A Reawakening in the Twin Cities
Photo: A potluck hosted by the Local Support Committee in the Twin Cities last year. Local enthusiasm for QVS kept the door open for a possible return to the Twin CitiesLast Spring, the QVS Board of Directors made the difficult decision to pause the program in...
We’re expanding our programing!
Photo: The QVS Boston house on retreat in Sandwich, NH in the summer of 2023. If you read our blog about a shortened program year, you might be wondering, what will QVS do with the extended summer break? We are piloting a summer program! There are endless...
There are bats moving into the Boston QVS house.
Photo: The QVS Boston house at National Orientation in August 2023. Bayard Rustin, the gay Quaker civil rights activist, said that “We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.” We’re creating a cohort for Boston Angelic Troublemakers (BATs)...
Building a Community That Lasts a Lifetime
Photo: Haley Castle-Miller holding a goat during a QVS Day where the Fellows visited a farm. When I finished college, I didn't have a clue what I wanted to do. I graduated with a double major in Peace Studies and Spanish, and all I knew was I wanted to do...
Addressing Financial Challenges
Photo: The QVS Fellows and Staff at National Orientation in August 2023. Young adults are feeling enormous financial pressure. This is one of the greatest obstacles to participation in QVS. We’ve received this feedback over and over, from the survey we conducted...
Shortening the QVS Year
Photo: The QVS Philadelphia house at National Orientation in August 2023. The survey that we conducted in October revealed that many young adults view an 11-month program to be too long and require too much of a commitment. This is also something that we have...
Young Adult Survey
We reached out to young adults to gauge interest and gain a better understanding of the barriers keeping young adults from applying to QVS.
Quaker Voluntary Service is an experiment at the intersection of transformational spirituality and activism, a Fellowship program for young adults.