Last Friday the Junior League of Los Angeles donated a bookshelf to one of our current projects, Daybreak. Daybreak is in association with OPCC and Lamp, who JLLA has been working with for the past fourteen years. Daybreak is the only program on the westside of Los Angeles designed for homeless women suffering from long-term debilitating mental illness’. The… Read More

We had 305 attendees at our first General Meeting! THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ATTENDED! PRESIDENTS WELCOME Ness Okonkwo delivered the President’s Message to begin the meeting, where she welcomed all of the new members and highlighted the Board Of Directors’ goals and plans for the upcoming year. She discussed member engagement and connection, and… Read More

This year JLLA is sharing personal stories from our members about why they have joined, why they continue their membership and what being a member means to them. Thank you Jenn Shulman for sharing! In January 2014 I attended an awesome Public Policy Institute training on government boards. I shared with the speaker that I was interested in… Read More

“After my bunion surgery—I’m 49 and wore heels for years—I told my physical therapist I had to be able to return to my hip-hop dance career.” (She managed to keep a straight face.) This #wcw we are shouting out to JLLA sustainer, former board member and author Kris Crenwelge who was recently featured in O, The Oprah… Read More

Looking forward to a great General Meeting tonight! #WhyJLLA

“I used to always think that if a school wasn’t performing, that it was strictly because there was a bad principal, or there were bad teachers,” she explained. “But the reality is that [at Fenger], we’re a neighborhood school, so we’re just a reflection of the community. And you can’t expect to solve the problems… Read More

Welcome to the 2016-17 League Year!  I hope you had a fantastic summer and I am looking forward to working together to Move our Mission Forward! I’m very excited to celebrate the start of the new year at our 1st General Meeting on Tuesday, Sept 13!  The September meeting is one of my favorite JLLA meetings… Read More

Let’s create something meaningful together. #WhyJLLA #motivationmonday

Thank you to all of our members and their family and friends who attended the first Cocktails for a Cause event of the year! With over 130 in attendance we completed a successful school supply project drive for the Mar Vista Family Center! A huge thank you to STK for hosting our event and for… Read More

This year we are thrilled to honor two civic leaders who are dedicated to building better communities.  Our Community Achievement Award recipient is Jeanne Pritzker, founder and chair of Foster Care Counts, and the Spirit of Voluntarism Award recipient is Daryn Horton, JLLA sustaining member and past president.  Scroll down to read about these amazing… Read More