My name is Matthew Wright; I’m a 2007-2008 Johnson Intern Program (now JSC) alum. The program came into my life as a possibility my senior year of undergrad at UNC, when I realized I needed space for discernment before dashing off to “what’s next.” I also wanted an experience that would ground me in “the real […]
Service Corps Reflections
Alumni Spotlight- Eli Gemora
Hello! I’m Emmanuel (Eli) Gemora and I served with JSC from 2017-2018. I was part of the Carrboro House and worked at Compass Center. I now live in a household that values intentional community and work as a special education teacher in Oregon. Entering JSC, I was looking for a gap year where I could […]
Alumni Spotlight – Emily Gao
My name is Emily, and I’m a 2013-2014 member of JSC. My placement program was Project Access of Durham County—a non-profit that coordinates healthcare for uninsured patients. After the program, I started medical school, and am currently finishing my final year. JSC helped confirm my decision to pursue medicine and also introduced me to several concepts […]
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? […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Meet Alisia
Last spring, I was preparing for the career fair at the University of Virginia and I saw that the Episcopal Service Corps would be there. When I arrived, I met Aleta, the Executive Director of the Johnson Service Corps. I was trying to find a gap-year program that would give me time to discern my […]
Alumni Spotlight — The Rev. Erica Long
I served with JSC in 2012-2013. During my time with JSC (JIP then!) I worked at the women’s halfway house at Freedom House Recovery Center. After my time with JSC, I pursued my dream to become a healthcare chaplain. I attended Harvard Divinity School and graduated with my master of divinity in 2016. During my […]