by Liz Nicholson | May 9, 2019 | Financials, National, News
Check out our QVS National Spring Update! Written by Development Coordinator, and QVS Atlanta Alum, Claire Hannapel.Spring has a lot to teach us. Especially as it relates to this Spirit-led work of community that we’re engaged in as Quaker Voluntary Service. How can...
by Liz Nicholson | May 1, 2019 | Alumni, News
This past April at their spring meeting, the QVS Board discerned that we would take a Sabbath Year from our Alumni Fellowship program. This decision was made out of an effort to be dutiful to our program’s original intent and ministry and responsive to Fellows...
by Liz Nicholson | Mar 14, 2019 | Alumni, News, QVS Boston
A year and a half ago when I started Quaker Voluntary Service and my position at Massachusetts Climate Action Network, I had no idea what a Municipal Light Plant was. Now they have become my “life’s work” or at least make up the majority of my very short career. This...
by Liz Nicholson | Jan 14, 2019 | Jobs/Openings, News, Recruitment
Grounded in the Quaker faith tradition and open to people of all backgrounds, QVS provides a Fellowship opportunity for young adults who live in intentional community with their peers and work in professional settings that aim to change unjust social...
by Liz Nicholson | Nov 22, 2018 | Equity, News, Resources
William Penn is oft revered in Quaker communities for his peaceful interactions with Native Americans, particularly Delaware or Lenni-Lenape people whose land stretched across what is now Philadelphia. Under the great elm at the Shackamaxon, William Penn and Elders...