by Liz Nicholson | Jun 26, 2018 | Equity, News/Update, QVS Atlanta, Uncategorized
This past weekend, Friends from around the Southeast gathered for Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association’s (SAYMA) annual sessions at Warren Wilson College outside Asheville, North Carolina. Atlanta Fellows and alum led programming with both the...
by Liz Nicholson | May 10, 2018 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Atlanta
The Value of Loss Written by Emily Weyrauch, 2017-18 Atlanta Fellow serving with GA WAND Originally published by Friends Journal May 1, 2018 I sat in the center of the bustling student union of my alma mater with a table full of Quaker Voluntary Service materials and...
by Liz Nicholson | Mar 1, 2017 | News/Update, QVS Atlanta, QVS Boston, QVS Philadelphia, QVS Portland, Recruitment
Who are we partnering with this year? From sites we’ve worked with for years like the Nationalities Service Center–working on immigrant and refugee rights issues, to brand new sites like Urban Gleaners– which addresses hunger by redistributing...
by Liz Nicholson | Jan 9, 2017 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Atlanta
This gentle Quaker couple, Nan and Britt Pendergrast, helped create and sustain the News/Views publications which began in April, 1980. A group from Atlanta Friends Meeting, led by Dwight Ferguson and Nan Pendergrast, selected articles on peace, social justice and...
by Liz Nicholson | Jan 9, 2017 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Atlanta
Courtney and Elizabeth Siceloff met in Sweden on a Quaker sponsored tour of Scandinavian cooperatives in 1949 and then continued to live their lives together in service. Their first service began in 1950 at the newly formed Penn Center on St. Helena Island in South...
by Liz Nicholson | Dec 9, 2016 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Atlanta
Elizabeth Hendricks “I was a long-time (50 years) member of Atlanta Friends Meeting, so I am especially pleased that the first Quaker Voluntary Service House has been established in Atlanta. QVS is continuing a long tradition of Quaker service. To support that...
