“There was a period where we felt broken beyond repair”
Katie Hulihan, who served in Philadelphia during the 2020-2021 program year, shares about repairing conflict in community.
“My Life Has Completely Changed Since Following the Spirit”
Christina Dunbar, who served in the 2020-2021 program year, shares about risks and rewards of following the Spirit to Portland.
Recapping Our 2nd Annual QVS Supporters’ Briefing
On June 17, 2021, QVS hosted our 2nd Annual Supporters' Briefing. We held our first ever Supporters' Briefing in summer 2020 to offer Friends an inside look into programmatic and financial shifts due to COVID-19. This year, in addition to a report and recap from the...
A Ministry on Racial and Gender Justice
Eppchez served as a QVS Fellow in 2014-2015, and has remained in Philly since to follow leadings as an artist and organizer.
Equity as an Ongoing Process
This is part of a series of blog posts from Zenaida Peterson, QVS Director of Equity and Empowerment, in which they talk more explicitly about QVS’ equity work. In Essays on the Quaker Vision of Gospel Order, Lloyd Lee Wilson’s talks about the importance of...
QVS Came at a Perfect Time for Me
Kateri Boucher served at Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts during her 2017-2018 QVS year in Boston. In describing the impact of QVS on her life, Kateri shared, “QVS came at a perfect time for me. I was craving some kind of spiritual community but not sure I wanted to...
Recognizing the Role of Local Friends
For QVS to be successful, we need the support of local Friends. But what does that entail? From QVS’ inception we knew that a fundamental piece of our model would include partnering with local Quakers. We knew we couldn’t build a program alone, so we enlisted the...
Quaker Voluntary Service is an experiment at the intersection of transformational spirituality and activism, a Fellowship program for young adults.