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Julia Jones, Assistant Regional Director
Julia Jones joined the Church World Service Great Rivers Region in its Chicago office in April 2006, and she is currently the Assistant Director. Julia works with some 45 volunteer teams across Northern Illinois, assisting them with their planning of CROP events.
In January 2008, Julia traveled to Haiti and the Dominican Republic and visited CWS-sponsored development projects in rural and urban areas. The projects included training programs in agricultural methods, animal husbandry, small business design and microcredit loan management, community organizing, environmental protection, and literacy. She also saw evidence of CWS Emergency Response programs in communities affected by November 2007’s Hurricane Noel. The participants in each of these programs expressed deep appreciation for CWS’s assistance, and asked Julia to return to the U.S. and share their stories and their gratitude.
Julia is the child of two Presbyterian pastors and grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, where she faithfully participated in CROP Hunger Walks and Blanket Sundays throughout her youth. She studied at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio and received her B.A. in Political Science and Spanish. Her Master’s degree is from Ohio University and is in International Affairs, with a focus on Latin America. Julia has worked on policy issues in Washington D.C., and on international issues at the Presbyterian United Nations Office in New York City. She also worked as a mission volunteer for the Presbyterian Church in El Salvador for one year. She is married to the Rev. Michael Mann, a pastor in the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Julia loves working for Church World Service because she has seen how the organization’s work brings the light of hope to people’s lives, even when poverty or disaster threaten to extinguish hope. She says, “Church World Service creatively and effectively helps people turn their lives around. Church World Service programs are all about investing in people’s lives, in their communities, and that’s ultimately an investment in a future of peace and healing.”
In January 2008, Julia traveled to Haiti and the Dominican Republic and visited CWS-sponsored development projects in rural and urban areas. The projects included training programs in agricultural methods, animal husbandry, small business design and microcredit loan management, community organizing, environmental protection, and literacy. She also saw evidence of CWS Emergency Response programs in communities affected by November 2007’s Hurricane Noel. The participants in each of these programs expressed deep appreciation for CWS’s assistance, and asked Julia to return to the U.S. and share their stories and their gratitude.
Julia is the child of two Presbyterian pastors and grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, where she faithfully participated in CROP Hunger Walks and Blanket Sundays throughout her youth. She studied at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio and received her B.A. in Political Science and Spanish. Her Master’s degree is from Ohio University and is in International Affairs, with a focus on Latin America. Julia has worked on policy issues in Washington D.C., and on international issues at the Presbyterian United Nations Office in New York City. She also worked as a mission volunteer for the Presbyterian Church in El Salvador for one year. She is married to the Rev. Michael Mann, a pastor in the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Julia loves working for Church World Service because she has seen how the organization’s work brings the light of hope to people’s lives, even when poverty or disaster threaten to extinguish hope. She says, “Church World Service creatively and effectively helps people turn their lives around. Church World Service programs are all about investing in people’s lives, in their communities, and that’s ultimately an investment in a future of peace and healing.”