by Caitlin Churchill | Dec 22, 2022 | News, Resources, Uncategorized
This winter QVS Executive Director Hilary Burgin shares with us her reflections on translating across generations. While my business card might say my job title is “Executive Director” I find myself often in the role of a translator. Many Fellows...
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...
by Claire Hannapel | Feb 5, 2021 | National, News, Resources
The following post was co-written by Mike Huber and Hilary Burgin. While each Fellow’s experience is uniquely their own, QVS staff have learned to anticipate some general patterns in the course of a QVS Year. One pattern that we have been thinking about recently is...
by Liz Nicholson | Jun 3, 2020 | Equity, News, Resources
In this moment, we are seeing protests and action rise in multitudes in this country, and around the world, demanding justice for Black Lives, and calling attention to the systemic oppression of Black people. QVS fundamentally understands racial justice work to be...
by Liz Nicholson | May 30, 2020 | Equity, National, News, Resources
As we continue to see police and citizen violence on Black and brown bodies, most recently with the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, we ask what is our work- what is my work? This violence and white supremacy is not new, it is a tale as old...
by Liz Nicholson | Apr 8, 2020 | National, News, Resources
We know during the time of Coronavirus and increased uncertainty, our worship practices might shift in both location, frequency, and importance in our lives. We have put together an in-comprehensive list of some worship opportunities if you are looking for a place to...
