JP Alumni Network
Experts of our experience. Architects of our solutions.
The JP Alumni Network…
Champions the collective power of sisterhood, while amplifying the voices and the impact of being a great mom.
Recognizes that economic mobility is a marathon and that fostering community between JP alum is essential to navigating the challenges of disrupting generational poverty.
Commits to shifting outcomes for current and future generations being raised by single moms in pursuit of economic mobility.
The JP Alumni Fellowship
NOTE: Applications for the 2023 JP Fellowship are now closed.
Central to the alumni network is the Jeremiah Program Alumni Fellowship (JPF), a selective, yearlong, cohort-based leadership program.
JP fellows are leaders who see being a great mom as their most important job.
JP fellows are excited about the opportunity to be a part of a learning community as they navigate inflection points in their personal and professional lives.
JP fellows care deeply about their communities and are excited about the opportunity to advance solutions that support economic mobility, public policy, and two-generation programming for single mothers and their children experiencing poverty by exploring their leadership journey.
The one-year fellowship program is comprised of four seminars focused on leadership development, economic mobility, public policy, and two-generation programming under the guidance of expert facilitators.
Each JP fellows cohort will be given the opportunity to influence and design the content and location of the final public policy seminar.
WHAT FELLOWS CAN EXPECT
- Participate in four seminars focused on leadership development, economic mobility, public policy, and two-generation programming under the guidance of expert facilitators.
- Three (3) two-day trips per year (includes hotel, air, travel costs, childcare stipend) — participation is required.
- $5,000 yearly stipend
Meet the 2022 JP Alumni Fellows
STACY ABBOTT
Homemaker
2020, JP Brooklyn
IFRAH ABDALLA
Co-Director for Wovan
2019, JP St. Paul
ANNA ALTMAN
Nurse Practitioner
2015, JP St. Paul
ASHLEY BREDING
Registered Nurse
2021, JP Minneapolis
ASHLEY DUBOSE
Entrepreneur
2012, JP St. Paul
AARONICA JACKSON
Human Services
2020, JP Minneapolis
MEAGAN JOHNSON
Financial Analyst
2020, JP St. Paul
JINAA LANE
Program Coordinator
2010, JP Minneapolis
ASHLEY MAGES
Controls Engineer
2014, JP Minneapolis
ERIKA RODRIGUEZ
Parent Leader
2021, JP Boston
ERIKA ROSA
Homemaker
2021, JP Austin
LAVASHA SMITH
Program Associate
2014, JP Minneapolis
2021 JP ALUMNI FELLOWSHIP COHORT
NOAMI ALVES
Airport Customer Service
Graduation year: 2019, JP Boston
Hopes for the JP fellowship
To give back what I earned and learned during all my years as a JP member and to grow as a mother and as a person through this new journey.
What social issue/s do you want to address?
Racism and Poverty
BRITTANY BLOCK
Hair Stylist/Salon Owner
Graduation year: 2014, JP St. Paul
Hopes for the JP fellowship
To reconnect with JP moms and see what we can make happen over the next several months, and to have a big impact on the future of this program.
What social issue/s do you want to address?
Racism
ALEXANDRA FRIESE
Senior Clerk
Graduation year: 2019, JP Fargo-Moorhead
Hopes for the JP fellowship
To be able to change our communities for the better. Also, for our moms and kids to know that they do have support after graduation!
What social issue/s do you want to address?
Poverty
ETHELIND KABA
Communications Strategist
Graduation year: 2004, JP Minneapolis
Hopes for the JP fellowship
To become another supportive community of strong women celebrating our strides till this moment, and leaning on each other as we carve out our next steps.
What social issue/s do you want to address?
Closing the Achievement (Opportunity) Gap
ANGELINA KERY
Legal Assistant
Graduation year: 2019, JP Boston
Hopes for the JP fellowship
To give back to the community and to guide other mothers to push towards their goals.
What social issue/s do you want to address?
Poverty in Minority Communities
FLORENCE KIMMEL
Registered Nurse
Graduation year: 2006, JP Minneapolis
Hopes for the JP fellowship
To make a positive impact on current and future cohorts regarding policy, support, and encouragement.
What social issue/s do you want to address?
Poverty and Homelessness
LASHERION MCDONALD
Health Educator, Doula
Graduation year: 2017, JP St. Paul
Hopes for the JP fellowship
To create and sustain policies that empower families, while disrupting generational poverty and gain leadership opportunities to help advance my career and skills.
What social issue/s do you want to address?
Wealth Gap Between Black and White People in America
ROSA NIN-SETO
Executive Assistant
Graduation year: 2018, JP Boston
Hopes for the JP fellowship
To build strong leadership skills in order to continue making positive change within my community.
What social issue/s do you want to address?
Youth Self-Esteem
NEKEY OLIVER
Manager of Grants and Government Relations
Graduation year 2012, JP Minneapolis
Hopes for the JP fellowship
To grow while helping the Jeremiah Program grow.
What social issue/s do you want to address?
Racial Inequities
ALEXA SAINT-FORT
Parent Leader
Graduation year 2019, JP Boston
Hopes for the JP fellowship
To build skills that will help me as I pursue my education in maternal health.
What social issue/s do you want to address?
Maternal Health Outcomes
LIBBY SANDERS
Medical Social Worker- Healthy Beginnings Specialist
Graduation year 2015, JP St. Paul
Hopes for the JP fellowship
To share our (JPF) power with those who are just beginning the program, encourage one another to step into our own power to influence the broader systems to end multigenerational poverty.
What social issue/s do you want to address?
Equity
CHRISTINE SMITH
Health Equity Supervisor
Graduation year 2006, JP Minneapolis
Hopes for the JP fellowship
To learn more about the others in the cohort, to grow as a person and in my desired goals. To have more clarity and insight on how I can advance the work of JP.
What social issue/s do you want to address?
Domestic Violence
Anita F.
Graduation Year 2012, JP Minneapolis
2021 Inaugural JP Alumni Fellow
“It’s time to step aside and give the largest stakeholders in people of color communities—women, often single mothers—the mic and the pen to author policy and agendas.”
Chastity Lord, JP President & CEO