Julia Zaree French
2024 Charmaine McKissick-Melton Communications Fellow
Julia Zaree French served as the 2024 summer intern at Faith & Leadership while earning her bachelor’s degree in mass communication at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina. She has contributed to NC Central’s student newspaper, Campus Echo, and plans to pursue a career as a writer and editor.
Interviews by Julia Zaree French:
Brenda Salter McNeil: Reconciliation is about much more than making friends
Apply for Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Exploring Christian Practices Initiative
The Exploring Christian Practices Initiative aims to multiply opportunities and increase access to settings that help individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds explore and engage in Christian practices to address their spiritual interests and questions, find and build community with others, nourish their religious lives and grow in faith.
An Interest Form and Letter of Interest are due March 25, 2026. Complete proposals are due May 18, 2026.
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