by QVS | Dec 14, 2023 | Alumni, National, News, Recruitment
Photo: A collage of fun QVS moments featuring Alumni, Staff, and Fellows from recent years. Finding our compass… As we shared in our June 2023 Supporters’ Briefing, we have been exploring program shifts to better meet the needs of young adults today and respond...
by QVS | Nov 22, 2023 | Alumni, National, News, Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Atlanta
Rebecca Cole Sullivan served at American Friends Service Committee in Atlanta during the 2012-2013 QVS year. She was in the first cohort! Quick Facts Pronouns: she/her Spiritual Community: Member of Atlanta Friends Meeting and worshiping there! Also a part of Friends...
by Claire Hannapel | Nov 17, 2022 | Alumni, QVS Philadelphia
This autumn QVS Philadelphia Coordinator and Alumni Rachael Carter shares with us their reflections on transitions and community. They received this message on a train. I have had the amazing opportunity to transition in QVS from being a Fellow and Coordinator in...
by Claire Hannapel | Dec 14, 2021 | Alumni, Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Boston
MaryGrace served at Metrowest Worker Center – Casa del Trabajador during the 2017-2018 QVS year. During MaryGrace’s year in QVS, she discerned whether to go to law school, and which law school to attend. Her housemates supported her discernment process...
by Claire Hannapel | Nov 29, 2021 | Alumni, Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Atlanta
Adrian Nelson served at L’Arche Atlanta during the 2015-2016 QVS year. Five summers later, Adrian was deployed with a medical team to the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon. Check out the following QVS Alumni Spotlight to learn about Adrian’s vocational path and the...
by Claire Hannapel | Aug 6, 2021 | Alumni, Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Philadelphia
Abby Brown served at Germantown Friends School (GFS) for her 2014-2015 QVS year in Philadelphia, and has continued working in education ever since. “QVS was asking us every week to be incredibly self-reflective, and in tune with our work and ourselves… [Topics]...
