The Junior League of Northern Virginia is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women’s leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.

Our Vision

Women Around the World as Catalysts for Lasting Community Change.

Our Focus

Women Helping Women – providing access to essential services and professional development opportunities for women and families.  The transition to this focus area is part of the League’s continued commitment to improving the lives of women and families in Northern Virginia.

Our Members

More than 350 women in the Northern Virginia area are members of the JLNV. The women share a common desire to drive positive change in the community. In alignment with our mission, the League provides members with training and skills that will enrich their professional and personal lives. Training opportunities include leadership development seminars, workshops, project management opportunities, and “hands-on” experience. Throughout our history, the JLNV has provided over 20,000 service hours toward JLNV programs and initiatives, 800 hours in leadership training, and more than $2.4 million in financial support to the community. Read more about our impact here.

The Junior League of Northern Virginia’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB)

The Junior League of Northern Virginia’s (JLNV) mission is to advance women’s leadership for meaningful community
impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.

While striving to achieve this mission, we celebrate and leverage diversity of our members, community partners, and
consultants. Additionally, we embrace the diverse representation of the women reflected in our communities and their
wide range of backgrounds, opinions, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, religions and lived experiences. We
recognize that diversity among our members and our community outreach is critical to accomplishing our mission

Our DEIB Mission Statement
The Junior League of Northern Virginia is committed to, and is actively working towards, creating diverse, equitable, and
inclusive environments to create a sense of belonging among our members and within our communities. We will continue
to be grounded in an authentic and abiding commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and guided by our shared
values of belonging, respect, service, and leadership.

DEIB Accomplishments
During the 2023-2024 League year, JLNV re-launched a stand-alone committee to further members’ DEIB journey.
League members participated by:
● Participating in the first League-wide DEIB training.
● Completing the 2024 AJLI 10 Day Racial Equity Challenge and sharing their experiences.
● Attending bi-monthly virtual coffee chats on a variety of DEIB topics including Hispanic American Awareness
Month, Disability Awareness Month, Black History Month, and Period Poverty Awareness Week.
● Discussing DEIB focused books including Inclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative
Teams and Business Doing Good: Engaging Women and Elevating Communities

Future DEIB Initiatives
DEIB committee will continue to build on their success by:
● Identifying priority areas for increasing membership efforts and promoting organization-wide efforts to recruit
diverse members.
● Identifying a range of donors (suppliers, consultants and other providers of goods and services) that are diverse (in
age, culture, religion, systems of thought and approaches, ability, experience, race, ethnicity, marital status, sexual
orientation, gender identity and other characteristics.)
● Researching and collecting data and statistics about diversity in the League’s broader community, including
demographics, race, ethnicity, income, and gender.
● Recognizing and celebrating distinct cultural, and ethnic and/or religious events that JLNV members are
celebrating in various social media channels.
● Exploring local areas with extensive DEIB history.
● Inviting local members of the community to share their DEIB journey with League members.