by Haley Castle-Miller | Dec 20, 2024 | Alumni, QVS Atlanta
Above Photo Caption: Elise and other Fellows in her cohort pictured with Senator John Lewis. In the seven years since my Quaker Voluntary Service Fellowship year, a lot has changed: for myself, for the world, and for QVS. In the spring of 2016, when I applied to QVS,...
by QVS | Feb 27, 2024 | Alumni, National, News, QVS Atlanta, QVS Boston, QVS Minneapolis, QVS Philadelphia, QVS Portland
Photo from left to right starting with the back row: Jackie Lamars, Woody (Rachel Logan-Wood), Miche McCall, MaryGrace Menner Front row: Jillian Eller, Madison Rose, KellyAnn Cameron, Krista Snyder The Alumni Council is a group of QVS alumni who meet with the...
by QVS | Nov 22, 2023 | Alumni, National, News, 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 | Jun 13, 2022 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Atlanta
Each summer — as the program year winds down — we invite Fellows to reflect on their experience and write a testimonial to share with Friends. Rebecca Rubenstein, a young adult Fellow who served in Atlanta during the 2021-2022 year, reflects on the spiritual...
by Claire Hannapel | Apr 13, 2022 | National, News, QVS Atlanta, Recruitment
Read below for a joint letter from QVS staff and board about the April 2022 decision to pause the QVS Atlanta program. Dear Friend, In 2020 we knew that the COVID-19 pandemic would profoundly impact Quaker Voluntary Service and require us to be nimble in making...
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...
