by QVS | Apr 22, 2024 | Equity, National, News
Photo caption: Boston Fellows, Naren and Karla, at a pro-Palestine march in February 2024. QVS Recruiting and Marketing Coordinator Director Ruth Cutcher shares with us about a workshop she hosted. I am a gardener because I love planting seeds. For many years, I had...
by QVS | Apr 12, 2024 | Equity, National, News, Resources
Photo: Lit tea candles on a Keffiyeh that creates a shrine. Quaker Voluntary Service (QVS) is founded upon the values of peace and community-building. We believe there is a Divine Light in every person. Because of our values and beliefs, it has been...
by QVS | Dec 21, 2023 | Equity, Financials, National, News
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...
by QVS | Feb 9, 2023 | Equity, Financials, National, News
This is an update on the reasoning behind the upcoming Fellow Stipend Increase. In December, QVS Staff and Board decided to increase the personal stipend for Fellows to $225/month, up from the stipend of $150/month. Next program year, starting in just 7 months (Sept...
by Claire Hannapel | Jan 21, 2022 | Equity, Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Atlanta
Sam Wilson, an Atlanta QVS Fellow, is serving with an education nonprofit called the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) as a communications fellow. SEF is an Atlanta based nonprofit with a 150+ year history in advocating for education equity in the southern...
by Claire Hannapel | May 26, 2021 | Equity, National, Resources
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...
