education initiatives. Learn more.
Click here to read the The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc.'s blog about what the Junior League of Atlanta is doing on the issue of commercial sexual exploitation of children.
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The Junior Leagues of Georgia: Million Minute Read
We did it!! 1,311,892 minutes and counting!!
What an incredible accomplishment for our Junior League. Thank you to all the members who read to children this year and contributed toward our Million Minute goal!
At the beginning of the 2009-2010 League year, we set out with the 11 other Junior Leagues in Georgia to read an incredible one million minutes to children. We did this in support of Bright from the Start: Georgia Department for Early Care and Learning, to celebrate that our Georgia Pre-K was enrolling its one millionth student in this important program. Click here to read more.
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