My name is Emily Padgett, and I’m currently serving as a fellow with the Pauli Murray Center. I’ll be sticking around in Durham to begin a chaplaincy residency at the Durham VA Hospital in August, which I’m really looking forward to as I continue exploring what it means to accompany people in meaningful ways. In […]
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An Update from JSC Regarding Next Year
Where We Are Now On Dec 6, the board and staff gathered together for a strategy led by consultant Meredith Emmett of Third Space Studio. We reviewed learnings about Gen Z and identified ways to make the JSC experience more relevant to the aspirations and needs of this generation of leaders. We affirmed JSC’s focus […]
Supporter Spotlight – Janice McAdams
Over the past few months we’ve shared the stories of some of Johnson Service Corps’ biggest supporters. This month the spotlight is on Janice McAdams, Executive Director of SECU Family House, who supervises the JSC corps member serving there this year. This is the first year for SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals to be […]
Alumni Spotlight – Joanna Barnett
Joanna is an alum from our 2014-15 cohort. She recently published a book of poems entitled “Snake Pit”. You can purchase a copy by clicking here. You can also view videos of her performing select pieces of poetry on her YouTube page, here. One weekday evening, over dinner, my roommates were discussing the imminent full […]
Our Partners at L’Arche North Carolina
Current JSC Corps Member Macie Bridge writes to introduce our newest partner organization, L’Arche North Carolina: I am so excited to have the chance to share about L’Arche North Carolina: my partner organization for this service year, and a brand new partner for JSC! L’Arche is an international nonprofit formed of independent communities where people […]
Meet Macie
At this point, anyone who has heard me introduce myself on even just one Zoom call in the last month knows that I’m a writer. (If we haven’t met yet: hello! I’m a writer!). Words are my favorite, however, I’m finding I can only come up with one good one to sum up my JSC […]
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 […]
Meet Abbey
Damn. What a year. If you told me at the beginning of 2020 that we would be living in a global pandemic, murder hornets would invade the continental United States, and an old, white man would be elected to the Presidency – ok, that last one isn’t all that surprising – I would have looked […]
Meet Our Mentors
One of the ways JSC provides additional discernment and spiritual formation support for our corps members is through our mentor program. Mentors are often local alum who have chosen to remain in the area, leaders in local faith communities, or have a particular skill set that matches well with a corps member’s interests. They journey […]