My name is Aaron Williams (He/Him/His) and I am an alum from the 2018-2019 service year. I graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a Bachelors in Peace, War and Defense; originally thinking that I would want to be a Foreign Service Officer for the State Dept. Life had a different plan for me. As a JSC […]
Alumni Reflections
Reflections on Servant Leadership – Aidan Owen
While corps members spend their days Monday through Thursday volunteering at one of our partner organizations, on Fridays we gather (virtually for now) for faith formation. In the fall we use this time for a course in servant leadership. For us, servant leadership means finding a balance between life’s inward journey and outward journey. The […]
Alumni Spotlight – Ann Schindler
I participated in the Johnson Service Corps in 2018-2019. Immediately after completing JSC, I started grad school for my Masters in Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Little did I know that nine months later, with all of my classes online, I would be social distancing and apart from many […]
Alumni Spotlight – Kelsey White
My name is Kelsey White (she/her/hers) and I’m an alum from the 2010-2011 program year. I was raised as a cradle Presbyterian (PCUSA) in a rural South Carolina textile town. I am a graduate of Maryville College in East Tennessee, where I earned a bachelor of arts in Spanish while traveling to Latin America as […]
Alumni Spotlight – Jeni Ting
My name is Jeni, and I was member of both the 2016-2017 cohort and the 2017-2018 cohort. Yes, I lived the JSC lifestyle, values, lessons and practices for two years. To say that those two years were transformative is an understatement. The internal and external experiences of JSC for me were comparable to being broken […]
Alumni Spotlight – Badria Mryyan
My name is Badria Mryyan, and I am a JSC alum from the 2017-2018 cohort. I found JSC through happenstance– a leap of faith from a random online search before graduation. The thought of having time to think about this big, bold thing that is life and to do so while in community with others […]
Alumni Spotlight – Andy Phillips
My name is Andy Phillips and I was in the Johnson Service Corp back in 2013-2014! When I was in the program it was still called the Johnson Internship Program. My year was transformative, but more after the fact than during. Coming right out of undergrad, I was incredibly thankful for a place to live […]
Alumni Spotlight – Marsha Hamilton
I became a Johnson Intern in its 2nd year – way way back in 2001-2002 – with a cohort of just four others all looking for a different kind of year for discernment. I had just graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill where I had studied Anthropology and Religious Studies and was really attracted to the social […]
Alumni Spotlight – Anne Dunbar Johnson
Greetings! It has been ten years since my time as a “JIP-ster” with the Johnson Service Corps (then JIP-Johnson Intern Program). I have fond memories of my intentional living adventure with Jessica, Matt, Tricia, Hannes, Amanda, Will and Christy in our home on Elliott Road. Outside of my work placement, that year was filled with family dinners, silent […]
Alumni Spotlight – Matthew Wright
My name is Matthew Wright; I’m a 2007-2008 Johnson Intern Program (now JSC) alum. The program came into my life as a possibility my senior year of undergrad at UNC, when I realized I needed space for discernment before dashing off to “what’s next.” I also wanted an experience that would ground me in “the real […]