New York Service and Justice Collaborative is an opportunity for young adults to commit to a year of service, discernment, social justice and intentional community, based in a diverse and historic Harlem church.
Recent college graduates, ages 22-28, join NYSJC from late August through mid-August of the following year, to provide services to people in need, through initiatives at some of New York City’s most innovative and caring agencies. The Fellows share an apartment in the church, and participate in the worship life and social action happening in and around this welcoming, activist faith community.
NYSJC believes God can be found in and through relationships. We are committed to social justice, economic justice, and urban ministries. NYSJC exposes young adults to the complexities of systemic injustice while also empowering them to explore and enact faith-filled responses.
Examples of Residential Fellowships include:
• Eviction-protection initiatives
• Church outreach programs to the hungry and homeless
• Legal advocacy for consumers’ rights
• Faith-based social justice campaigns
• Special needs education
Throughout the year, Fellows receive abundant support and formation facilitated by NYSJC staff to help them connect their experiences with their own yearnings and leadings.
We value diversity and welcome applicants of all backgrounds. We offer a year of immersion in diverse urban communities, learning about living lives of meaning, inspired by world-changing values. Our Fellows discern and clarify next steps, and prepare themselves for future work in justice and peacebuilding, graduate school, professional advancement, religious vocations, community organizing, and other endeavors.
NYSJC is a program of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Manhattanville. We are affiliated with the
New York Service and Justice Collaborative does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, military discharge, sex, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic unrelated to the ability to perform the essential functions or basic tenets of our activities.
APPLY to NYSJC by clicking here: esc.hiretouch.com.
Applications for the 2017-18 program year will be accepted as of Thursday, December 1st, 2016.
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