Catie Richardson-Hodsdon was a JSC corps member from 2017-2018 I had already discerned what my professional vocation was to be by the time I entered JSC in 2017: physician assistant. I had applied to several schools and was awaiting interview dates when I arrived for my year; just a few weeks in, I was accepted […]
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Tasha Graham: 1 Year after JSC
Hello, JSC community! I have been quite busy since graduating from JSC almost a year ago. That is still so wild to say! I got into grad school! Funny enough, I found out about the acceptance a few weeks after my JSC year ended. I got accepted into the Master of Fine Arts Animation program […]
JSC Alum Reflection: Macie Bridge
When I think of my year with Johnson Service Corps, I generally find myself both delighted and astonished. Delighted, because: Wow! So many amazing people! So much fun! So much deep and generous listening and transformation and worship and growth! Astonished, because: How did that possibly all fit into only eleven months?? I had the […]
JSC Alum Reflection: Rebecca Ogus
Ten years ago, three nights of the week, you could find me in a duplex on Greene Street in Chapel Hill, sitting around the table and eating family dinner with my seven JSC housemates. We had five bedrooms, shared an $800 food allowance, each worked a different social justice non-profit job four days a week, […]
Learning and Growing at the Pauli Murray Center: Emily’s February Blog Post
My name is Emily Padgett, and I’m currently serving as a fellow with the Pauli Murray Center. I’ll be sticking around in Durham to begin a chaplaincy residency at the Durham VA Hospital in August, which I’m really looking forward to as I continue exploring what it means to accompany people in meaningful ways. In […]
JSC Alum Reflection: Callie Swaim-Fox
Callie spent the year before Divinity School living and working in the South of Spain in Jerez de la Frontera. Here she was visiting Portugal with her family. It was a really incredible year! I was a corps member in the Durham house of JSC from 2021-2022. My placement site was the Pauli Murray Center […]
Sydney’s December Reflections
The past five months have been a whirlwind of experiences, trips, and valuable lessons. Moving to North Carolina for the first time has given me the opportunity to immerse myself in all the unique offerings of Durham. One of my favorite places so far has definitely been Duke Gardens. There’s something truly magical about being […]
JSC Alum Reflection: Emma Sternlof
It’s hard to believe I began my JSC journey in August 2013, more than eleven years ago! JSC brought me to beautiful North Carolina, where I met my beloved husband and continue to make a home. The program gave me the skills and nonprofit experience I needed to enter the reproductive rights and justice sector, where I’m still […]
Efi’s November Reflections
My name is Efiotu (Efi) Jagun, and I’m another one of this year’s JSC fellows. As someone who’s grown up in Durham, I’ve always appreciated how this city blends the old with the new, the quiet with the lively, and the artistic with the inclusive. Lately, I’ve found myself rediscovering parts of Durham that I […]
JSC Reflection: Jean Martinez
Fresh off a four-year bender meant to enlighten me to be a better grown-up and to activate me for a career that I studied “hard” for, I left Shippensburg empty and ignored that after this summer of working at camp in Maryland, I would have exactly zero ideas on what to do next. This will […]