Category: Jacqueline Jones – Faithful Fools, SF, CA – 2021
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When we remove our barriers, we become one
Part of what led me to this fellowship is my story and the challenges that I’ve faced throughout my life. Much of my prior volunteer and internship experience occurred with people who I found that I was in unity with and could see solidarity with. For example, once I survived childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a…
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Becoming the “fool” within me that I never knew I could be.
“We as people have been acculturated to have society tell us what to be, to put on a certain demise. But inside, we feel like a fool and don’t feel secure. If I become this person that everyone else wants me to be, I am nobody. But if I become my own person that risks,…
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Hope is a cure for the societal illness of injustice
After spending three weeks working at Faithful Fools, I want to refer to a podcast entitled, “Wisdom Practice: Why Hope Is Necessary and How to Begin” with Bryan Stevenson and Krista Tippet, in which Stevenson spoke a phrase that really resonated with me: “injustice prevails where hopelessness persists.” As I spent these last few weeks…
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Getting ready
Jacqui Jones Hi everyone! My name is Jacqui Jones and I am a rising Junior at Santa Clara University. My host organization for the fellowship is Faithful Fools in San Francisco, and its mission is: “We are called to a ministry of presence that acknowledges each human’s incredible worth. Aware of our judgements, we seek…
Jean Donovan Summer Fellowship 