Where We Are Now On Dec 6, the board and staff gathered together for a strategy led by consultant Meredith Emmett of Third Space Studio. We reviewed learnings about Gen Z and identified ways to make the JSC experience more relevant to the aspirations and needs of this generation of leaders. We affirmed JSC’s focus […]
Supporter Spotlight – Janice McAdams
Over the past few months we’ve shared the stories of some of Johnson Service Corps’ biggest supporters. This month the spotlight is on Janice McAdams, Executive Director of SECU Family House, who supervises the JSC corps member serving there this year. This is the first year for SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals to be […]
Alumni Spotlight – Reid Russom
One of my favorite moments from my year with Johnson Service Corps came right at the end. I was anxious and distracted, applying for jobs, making plans to move, and repeatedly checking the most recent COVID-19 numbers (a habit I slowly forced myself to kick). I was also feeling the anticlimax of the ending. A […]
Meet Maria!
Hey, y’all, my name is Maria Pellicier and I use she/her pronouns. I grew up in Monrovia, MD before moving to New York City to study social work and Spanish at New York University. I graduated from NYU in 2020 (in my parent’s living room!) and then shortly moved back to Brooklyn to work at […]
Supporter Spotlight – Laurie Alexander
Johnson Service Corps wouldn’t exist without a compassionate, generous community of people who support the program in a variety of ways. One of those incredible individuals is Laurie Alexander, a former member of the Board of Directors for the Johnson Service Corps. Read the blog to learn why Laurie continues to support our program. My […]
Supporter Spotlight – Ginny Runge
In 2014, as a member of The Chapel of the Cross, I heard about, and signed up for, a Servant Leadership course offered by what was then the Johnson Intern Program. Alongside the interns, I participated in very engaging and enlightening discussions about centering prayer, social justice, the true and false self, and the meaning […]
Meet Callie!
I knew going into this year that it was going to be transformational for me. I didn’t know how or why, but I could feel, in my bones, that a year with Johnson Service Corps was the right move. And as the year has unfolded before me, it has felt like a series of clarifications […]
Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
Approved on April 19, 2022, by the Johnson Service Corps Board of Directors We are led by the way of Jesus, inspired by the work of civil rights activist and Episcopal priest Pauli Murray, and challenged by the witness of Margaret Johnson, our founder, who was generous, a lifelong learner, and committed to the development […]
Supporter Spotlight – Watty Bowes
Watson “Watty” Bowes, Jr has supported Johnson Service Corps since its inception in 2000. This month on the blog he shares how he first got involved in the program and why it means so much to him to continue supporting us to this day. The Johnson Service Corps began as the Johnson Intern Program, which […]
Mentor Spotlight – Debbie Wuliger
My name is Debbie Wuliger, and I have happily been a mentor with the JSC for three years. It all began at a Christmas function hosted by one of the board members, Day Pritchartt, in her home. This is where I got a chance to meet some of the mentors and the young adults in […]