This #WCW we remember Dorothy Height who focused on the issues of African-American women, including unemployment, illiteracy, and voter awareness.

In the early 1990s, educational researchers and educators Betty Hart and Todd Risley set out to determine why early intervention efforts were failing.  In a groundbreaking study, Hart and Risley measured the number of words addressed to 42 children from diverse socio-economic statuses over a period of 2.5 years.  They found that, by age 3,… Read More

The Junior League of Los Angeles was honored with Heart of Los Angeles’ (HOLA) Community Award this past November at their Holiday of the Heart gala.  We are honored by HOLA’s award and their ongoing commitment to JLLA’s “College 101” workshops, benefitting high school students. Over seven years ago, JLLA and HOLA began meeting to… Read More

The Junior League of Los Angeles (“JLLA”) hosted its 16th Annual Harvest Boutique Fundraiser on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at the JW Marriott at LA Live. The fabulous day featured a shopping boutique with over 40 vendors, including Kate Spade, Joie, Lorna Jane, Sole Society, and Sugarfina. The event also included a lovely celebratory luncheon… Read More

The DIAD Committee has a goal of 30 DIADs this year! This is an increase of 10 activities compared to last year. So far we have planned and executed 14 DIADs this fall and plan to execute around 15 for spring. DIADs are held at various locations in the Los Angeles area.  Done in a… Read More

Homelessness was recently declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles.  As usual, JLLA is on the forefront of building and repairing our community.  Since 2010, JLLA members have been inspiring and motivating homeless women, living with mental illness, to succeed in their personal lives at Ocean Park Community Center’s (OPCC) Daybreak program.  Members teach… Read More

This year’s Spirit of Voluntarism Awardee was Ellen Weitman.   During the Harvest Boutique luncheon Ellen was recognized for devoting more than 34 years of service to the Junior League of Los Angeles.  Ellen, who joined JLLA in 1980, has held a number of leadership positions, including Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Community Director (when Public Policy was… Read More

The Community Leadership Forum this year highlighted a hot topic in our community, the link between sex trafficking and foster youth.  Oftentimes, issues affecting and infiltrating our local communities are overlooked as problems of certain countries and demographics, but this is not the case. The purpose of this event was to feature speakers that would… Read More

In 2011, JLLA began collaborating with Children’s Bureau to provide a safe and educational program for children and families.  Since then, this project has grown to be a huge success!  JLLA’s goals for this project are to instill a passion for reading in young children via excellent children’s literature, show parents new ways of exploring literature… Read More

This year Carissa Phelps made her mark on members of the JLLA. In November she was a keynote speaker at our CLF event, raising awareness about the link between Foster Youth and Human Trafficking. This past January our Public Policy Council hosted a book club for her memoir “Runaway Girl: Escaping Life on the Streets”,… Read More