I live in Brooklyn and as of this month, became a full fledged member of the Junior League of Brooklyn. I found out about the organization by two friends of mine (one who is an AKA and a member of JLB). I must say that there seems to have been a big push on their behalf to find women of color to join (which should not be that hard to do in Brooklyn!!!). I know that rules are different within the various Leagues when it comes to how they get their volunteers. For my provisional class (2001-2002) we were required to attend six training sessions where we learned things as JLB history, advocacy, budgeting (sp?), placements that we can volunteer in, etc. We were also required to do a class project (which we are in the final stages of completing
) and pay our dues - $. Our placement fair will be held in June and we have to pick which placement(s) we want to volunteer in. I plan to volunteer in JLB's mentoring placement