The East Durham Children’s Initiative (EDCI), a place-based nonprofit located in East Durham, has offered an ecosystem of data-driven academic interventions, out-of-school programming and family supports since its creation in 2011. Working with more than 35 partners, EDCI focuses its efforts within a 120-block area identified by the state as a particularly vulnerable neighborhood of […]
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Meet Emily J.
When I was considering what to do after graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill in May of 2018, Johnson Service Corps was not really at the top of my list – and I mean literally, because when I listed out the Episcopal Service Corps sites I was interested in, JSC was at the very bottom. I was […]
Our Partners at PYO
Partners for Youth Opportunity (PYO) is a holistic youth serving organization that focuses on long-term relationships with youth in Durham. We start with youth at the age of 14 and continue with them until 4 years after high school. The students we serve must be Durham residents at the time they enter the program and […]
Meet Tirzah
We are almost halfway through this program. My roommate and I both decided to skip church today to have some “me time.” Just a year ago I would have felt guilt, but right now I’m enjoying the french toast I made with the challah bread that Emerson baked last night. I am sitting at the […]
Alumni Spotlight – Rebecca Ogus
My name is Rebecca Ogus and I’m a postulant for Holy Orders in the Diocese of North Carolina, seeking ordination to the priesthood, and second year seminarian at Berkeley Divinity School, the Episcopal seminary at Yale Divinity School. I participated in the Johnson Service Corps after graduating from Kenyon College in 2014 with a degree […]
Thank You and Happy New Year
Earlier this month, our Corps Members visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture, programs of the Church of the Saviour, and the Episcopal Public Policy Network as a part of their annual retreat in Washington, D.C. In the evenings, they gathered in the church-based youth hostel that was home base for the […]
Alumni Spotlight – Annmarie McCaig Todd
I joined the Johnson Internship Program (as it was called in the beginning) almost 20 years ago. I had been raised in the church and was active in a campus ministry at my college, but living with two other women during the program was my first experience with Christian community out in the world. We […]
Meet Liz
Hey, I’m Liz. Originally from southeast Michigan, I graduated in May from Wellesley College and have spent the past four months settling into my life here in Carrboro. Between my work at Rural Advancement Foundation International, building my intentional community through delicious food and deep conversation, and diving into my spiritual community through Eno River […]
Our Partners at RAFI-USA
The Rural Advancement Foundation International – USA (RAFI-USA) believes in order to ensure a safe, adequate supply of healthy food, we must protect farm workers and encourage environmentally sound farming. We see environmental sustainability, economic viability, biodiversity, and social justice as inextricably linked. Therefore, the best way to ensure a just, sustainable future for farming […]
Applications for the 2019-2020 Service Year are Open!
What could a year dedicated to developing yourself as a servant leader, focusing on your spiritual growth, and exploring true relationships with others mean for you? Johnson Service Corps could help you out. JSC is a diverse, ecumenical community of young adults ages 21 to 28 dedicated to service and social justice in Chapel Hill […]