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 […]
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Alumni Spotlight – Abigail Mazingo
Hello! My name is Abigail Lee Mazingo, and I am an alum from the 2007-2008 class of the Johnson Intern Program, referred to as “the JIP”. It is very interesting and fun to write this alumni spotlight, reminiscing about my year in the program, the memories and friendships made, and the life lessons learned. It […]
Our Partners at the Center for Responsible Lending
The Center for Responsible Lending is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which works to eliminate abusive financial practices through policy and research. CRL focuses on those marginalized and/or underserved by current financial practices and markets, including rural folks, women, people of color, and low-wealth folks. CRL also works to make finance more equitable by demystifying the […]
Meet Emlyn
Well well well, so you’ve decided to drop by my little blog post. Goody goody! Take a seat, put up your feet, rest your human meat. I’m Emlyn, as you know, but I think introductions are nice even if they’re repetitive. Plus my name is fun and quirky so I like to say it as […]
Meet Tiffany
3,000 miles. That is the amount I have driven since leaving my home in Waterloo, Iowa. I never expected taking a risk to travel and move so far away would allow me to still do things I love. I studied biochemistry and work at Durham Children’s Initiative. It doesn’t make much sense for me to […]
Feast of the Holy Name Sermon
The following sermon was preached by current corps member Ben Miller at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (Englewood, NJ) on January 1, 2021. The primary text was Colossians 2:6-12. It’s not just New Year’s Day (Happy New Year, by the way!) Today the wisdom of the Church appoints the Feast of the Holy Name, one of […]
Alumni Spotlight – Mirka
My name is Mirka and I’m an alum of JSC year 2018-2019. I come from a small country in central Europe – Slovakia. I did part of my Master studies in International Business at the UNC Greensboro and was glad to return to NC again. The JSC year brought many new experiences and learning about […]
Reflections on Servant Leadership – Alli Little
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 […]
Thank You
Thank you. At JSC we have so much to be grateful for and your continued support throughout this challenging year is at the top of the list. You supported our last cohort of wonderful servant leaders as they completed our program and entered the workforce in the midst of an economic recession. You supported our […]
Alumni Spotlight – Aaron Williams
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 […]