Current Washington D.C. LVCer Crystal Specht is working as the Programs Associate at Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School (TMA). Crystal lives in the Dag Hammarskjold House. Crystal says that serving with LVC has allowed her to be an advocate for educational equality: “I’m incredibly glad that I chose to do a service year with Lutheran Volunteer Corps after graduating college. Serving at TMA has been interesting and challenging. I enjoy working with and learning from the students at the school, and it’s been very fulfilling to have such a direct role in facilitating positive experiences for them after school every day. After LVC,Read More →

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Current Milwaukee LVCer Maria Cruse is serving in Milwaukee as a math co-teacher at Shalom High School. Maria lives in the Dorothy Day House. This is a photo of Maria from the Winter’s Farmers Market. Speaking of food, Maria says the following about the power of food to bring together a community, something she’s learned through LVC, “Having community meals has prompted my housemates and me to be more sustainable with our community meal costs and has been an opportunity to cook and eat intentionally. It’s also a time where I can share one of my passions with others – food! I get to learnRead More →

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Current Chicago LVCer Marit Johnson is serving this year in the ELCA Churchwide Office, Chicago Office as the Justice for Women Program Assistant. Living in intentional community can be one of the most rewarding and challenging parts of an LVC year. Marit shares, “Practicing patience and active listening is so important when living in community. It’s difficult, but I believe it creates stronger and more honest relationships.” Marit is a graduate of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, and is from Park River, North Dakota. #LVCVolunteerSpotlightRead More →

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“You can do it! You can do it!” The encouragement pulsed through the crowd as a young woman pulled herself up onto a signpost above the heaving throngs. Successful, she reached into her knapsack and removed a black camera from within. Flushed with her acrobatic effort she carefully wedged herself up against the pole and pointed her camera at the exuberant crowd and snapped picture after picture. Later when she reviewed the pictures she no doubt saw a multicolored crowd made up of hundreds of thousands of smiling, cheering, diverse marchers – all making up the mosaic of the Women’s March in Washington DC. TheRead More →

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Anna Jeide, 2016-17 Volunteer Dag Hammarskjold House, Washington, DC About seven months ago I was having lunch with my adviser at Luther College. With graduation fast approaching, I told her how excited I was to begin my year with Lutheran Volunteer Corps. For a long time I had felt called to participate in LVC, drawn by the promise of intentional community, a commitment to simple living, and the opportunity to work for justice. I was thrilled to be offered a position working directly with Latin@s as a Case Worker at La Clínica del Pueblo, a chance to put my Spanish major to good use byRead More →

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