by Jackie Lamars | Jun 23, 2025 | National, News
Pictured above (left to right): Allie Breyer, Saudia LaMont, and Greg Stefanski. We are thrilled to introduce our next Executive Director, Greg Stefanski, who joins QVS this July! Greg Stefanski Incoming Executive Director “I look forward to sharing the lessons I have...
by Jackie Lamars | Jun 23, 2025 | Alumni, Equity, National, News, Quaker Service Testimonies
Written by Gabriel Nafziger Dear Friend, At the start of my Quaker Voluntary Service year, I found myself feeling disillusioned with the prospect of joining the capitalist and American workforce and the world in general. This feeling was making me struggle to get...
by Jackie Lamars | Jun 18, 2025 | Alumni, Equity, National, News, Quaker Service Testimonies
Written by Paloma Sharangpani This year has been so full and varied that it’s difficult for me to describe. My role, with its very cheffy title of Reproductive Health Outreach Specialist, does conjure an accurate image of my standard day: sitting at a table with...
by Jackie Lamars | Jun 18, 2025 | Alumni, Equity, National, News, Quaker Service Testimonies
Written by Salem Heideman Before I came to QVS, I was lost. I could feel a sickness in the world, and in myself. I was in a constant state of unease. I struggled to exist in silence with my thoughts. I’d been drifting toward a mathematics degree that I felt no calling...
by Jackie Lamars | Jun 10, 2025 | Alumni, Equity, National, News, Quaker Service Testimonies
Written by Edward Buck-Shannon I came to QVS from Southern Arizona, where migrant justice and the violence of immigration enforcement are central to life and landscape. In college, I studied immigration and briefly worked at a legal aid organization where I worked...
