Subject: April Community News
From: "JVC Northwest" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 08:16:33 -0400 (EDT)

News, updates, resources & job opportunities from JVC Northwest  Monthly Newsletter from JVC Northwest with news, updates, resources, & job opportunities. Happy Easter! During this special season, I am filled with gratitude for our wonderful JVC Northwest community and wish all of you an Easter season filled with abundant blessings. Recently I had the privilege of joining our Jesuit Volunteer AmeriCorps members in Yakima, along with others in the Washington state AmeriCorps movement to receive a Proclamation from Mayor Kathy Coffey naming April 4, 2017 as National Service Recognition Day.  On April 3, Rebecca Sutton, our AmeriCorps Program Manager, joined others in a community service project at Catholic Charities of Yakima, a JVC Northwest partner agency, in honor of the fifth annual Mayor, County, and Tribal Recognition Day for National Service.  Our office also worked with St. Labre, our partner school in Ashland, Montana, to secure a signed National Service Proclamation recognizing AmeriCorps members in Big Horn County, Montana on April 4th. We are very grateful for the recognition and support of our local leaders who joined more than 4,500 leaders across the country to unite behind a single cause: National Service. JVC Northwest is proud to be part of the National Service movement. Click here to learn more about the Mayor, County, and Tribal Recognition Day for National Service and how you can educate your legislators about the importance of national service and the impact of our AmeriCorps partnership. Blessings, JVC Northwest News We're Hiring: Join our Team! Accepting Applications for our JV Program Coordinator positions We are currently hiring for full-time JV Program Coordinator positions based in our Milwaukie, Ore office, to begin in June 2017. The Program Coordinator supports and challenges 22-28 full-time Jesuit Volunteers/AmeriCorps members living in intentional communities and serving with people who are on the margins of society. For more information and application materials please contact [email-masked].  Solidarity on Tap: Seattle, Wash. Monday April 24, 7- 9 pm, Finn MacCool's, Seattle, Wash.  Join Alumni Coordinator Sarah Jones and Outreach & Events Coordinator Zach Reuter, as well as other members of the JVC Northwest, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, and the Ignatian Solidarity Network communities for socializing and social justice in Seattle! The event will feature a reflection on the theme of "Mercy in Action" by Joe Cotton, Director of Pastoral Care and Outreach at the Archdiocese of Seattle. RSVP here. Want to bring a Solidarity on Tap event to your city? Email Alumni Coordinator, Sarah.  Join us in San Francisco! Thursday April 27, 6 pm, Cloudflare, San Francisco, Cali.  Join Executive Director Jeanne Haster and FJV Doug Kramer (Yakima, WA& '93-94 & Juneau, AK '94-95) for a gathering of former volunteers, friends, and family in San Francisco. Enjoy refreshments with other former volunteers, family, and friends and hear the latest updates from JVC Northwest. Click here to RSVP. Email Alumni Coordinator, Sarah with any questions.  2017 Seattle Gathering and Fundraiser - Celebrating our Roots Saturday June 3, 2017, Seattle University, Seattle, Wash. Join us for our annual gathering and fundraiser, only two months away! This year’s event will commemorate and honor all Volunteers who served at Copper Valley School (CVS) in Alaska. This special place is where our history began, and as we celebrate six decades of service, we want to honor and recognize the earliest women and men who came to serve at CVS. The entire JVC Northwest community is invited to attend, with a special invitation to those who served at, attended, or worked in the CVS community. The event includes a Mass, social hour, and evening program. If you are interested in helping with the event or hosting former Copper Valley volunteers traveling from out of town, please email Outreach and Events Coordinator Zach at [email-masked]. Register here. Ruined Readers Book Club Join a group in your community or get the self-reflection guide Our Ruined Readers Book Club is starting rounds for 2017. Join the over 250 FJVs, current JVs & JVEs, family, and friends around the world to reflect on our values in a book club format. Registration is now live for our Ecological Justice selection "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Wall Kimmerer. Click here to sign up to participate in a group in your area or receive the personal reflection guide. Want to start a group in your community or want more information about future books? Contact Alumni Coordinator, Sarah. Help with Seattle JV House Repairs Give a gift for repairs to Cherry Abbey & Mercy House You can support the service of Seattle JVs by helping to repair the houses where 15 of them currently live in community. Cherry Abbey and Mercy House need over $95,000 worth of repairs in order to be safe and comfortable homes for the coming generations of JVs. The Lakeside Industries Foundation has committed $50,000 to this project, but we need your help to raise the remaining funds. Our goal is to raise $10,000 by Friday, April 28th. You can lend a hand with the repairs today without even picking up a hammer- click here to give. Read the latest Spring 2017 Focus  JVC Northwest newsletter available online  In this Spring edition of our bi-annual newsletter, four current and former JVs help paint a picture of JV life from the 80s-today. Read stories from Mary and Alejandro Aguilera-Titus (Woodburn, OR ’83-84), Kathy Washienko (Portland, OR ’90-91), Renata Aguilera-Titus (Gresham, OR ’09-10), Cole Merkel (Portland, OR ’10-12), and current JV Kaitlyn Stettnichs (Boise, ID 15-16, Portland, OR ’16-17). Plus, ways to reconnect, advancing equity at JVC Northwest, and much more. Read the Spring edition here! Hays FJVs- help honor Sister Helen Help the Hays Community honor Sr. Helen of Mission Grade School  After thirty-seven years serving the community of Hays, first as a teacher and then as principal of Mission Grade School, Sister Helen Durso will be retiring from her role as principal at the end of this school year. She has made it clear that Hays is her home; instead of leaving, she'll be stepping into a support role. We will be hosting a celebratory banquet in Sister Helen's honor, with help from the tribe, on Friday, May 12th at 6:00pm. Join in person or send your memories, stories, and photos of Sister Helen to the current JVs here. #JVReflects: Who’s to Decide?  Read the latest reflection from Anchorage JV, Dani Xiong “Who’s to decide which of the marginalized populations is the most vulnerable and worthy of society’s services?” In the latest #JVReflects blog, Anchorage JV Dani Xiong witnesses how resources are prioritized and allocated for those on the margins asking the question: "Why must we even make such a decision?" in this series with the Ignatian Solidarity Network. Read her blog post here. AmeriCorps Stories of Service JV AmeriCorps member Mary Franz (Boise, ID '16-17) “Service is at the very foundation of who we are as a profession. We are called to serve, to heal, to advocate, to listen, and to love.” Current JV AmeriCorps member Mary Franz serves as the Registered Nurse and Outreach Coordinator with Terry Reilly in Boise, Idaho. In our latest AmeriCorps blog, Mary shares her experience navigating through the expectations surrounding new nurses and discovering the type of nurse she wants to be. Read her reflections here. FJV Listserv Change Listserv is now a Google Group JVC Northwest shares a Listserv operated by JVC (based in Baltimore, MD) where Former Jesuit Volunteers post job and housing opportunties, resources, and event announcements. Due to some technology issues and feedback from users, the current listserv has been migrated to a Google Group. Click here for the new instructions for sending mesages to the Google Group as well as information on how to join the group. Events, Resources, & Reflections Contemplative Leaders in Action (CLA) Applications Available Contemplative Leaders in Action (CLA) is now accepting applications for its 2017-2019 cohorts. If you, or someone you know, is in interested participating in a two-year Ignatian spirituality and leadership formation program with other young adults in their 20's and 30's, you are encouraged to apply. New cohorts are forming in Baltimore, Boston, New York, St. Louis, and Washington, DC. Click here to apply or to nominate a candidate. Resiliency and Self-Care for Service Volunteers Sunday, April 23 from 3-5:30 pm, St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, Wash. Join the Krista Foundation for Global Citizenship on Sunday, April 23rd from 3-5:30 pm, for an interactive workshop on self-care. In challenging times, intentionally engaging in activities that create wholeness in our lives is a critical act of resilience. Together, participants will share stories, explore multi-sensory and research-based ways of practicing self-care, and set intentions for committing to care well for ourselves. The world needs your voice and continued engagement, this will be a space of rest and care. This event is free but space is limited; click here to RSVP to reserve your seat. “Calling, Service, and Justice: Stories from Spiritual Entrepreneurs” - Speaker Series April 30, May 21, 6-7:30 p.m., The Potter's House, Washington D.C. This speaker series will feature four inspirational speakers reflecting on their journeys inward to face questions, doubts, and fears – and to receive grace and insight – about calling. They’ll also share how that led to inspired action to serve communities, empower others, and seek justice.  They'll share what they did, what God did, what has happened, and what comes next. Goals of this series are to inspire attendees and catalyze reflection about their own journeys of calling, service, and justice. More information on this series can be found here. Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center Retreats Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center, on the shoreline of Trout Lake in Arbor Vitae, Wisc., has been a place of rest, leisure, renewal, prayer, rejuvenation, play, inspiration and peacefulness since 1992. Marywood is open to all interested people (lay, religious, clergy) of all denominations and religious beliefs for renewal and retreat. A wide variety of programs and retreats are scheduled throughout the year. Upcoming retreats include: Fishing Retreat (May 14-16), Canoe Camping Retreat (June 30- July 2), Writer's Retreat (August 5-10), Franciscan Backpacking Retreat (August 18-20). Click here for more information about each retreat or to register. Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network (JUHAN) Student Leadership Conference June 27-29, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass. College of the Holy Cross is hosting the Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network (JUHAN) Student Leadership Conference this summer (June 27-29). The theme of the conference is Principles in Crisis: Refugees and Responsibility. Just as refugees are compelled to cross borders by conditions of vulnerability, so too are we morally compelled to respond to human suffering wherever it exists. This conference is an excellent opportunity to engage and network with students, staff, and faculty from various Jesuit Universities, as well as with local and national community partners. The conference will feature keynote sessions led by Dr. Michael Barnett (George Washington University), Dr. David Hollenbach, S.J. (Georgetown University), Dr. Mark Potter (Newton Country Day School, Kino Border Initiative), and Dr. Stephanie Russell (AJCU). For any questions regarding conference registration and/or proposal submission, feel free to email [email-masked]. To learn more about the conference or to register, click here. Catholic Volunteer Network Discernment Retreats Catholic Volunteer Network now hosts discernment retreats for current volunteers and alumni who are contemplating their next steps. Join CVN for a weekend retreat and enjoy the opportunity to get away from the busyness of life and join with others in the spirit of discernment. These retreats are made available free of charge thanks to the support of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Travel stipends are also available. Retreats will take place all across the U.S. in the upcoming months. Click here for more details. JVC Northwest Recommends Below are things being discussed in the JVC Northwest community. Do you have a blog, book, movie, podcast, song, poem, article, etc. you want to share? Email Sarah Considering the next round of Ruined Readers Book Club focused on Ecological Justice? Pick up the book selection "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Kimmerer explores the connection between the scientific knowledge of plants and indigenous wisdom within the context of ecological preservation. Learn more here. Jesuitical is a relatively new podcast from three lay editors of America magazine. Each episode focuses on some of the top (and maybe more obscure) Catholic news of the week. There are also guest speakers who offers a unique perspective on world events, culture or our faith. Each episode tackles the question: Where do we find God in all this? Learn more here. Jobs and Educational Resources Positions available at JVC Northwest Program Coordinator Other Job Opportunities Program Manager, Service and Community Partnerships University of Portland, Portland, OR Ecuador Program Director Rostro de Cristo, Guayaquil, Ecuador Program Specialist  YWCA of Clark County, Vancouver, WA Associate Director FrancisCorps, Syracuse, NY Executive Director Catholic Volunteer Network, Takoma Park, MD Office Manager Comboni Mission Center, Chicago, IL Social Ministry Director & Assistant Director St. Francis Dining Hall, Portland, OR Mentor (50+ Adult Volunteer) Big Brothers Big Sisters Puget Sound, Seattle, WA Tutor (50+ Adult Volunteer) Boys & Girls Club of King County, Kirkland, WA Weekly Volunteer (50+ Adult Volunteer) Program Volunteer (50+ Adult Volunteer) Boys & Girls Club of King County, Sammamish, WA Educurious Expert/Tutor (50+ Adult Volunteer) Opportunity Youth Job Fair Mentor (50+ Adult Volunteer) Educurious, Seattle, WA Multiple Positions Back on My Feet (BoMF), Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York, and more Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO Corporate Accountability International, Boston, MA & remote FaithHappenings, multiple cities, USA Pathways to Housing, Washington, D.C. Eviction Defense Collaborative, San Francisco, CA Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC), multiple places throughout New England HealthRIGHT 360 Resource Center, San Francisco, CA Home Start, San Diego, CA La Clínica del Pueblo, Washington, DC Live-in & Live-out positions: L’Arche Syracuse, Syracuse, NY L’Arche Portland, Portland OR Northwest Center, Seattle, WA St. Labre Indian Catholic School, Ashland, St. Xavier, Pryor, MT United Communities AmeriCorps, Southwest Oregon See more job details on our website. Do you have a job posting or educational opportunity to share? Send it to Zach Reuter. Monthly Community News is your JVC Northwest online news source. Do you have something to share with the JVC Northwest community? Send submissions by the 10th of each month to Sarah Jones or Zach Reuter. Update Your Info STAY CONNECTED         Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest | P.O. 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