by Claire Hannapel | Jul 25, 2019 | Alumni, Quaker Service Testimonies
In my year as a QVS Fellow, I worked at Casa del Trabajador, an immigrant-led worker center which advocates for injured, unpaid, or otherwise vulnerable workers. My year with QVS and Casa del Trabajador gave me many, many things — but primarily, it gave me tools...
by Liz Nicholson | Jun 20, 2019 | Alumni, News, Quaker Service Testimonies, Video
This summer marks the completion of our seventh program year! Over 160 young adults have spent a year living in community with peers doing justice work in coalition with Quaker Meetings and community based organizations in Atlanta, Boston, Minneapolis/St.Paul,...
by Claire Hannapel | Jun 14, 2019 | Alumni, Financials, National, News
Thanks to a generous donor family, through July 31, 2020, all gifts from or in honor of individual QVS alumni will be matched up to $20,000. We’re excited that both contributions from Alumni themselves and gifts made in their honor will be matched in full. This...
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 Claire Hannapel | Feb 22, 2019 | Alumni, Event, Financials, National, News, QVS Atlanta, QVS Boston, QVS Minneapolis, QVS Philadelphia, QVS Portland
Two weeks ago, around 40 QVS Alumni gathered from around the country for an Alumni Reunion & 10 Year Celebration. This event was a first of its kind and an experiment in gathering together. QVS staff had long hoped to offer a retreat like this, convening together...