Jill and Philip sit down with former DOJ employee, Jordan Mathews, to hear why she decided to leave her dream job. In this episode, Jordan shares her journey from serving with the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic to the Rotary Peace Fellowship in Uppsala, Sweden. As a Presidential Management Fellow, Jordan found her dream job working at the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service, America’s Peacemaker. Now, Jordan is saying the true thing out loud and building community on The Fed Up.
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Find Jordan on LinkedIn, on Substack at The Fed Up, or contact her at thefedupcommunity[at]gmail[dot]com.
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“An Inside Job: Writing Your (True)Story and Why That Matters” by Jordan Mathews on October 8th
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Presidential Management FellowsProgram: “Termination of the PMF Program”Posted on February 19, 2025.
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Reuters, “New Justice Department Policy Cracks Down on Social Media Posts”, April 15, 2025 by Sarah N. Lynch.
"The new policy represents another unwarranted attack on DOJ employees - one that stifles their free speech in their private lives and creates new ways for the administration to oust career public servants who don't toe the party line," said Young.
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The views expressed in this episode are solely those of the individuals providing them and do not necessarily represent the views of the FBI, the DOJ, the United States, or any past or current employers.