Each month, Johnson Service Corps will feature one of our Partner Organizations. For March, we are excited to share information about Resourceful Communities. Resourceful Communities helps grassroots leaders create opportunities that preserve the rural landscape, access much-needed resources, and celebrate unique local cultures across North Carolina. We support a network of community organizations, faith-based […]
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Alum Spotlight: Alexi Paraschos
We will be inviting Johnson Service Corps alums to write about their experiences with and after their time with us. Alexi Paraschos, 09-10, shares his story below. __________________________________________________________________________ My name is Alexi Paraschos, and I am a soul singer/songwriter living in Philadelphia, PA. I was a member of the Johnson Service Corps from 2009-2010, directly […]
Alum Creates New JSC Video
Debbie Vu, a Johnson Service Corps alum from the 2016-17, has created a new video about the program, highlighting what serving a year with JSC looks like. We are grateful to Debbie for her excellent work and are delighted to share this with you.
Our Partners at the Compass Center
Each month, Johnson Service Corps will feature one of our Partner Organizations. For November, we are excited to share information about the Compass Center for Women and Families provided by Development and Communications Coordinator Vivian Muzyk. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Compass Center for Women and Families is a nonprofit that helps individuals and families navigate their journey to safety, […]
Good Things Happen
I have often felt that if I don’t do something to make a change then it will never happen. There are so many injustices in the world that don’t seem to be going anywhere so it must be up to me to set them straight, right? The beauty of co-creation is that it isn’t just […]
How do we unlearn individualism?
Co-Creation. I hear God’s voice above the clamor of the dominant culture. God asks me to question its assumptions and beliefs. As a servant leader I align my life with God’s dream and engage with others to be co-creative instruments of justice and peace. The clamor of our dominant culture is constantly pushing us to […]
From Call to Action
I had a really scary, yet amazing moment of clarity after attending the Dismantling Racism training this month. One of my areas of discernment has been to understand more how my call would look in a daily manner. It’s one thing to be called, but another level of service to turn it into a career […]
It All Starts With Changing Our Worldview
During our last Servant Leadership class we did a kind of review of all the things that we learned and still something that resonated with me was when we spoke about worldviews. We are raised to think about the world one way and this perception helps to shape us into the people we are today. […]
From Abstract to Concrete: Servant Leadership in Action
This month’s trip to DC to visit the Church of the Savior was a fantastic example of the JSC value of co-creation. We were presented over and over again with examples of people and communities living counter-culturally. Ray McGovern, for example, actively and publicly questions dominant systems and structures that manipulate and oppress. Becca Stelle, […]