Bios and photos of our Corps Members for the 18-19 service year have been added to the site. Please join us in welcoming them! We’ve also updated our Partner Organizations and are excited to continue many longtime collaborations while welcoming new friends.
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Our Partners at Uniting NC
Code the Dream is a nonprofit program that has grown out of Uniting NC’s mission to foster a state and a nation in which all people, including immigrants, have the opportunity to reach their greatest potential, engage with their community, and fully contribute their talents – expanding prosperity & well being for all. In 2015, we decided […]
Meet Badria
Hi! My name is Badria Mryyan, and I’m a Corps Member with the 2018 class of Johnson Service Corps. I’m originally from Arkansas, where I attended college as political science major at the University of the Ozarks. As I write this, we have already entered our tenth month as a corps. Time has really flown […]
Alumni Meet Ups — Planned and Unplanned
The Carrboro house crew was on a Ben & Jerry’s run at Harris Teeter recently, when they saw a familiar face — JSC alum Alli Little! She was having a reunion with her former JSC housemate Erica Long. They shared a photo and this story from their connection: “We had a nice chat in the […]
Welcome Andrew!
We are excited to introduce Andrew Hudgins as our new Program Director. Born and raised in Virginia, Andrew has quickly come to love calling North Carolina home. Prior to moving to Raleigh, he graduated from James Madison University with a degree in social work. That also happens to be where he met his wife, Kelly. He continued his […]
Closing out the 2017-18 Year
While the 2017-18 Johnson Service Corps Members are with us for a few more weeks, the official programming year recently finished up with dinner and the CM’s Presentations on Learning and Service. In this JSC equivalent of a capstone project, the Corps Members reflect on what they’ve learned during the year, how they have utilized […]
Alum Spotlight – Rachel Stern
I participated in Johnson Service Corps, then called Johnson Intern Program, in 13-14, immediately after graduating Goucher College with a degree in Religion. I joined the program with no clear sense of direction, but knowing that I yearned for continued spiritual inquiry and community with like-minded people, and hopeful that the program would help me […]
Our Partners at Club Nova
Club Nova Community Incorporated is a psychosocial rehabilitation center in Carrboro, NC that provides opportunities for individuals with mental illness to lead meaningful lives of their choice in the community. Club Nova was founded in 1987 to address the needs of Orange County citizens living with mental illness. As such, we provide a holistic, caring […]
Meet Catie
Hey! My name is Catie Richardson. I was born and raised in the suburbs of Atlanta, GA. I moved away in 2012 to attend Florida State University (Go Noles!) and stayed an extra year in Tallahassee to work at a dermatologist’s office as a medical assistant to gain experience in medicine. I chose to apply […]
Alum Spotlight – Jean Martinez
Hello! My name is Jean Martinez and I am an alum from the first year that this awesome program took on the name JSC (14 – 15). I had never thought that my journey would take me to the South, coming from Pennsylvania and originally from NYC, but the sweet tea and warm weather quickly […]