Women as Community and Civic Leaders

In its "Roadmap for the Future" Strategic Plan, The Association of Junior Leagues International (AJLI) is emphasizing the important role Junior Leagues play in developing women as community and civic leaders.  We strive to develop our members to be women who will create meaningful and sustainable community impact and create a Junior League that has a prominent place in the leadership of our communities.

To emphasize this focus we are using "Women as Community and Civic Leaders" as the theme for most of our 2011 - 2012 General Meetings, and we intend to have current and former Junior League of Calgary members who are leaders at both the local, provincial and national level be our guest speakers at these exciting meetings!  As well as the Active Members who will be in attendance, all Sustaining Members are encouraged to join us at these inspiring GMs as well!

Along with this, the Canadian Federation of Junior Leagues (CFJL) is instituting an annual Joan Crocker Community and Civic Leadership Award to be presented at the spring celebration/awards dinners held annually in each of the five Canadian Leagues.  The award will be given to an Active Member who, in addition to her Junior League placement and activities, also demonstrates exemplary volunteer service within the community at large. Joan Crocker, who passed away in December 2010, was the former National Director of the CFJL, a Past President of the JL of Toronto and an inspiring community leader at both the local and national level.  

So here we go into another exciting JLC year!  Welcome Back!