by Liz Nicholson | Feb 9, 2017 | Equity, QVS Philadelphia, Recruitment, Video
QVS and Social Change Chrissie Elcock The political climate is burning my skin. The flames under this melting pot sizzle and pop fumigating the air. The aftermath of this election has left the Western liberal world mortified. Ideals and hopes for achieving an...
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...