by | Aug 10, 2020 | Jobs/Openings, News, QVS Philadelphia
More summer transitions! This time, we are holding a big both/and for our dear Philadelphia Coordinator, Oskar Castro. Oskar joined the QVS staff team in summer 2016. Since then, Oskar led four cohorts of Philadelphia Fellows through the QVS year. We’re so...
by Claire Hannapel | Jun 30, 2020 | Equity, Event, National, News, Video
This summer, QVS staff and representatives will be present at virtual Yearly Meeting Annual Sessions across the country! Are you interested in getting to know our staff team better? Are you interested in learning about how Fellows are navigating intentional community...
by Liz Nicholson | Jun 16, 2020 | Equity, National, QVS Philadelphia
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” ― Audre Lorde What is our work? In 2008 many of us were witness to, if not active participants, in an electoral...
by Claire Hannapel | May 21, 2018 | Equity, Financials, News, Recruitment
As a relatively young organization designed to support the growth and development of young adults, Quaker Voluntary Service has also been growing and developing. Informed by the feedback we solicit from Fellows and others within the QVS community, we’ve...
by Liz Nicholson | Sep 21, 2017 | News
9/21/2017 Oskar Pierre Castro The Quaker publication, “Faith & Practice”, tells us this about an aspect of the Quaker Testimony on Stewardship intended to have us Walking Gently on the Earth: “We recognize that the well-being of the earth is a...
