2019 Response

CATHOLICVOLUNTEERNETWORK .ORG | RESPONSE 2019 staffed to serve their community. Through intentional service, community, and discernment, EUIP endows today's youth with the skills and abilities to transform their communities and the world. TYPE OF PLACEMENT: EUIP currently partners with agencies committed to addressing: homelessness, unemployment, immigration & refugee services, disparities in urban education and access to during their 11 months of service. Bus service is available throughout Chapel Hill and Durham. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS: Corps members live in a furnished house provided by the program. 5-6 corps members live in the Chapel Hill house and 5-6 corps members live in the Durham house. Corps members negotiate bedroom quarters with a shared living space using consensus method. Beginning on Opening Retreat, corps members begin developing their Community Covenant to guide their intentional community life together. JSC provides a guide to help with this process. The Community Covenant is a living document that is revisited throughout the year for clarification or amendments. SIZE OF PROGRAM: 10-12 corps members each year. TRAINING: On Fridays, corps members receive training in the Servant Leadership model and learn from guest presenters on topics such as power and privilege, conflict resolution, insights into one's personality and group dynamics, spiritual practices, new monasticism and other topics. JSC corps members come from a variety of spiritual and religious identities. Our curriculum is mostly based in the contemplative and social justice practices of Christian tradition. We welcome people of all spiritual expressions who desire to deepen their practice and learn within a diverse community. Corps members are required to regularly attend a spiritual community of their choosing during the program year. A spiritual director and individual mentors are provided for the corps members. APPLICATION DEADLINE: Application deadlines are posted throughout the winter and spring. Applications are processed on a rolling basis, so don't delay! Please visit the Episcopal Service Corps website (episcopalservicecorps.org) for current deadlines and to apply. Jubilee Consortium Episcopal Urban Intern Program 6125 Carlos Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90028 323-469-3993 applications@jubileeconsortium.org w jubileeconsortium.org/serviceprograms F facebook.com/jubileeconsortium L @jubileeEUIP  @jubilee_serves CONTACT: Mavis Bortey-fio, Program Director AFFILIATIONS: Episcopal Service Corps & Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles GOAL OF PROGRAM: Jubilee Consortium's Episcopal Urban Intern Program (EUIP) provides a personally and professionally transformative service year experience to young adults ages 21 to 29, enriching the greater Los Angeles community while preparing future change makers for lives of civic engagement and spiritual discernment. Though EUIP is partnered with and rooted in the Episcopal tradition, we accept, embrace, and encourage people of all faiths and religious/non religious backgrounds to participate. Every fall since 1991, over 20 young leaders gather from all over the country to live in Episcopalian intentional community and serve at community development agencies in the Greater Los Angeles area. Now in its 27th year, the Episcopal Urban Intern Program (EUIP) has touched the lives of over 10,000 families in the Greater Los Angeles area and equipped over 250 change makers who have pledged their lives to service. In addition, EUIP has allowed over 50 community development agencies to increase institutional capacity, now better

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GOAL OF PROGRAM: JSC places corps members in empowerment- based direct-service or community development jobs to gain professional experience and skills for careers in service and social justice or for those who are integrating service and social justice work into their lifestyle or any career path. JSC provides weekly leadership training and spiritual formation in the Servant Leader model. Servant Leadership is a path of deepening the inward journey (connection with God/Higher Power and authentic self) so that each member can discern her/his call for the outward journey of service, activism and lifestyle. JSC encourages a simple lifestyle shared through intentional community living. Retreats and group exercises throughout the year strengthen the community bonds and help members learn more about their own personalities and how to work within group dynamics with consensus decision-making, non-violent communication and conflict resolution skills. TYPE OF PLACEMENT: Corps members work 32 hours/week at placements that meet the following needs in our community: workforce development for women, those with criminal backgrounds, and immigrant communities; meaningful relationships and support for adults with mental illness; half-way house program for women in substance abuse recovery; wellness programs for seniors; access to healthy food; youth development and leadership programs; community development and economic justice programs. Service sites may be updated each year, so check our website or contact us to learn more! AREA OF SERVICE: Orange and Durham counties in North Carolina, in the cities of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Durham. LENGTH OF SERVICE: Corps members arrive in late August and serve until the end of July of the following year. REQUIREMENTS: We accept corps members between the ages of 21 and 30 with work experience or college degrees. Community living and rigorous service require volunteers to be in good emotional, physical, and spiritual health. Corps members must be flexible, with an inquiring spirit and a commitment to simple life in community. JSC seeks wide diversity within the community. FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS: Corps members receive a personal stipend, housing, utilities, health insurance, and a group food allowance. Corps members receive established holidays, one week off for Christmas and New Years, plus 5 vacation days and 5 sick days Celebrating this little one's first Christmas as a Maggie's Place Mission Corps

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