by Claire Hannapel | Nov 17, 2022 | Alumni, QVS Philadelphia
This autumn QVS Philadelphia Coordinator and Alumni Rachael Carter shares with us their reflections on transitions and community. They received this message on a train. I have had the amazing opportunity to transition in QVS from being a Fellow and Coordinator in...
by Claire Hannapel | Jul 13, 2022 | Event, Recruitment, Video
On July 12, 2022, QVS hosted our 3rd Annual Supporters’ Briefing. We held our first ever Supporters’ Briefing in summer 2020 to offer Friends an inside look into programmatic and financial shifts due to COVID-19. This year, in addition to stories from QVS...
by Claire Hannapel | Jun 14, 2022 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Portland
Each summer — as the program year winds down — we invite Fellows to reflect on their experience and write a testimonial to share with Friends. Erica Loredo Belfi, a young adult Fellow who served in Portland during the 2021-2022 year, vulnerably discusses the...
by Claire Hannapel | May 31, 2022 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Minneapolis, Video
Ella Quainton, a Minneapolis QVS Fellow, is serving with Friends School of Minnesota, a Quaker progressive education school in St.Paul, MN. As a Communications Assistant, Ella is instrumental in developing creative ways to tell FSMN’s story, including using animation,...
by Claire Hannapel | Dec 14, 2021 | Alumni, Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Boston
MaryGrace Menner served at Metrowest Worker Center – Casa del Trabajador during the 2017-2018 QVS year. During MaryGrace’s year in QVS, she discerned whether to go to law school, and which law school to attend. Her housemates supported her discernment...
