In the past four and a half years I have made both small and large transitions – from leaving the only home that I had known for 18 years, by moving to Michigan for about 4 years to get my degree, to spending a summer in Ireland and now settling down for the year in […]
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Alumni Spotlight — Kirsten Chang
Kirsten Chang served with the 2017-2018 JSC cohort. I was at a JSC mixer event recently, and someone asked me, “What did you learn during your time as a Corps Member?” It was hard for me to answer. How do you distill a year’s worth of incredibly transformative experiences into a soundbite at a party? […]
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 young people at the age of 14 and continue with them until four years after high school. The students we serve must be Durham residents at the time they enter the program and […]
Meet Bryar
Together we sit in a circle silently gazing at photographs strewn across the floor while the afternoon sunlight lazily filters in through the windows lining the opposite side of the room. There is an ease to the air, as if the silence has given permission to the day’s earlier movement, chaos, and conversation to take […]
New ESC Video — Take a Look!
~You can be you in community but also create something beautiful with other people~ The new Episcopal Service Corps video is up, and it is awesome.
Two Busy, Busy Weeks
Our Corps Members always have a busy first two weeks with JSC. Not only do they get to know each other, but they also get to know a bit about the communities where they’ll be serving and about all our partner organizations. Added to the mix are trainings on topics like safe spaces, conflict resolution, […]
Alumni Spotlight — Michael Mullarkey
My name is Michael Mullarkey, and I’m an alum from 2013-2014, back when JSC was JIP! I still remember one of my JSC interviewers asking me why I wanted to join the program. I had been out of college for a couple of years, sat at a lot of tension-filled kitchen tables as an intensive […]
Welcome Stephanie, Thank You Ginny and Laurie
JSC is delighted to welcome the Rev. Stephanie Yancy to our board. She is the vicar of St. Titus’ Episcopal Church in Durham and was ordained and served in the Diocese of Maryland for several years before moving to Durham five years ago. Stephanie first came to know and appreciate the Episcopal Service Corp in Maryland […]
Alumni Spotlight — Elizabeth Brewington
My name is Elizabeth Brewington (or Eliz the Woo Brew as I was called during my time at JSC). I served in Johnson Service Corp in 2017-2018 and lived in the Durham house (also known as the Durham Dames). My partner organization was the East Durham Children’s Initiative. During my time at EDCI, I help run their Youth […]
Our Partners at Uniting NC
Uniting NC works with communities across North Carolina to better support and integrate new immigrants. They help immigrant families hit the ground running in terms of skills and education, so that they can achieve their dreams and give back to their communities. Uniting NC envisions a state and a nation in which all people, including […]