Community. Service. Transformation.

Quaker Voluntary Service is an experiment at the intersection of transformational spirituality and activism, a year-long Fellowship program for young adults.

Meet the Alumni Council!

Photo from left to right starting with the back row: Jackie Lamars, Woody (Rachel Logan-Wood), Miche McCall, MaryGrace Menner  Front row: Jillian Eller, Madison Rose, KellyAnn Cameron, Krista Snyder   The Alumni Council is a group of QVS alumni who meet with the...

Supporters’ Briefing: Program Shift Updates

On January 24, 2024 Quaker Voluntary Service held a special Supporters’ Briefing. While we usually hold this event annually in June, we felt it was important to hold an event sooner to share with supporters the program shifts recently approved by the Board of...

A Reawakening in the Twin Cities

Photo: A potluck hosted by the Local Support Committee in the Twin Cities last year.  Local enthusiasm for QVS kept the door open for a possible return to the Twin CitiesLast Spring, the QVS Board of Directors made the difficult decision to pause the program in...

We’re expanding our programing!

Photo: The QVS Boston house on retreat in Sandwich, NH in the summer of 2023.  If you read our blog about a shortened program year, you might be wondering, what will QVS do with the extended summer break? We are piloting a summer program! There are endless...

There are bats moving into the Boston QVS house.

Photo: The QVS Boston house at National Orientation in August 2023.  Bayard Rustin, the gay Quaker civil rights activist, said that “We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.” We’re creating a cohort for Boston Angelic Troublemakers (BATs)...

“I feel really thankful to be in this community that is supporting my social justice work and spiritual growth.”

Zenaida Peterson

QVS Alum, 2016-2017

“The young people I work with are valued treasures. They inspire me to stay idealistic in my endeavors toward social justice and they embolden my commitment to Quaker values.”

Oskar Pierre Castro

Former Philadelphia Coordinator

“I am also glad, very glad to see such deeper reaching and very promising renewal projects such as… Quaker Voluntary Service, which is attracting and cultivating a new generation of Quaker leaders.”

Parker J. Palmer

Plenary at FGC Gathering 2015

“QVS provided an experience where my [Quaker] faith and spirituality became intertwined with my home life and work life, namely in my relationships and practices.”

Giovanna Selvaggio

QVS Alum, 2013-2014

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