The program provides a unique internship and academic experience for outstanding undergraduate students at John Jay College who have a demonstrated commitment to social justice and public service. Students in the program will work in agencies that seek to improve the administration of justice, influence public policy, conduct research, and deliver a range of social services at the same time they a
re taking specially-designed, theme-based seminars with John Jay’s outstanding Interdisciplinary Studies Program (ISP) faculty. Everything on the page is the opinion of former Vera Fellows and does not reflect the ideas or positions of the Vera Institute of Justice or the individual agencies who participate in the Vera Fellows program. This is about taking our life's work after the Vera fellowship, continuing to learn about the field of social entrepreneurship that intrigued us so much while we were Fellows, sharing our accomplishments, what we've learned from our failures and openly give each other support and advice, and creating a system to build a legacy. The College thanks the Charina Endowment Fund, Herb and Elizabeth Sturz, and Frederick Schwarz, Jr., for their generous support of the Vera Fellows Program.
