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NYJL & Urban Farms Rice Paddy Overhaul
On Saturday, April 6 NYJL volunteers joined the farmers at the Randall’s Island Park Alliance Urban Farm to overhaul their rice paddies. In existence for the past ten years, the rice paddies at the Urban Farm are some of the only known rice paddies in New York City, and offer visitors a rare chance to […]
Celebrating the New York Junior League’s Long History of Social Impact Advocacy
Advocacy has been an important pillar of the New York Junior League’s work from the very start. In fact, the League’s recorded history in advocacy work dates back as far as the time of Eleanor Roosevelt, who provided a tour of the immigrant settlement houses on the Lower East Side to the future President Roosevelt […]
LIFE THROUGH ANOTHER LENS: MEGAN ZUCKERMAN
“Life Through Another Lens” features stories of NYJL members, in their own words, to shed light on how we experience the world and the NYJL through different lenses informed by our individual identities. In this edition, NYJL member and Outstanding Volunteer Megan Zuckerman shares about her experiences at the League and her journey with sobriety. […]
Senior Manager of Development Job Description
Location: New York, NY Industry: Nonprofit Full-Time Exempt Reports to Executive Director Organization The New York Junior League (NYJL) assists women, children and families in need by supporting the organizations that serve them through hands on programming and capacity building. The NYJL is an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the […]
Welcoming Our New NYJL President, Serra Eken
Growing up on the Upper East Side, Serra Eken says the New York Junior League (NYJL) was a huge part of her life from the earliest of years. Some of her closest childhood friends had mothers who were members, and during her time volunteering in high school at the Inwood House – an organization that […]