Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, NC

Amey Victoria Adkins just graduated from the University of Virginia where she majored in religious studies and African/African-American studies. Though born in Texas, she hails from the great big town of Rocky Mount, Virginia, and was raised in the Missionary Baptist Church. Amey is passionate about writing, singing, urban ministry, and international missions; she is currently discerning a call to seminary and ordained ministry. Her placement is with the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service, and she looks forward to the challenges and experiences of the next year as a Johnson Intern.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angelique Owanga came back to the United States in 1997. She has recently graduated from Earlham College, where she double majored in French and African/African-American Studies. She is strongly interested in peace and social justice issues, especially when it comes to the U.S. prison system, race relations, immigrant rights, homelessness, and poverty. Besides being an avid reader, she also enjoys playing soccer in her spare time and socializing with people from all walks of life. Angelique hopes the Johnson Intern Program will help her discover what she would like to do for the rest of her life. Her placement is with Freedom House.

Erika Almquist just graduated from Allegheny College, in Meadville, Pennsylvania, with a major in neuroscience and a minor in Spanish. She was born in California, where she spent nine years living in Palo Alto before moving to Lexington, Massachusetts. Athletics and outdoor activities have always been a big part of her life; and since her baptism in fourth grade, she has enjoyed developing a spiritual life within the Episcopal Church. This past summer Erika participated in a medical internship in Oaxaca, Mexico, and served as a mentor to the Youth Leadership Academy (YLA), a youth program within the Boston Episcopal Diocese. With the YLA, Erika guided youth as they began forming their community at the Episcopal camp in New Hampshire and also served as a translator and mentor on a mission trip to El Salvador. She also led a group of high schoolers from the Episcopal camp on an outdoor adventure trip in Maine. Although Erika considers herself well traveled, she had not experienced the South before her arrival in Chapel Hill. Erika hopes this year will allow her the opportunity to make a difference and discover more about herself and what God is calling her to do. Her placement is with the Women's Center.

Justin Harvey, from Winston-Salem, graduated from Appalachian State University with a degree in sociology in 2004. Justin's childhood experience in Costa Rica and Chile, where his parents served as missionaries, had a tremendous impact on his life. Justin is still discerning God's call to ministry and is hopeful that this year of service and Christian community-building will help him in that process. He enjoys the works of Donald Miller, listening to all kinds of music, and being outdoors. He also finds it challenging to summarize himself in third person in one paragraph; but has discovered, as you have by reading this paragraph, that it is possible. His placement is with People of Faith Against the Death Penalty.

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