by Liz Nicholson | Feb 8, 2018 | QVS Boston
a living document Maya Gillett, 2017-18 Boston Fellow, serving at Community Action Agency of Somerville Way back in September, during the national orientation session for all thirty of this year’s QVS fellows, QVS staff began mentioning the “covenant.” As in: “When...
by Liz Nicholson | Jan 31, 2018 | QVS Boston
A NOTE ON SIMPLE LIVING Kateri Boucher, 2017-18 Boston Fellow, working with Neighbor to Neighbor “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” – Hans Hoffman Recently a few housemates and I decided to...
by Liz Nicholson | Mar 1, 2017 | News, 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 22, 2016 | News, QVS Boston
Three Boston QVS Fellows and one Alumni Fellow attended the New England Yearly Meeting (NEYM) Young Adult Friends (YAF) Midwinter retreat at Woolman Hill in Deerfield, Massachusetts January 7-10! The theme, “Worship: Open to our journeys,” allowed time to...
by Liz Nicholson | Jan 14, 2016 | Jobs/Openings, News, QVS Atlanta, QVS Boston, QVS Philadelphia, QVS Portland
Position: Quaker Voluntary Service Fellow Community, Social Justice, Transformational Spirituality Quaker Voluntary Service is a year-long service program in which young adults, between the ages 21-30, live communally, work full time at social service and social...
