Jessica Manfre

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Social Worker | Author | CFO & Co-Founder — Inspire Up - serving the military & first responders

Jessica Manfre is a licensed social worker, author, and Chief Financial Officer and co-founder of Inspire Up, a nonprofit foundation that serves the military and first responders. She has also received national media attention for her initiative, #GivingTuesdayMilitary, which encourages people to offer one million acts of intentional kindness.She holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Central Florida and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Northwestern State University. Jessica is the proud wife of U.S. Coast Guardsman Scott Manfre and mama to their two children, Anthony and Raegan and lives near Norfolk, VA.

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Never Alone: Ruth, the Modern Military Spouse, and the God Who Goes With Us

Faraway lands, fear, and faith—Ruth paves the way for our story. One day when author and military spouse Jessica Manfre was reading the book of Rut...

Featured on: Thursday, May 25, 2023

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September 18, 2026

Penna Dexter

Explaining NEET

A young conservative Anglican, who goes by the pseudonym Crier in the Wilderness, has an essay at Virtue Online that attempts to explain a category of young men who are not in a good place. They are N...

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September 18, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Birth Tourism

Although the Supreme Court reaffirmed that birthright citizenship is constitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment, there is the related issue of birth tourism. Unfortunately, the media tends to confl...

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September 17, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Message to Students

Emily Austin recently spoke at the Christians United for Israel conference. She had a message for the students protesting America and calling for revolution. First, she asked them if they “have an...

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