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Our Mission
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Our News
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Program Info: John Jay Fellows
Program Info: Saratoga Fellows
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June 16, 2022
Fellow Story
John Jay
Alumni Profile: Elayne (Allen) Schwalbach

In a world where people are apparently more connected, why do so many people feel so lonely and adrift? Elayne (Allen) Schwalbach, editor for Public Discourse, discusses what she thinks attributes to this phenomenon and how her experience as a John Jay Fellow taught her the importance of building a community around shared values in an environment of true leisure.

Alumni Profile: Elayne (Allen) Schwalbach
October 1, 2020
Fellow Story
John Jay
Alumni Profile: Katie (Geleris) McClendon

As a full-time wife and mom and Director of Publications for the Federalist Society, Katie (Geleris) McClendon, Fall 2011 John Jay alumae, works tirelessly to balance work and family, using what she learned at the John Jay Institute to ground her.

Alumni Profile: Katie (Geleris) McClendon
May 7, 2020
Fellow Story
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Alumni Profile: Ashley Bergfield

Ashley Bergfield left her experience at the John Jay Institute with a deeper appreciation of the daily need for prayer, reflection, and quiet. Her mission today requires this same inner strength and reliance on her creator.

Alumni Profile: Ashley Bergfield
August 13, 2019
Fellow Story
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Alumni Profile: Kiley Crossland

Mother, journalist and influencer, John Jay alum Kiley Crossland is quietly leading hot-button conversations from behind the keyboard in Denver, Colorado.

Alumni Profile: Kiley Crossland
June 25, 2019
Fellow Story
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Alumni Profile: Juraj Seliga

Juraj Seliga is taking to the streets to bring about change in a nation and tear down a longstanding culture of corruption.

Alumni Profile: Juraj Seliga
John Jay
August 30, 2016
Impact Spotlight

Impact Snapshot: Business

John Jay
August 30, 2016
Impact Spotlight
Impact Snapshot: Business

What does cultural transformation look like in our work? See how Institute alumni are leading the way.

Source: http://www.johnjayfellows.com/business

Tagged: Business, Impact Snapshot

John Jay
August 24, 2016
Third-Party Coverage

Alumni Running for Office

John Jay
August 24, 2016
Third-Party Coverage
Alumni Running for Office

It is an election year filled with bad choices...a problem the Institute exists to help fix. This year, two of its alumni are running for office.

Tagged: Elections, Politics

John Jay
August 12, 2016

Getting our Hands Dirty in the Soil of Community

John Jay
August 12, 2016
Getting our Hands Dirty in the Soil of Community

Sara Joy Proppe's life's work responds to race relations and police shootings.

Tagged: Business

John Jay
August 12, 2016
Ideas

A Better Way to Work

John Jay
August 12, 2016
Ideas
A Better Way to Work

How to achieve great things and a work-life balance in a changing workplace environment.

Tagged: Business

John Jay
August 12, 2016

What is the Lord's Work?

John Jay
August 12, 2016
What is the Lord's Work?

Joel Clarkson '15 explores the question of calling in the larger context of the Kingdom of God.

Tagged: Business

John Jay
August 12, 2016

Catching Up: Jeffrey Witt '09

John Jay
August 12, 2016
Catching Up: Jeffrey Witt '09

From Harvard to fighter pilot and now to the business world. We catch up with rising star Jeffrey Witt.

Tagged: Business

John Jay
August 12, 2016

Alumna Wins 2015 Woman of Power and Influence Award

John Jay
August 12, 2016
Alumna Wins 2015 Woman of Power and Influence Award

Alumna Jean Marie Richardson wins a huge award from the National Diversity Council.

Tagged: Business

John Jay
August 12, 2016
Ideas

Discussion: Creating Prosperity

John Jay
August 12, 2016
Ideas
Discussion: Creating Prosperity

Four alumni working in business discuss the barriers to entrepreneurship, and the role of wealth in a thriving society.

Tagged: Business

John Jay
June 27, 2016
Lecture

Lecture Video: "The Truth Will Set You Free"

John Jay
June 27, 2016
Lecture
Lecture Video: "The Truth Will Set You Free"

Listen to the Most Reverend Doctor Peter Jensen's lecture.

John Jay
May 22, 2016

In Memoriam: Jeff Bone

John Jay
May 22, 2016

Jeff Fain Bone, former COO of the John Jay Institute passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2016

John Jay
April 13, 2016
In the News

David Brooks: How to Fix Politics

John Jay
April 13, 2016
In the News
David Brooks: How to Fix Politics

David Brooks has penned one of his most powerful columns in recent memory, and John Jay Institute alumni have been sharing it in droves on social media.

John Jay
April 13, 2016
Ideas

Interview: U.S. Senator Ben Sasse

John Jay
April 13, 2016
Ideas
Interview: U.S. Senator Ben Sasse

Hear the Nebraska anti-Trump leader's thoughts on principled leadership in an age of demagoguery.

John Jay
April 12, 2016
Impact Spotlight

Impact Snapshot: Elections

John Jay
April 12, 2016
Impact Spotlight
Impact Snapshot: Elections

See how one party is racing to get ahead of demographic changes, discuss the future of elections, and explore what leadership should look like in an age of demogoguery,

Source: http://www.johnjayfellows.com/elections

Tagged: Impact Snapshot, Elections

John Jay
April 12, 2016
Ideas

The Need for Futurist Conservatives

John Jay
April 12, 2016
Ideas
The Need for Futurist Conservatives

Strategic foresight is a way to increase wisdom on the Right

John Jay
April 12, 2016
Fellow Story

Digital Politics in the Age of Trump

John Jay
April 12, 2016
Fellow Story
Digital Politics in the Age of Trump

Lara Barger ‘11 is building the next generation of political mobilization online.

Tagged: Elections

John Jay
April 12, 2016
Ideas

Discussion: The Future of Politics

John Jay
April 12, 2016
Ideas
Discussion: The Future of Politics

We talked with three alumni working in politics about our current political climate and what they see in our country’s future. Here’s what they said.

John Jay
April 12, 2016
Ideas

Why Trump, Sanders won’t fix the country

John Jay
April 12, 2016
Ideas
Why Trump, Sanders won’t fix the country

Three things we can expect no matter who is elected to the White House this year.

Tagged: Elections

John Jay
March 17, 2016
Ideas

The Future of Artists of Faith

John Jay
March 17, 2016
Ideas
The Future of Artists of Faith

John Jay Institute distinguished speaker Makoto Fujimura: how art–if we realize its potential in today’s context–can bring hope amid suffering.

John Jay
February 29, 2016
Impact Spotlight

Impact Snapshot: Hollywood

John Jay
February 29, 2016
Impact Spotlight
Impact Snapshot: Hollywood

We recently connected with several alumni working in the film industry, notably, the director of the new film Many Beautiful Things, Laura Waters Hinson.

Source: http://www.johnjayfellows.com/hollywood

Tagged: Film, Arts, Impact Snapshot

John Jay
February 29, 2016
Fellow Story

Film director: Better stories are crucial to a better culture

John Jay
February 29, 2016
Fellow Story
Film director: Better stories are crucial to a better culture

Engaging how the big questions impact the world turned an aspiring politico into a passionate filmmaker.

Tagged: Laura Waters Hinson, Film, Arts

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