Friends General Conference provides services and resources for individual Friends, meetings, and people interested in the Quaker way. FGC is an association of regional Quaker communities in the U.S. and Canada working together to nurture a vital Quaker faith. Founded in 1900, FGC has grown from a voluntary organization of seven yearly meetings, created to hold a “general conference” every other year, to an association of fourteen yearly meetings, supplemented with regional groups and individual meetings. FGC continues to sponsor an annual Gathering of Friends.

At its heart, FGC is a member and volunteer led organization. The way FGC operates is deeply rooted in the Quaker testimonies and based on Quaker practices. We believe that through worship and openness to God’s will, the right focus and direction for the organization will emerge. Discernment is achieved through broad participation of Friends from around the country in a variety of committees.

The QVS Alumni Fellow will serve as the Ministry on Racism Support Specialist, working closely with the Committee for Nurturing Ministries (CNM) coordinator for the ministry on racism work, the Committee for Nurturing Ministries (and other FGC staff as appropriate.) The support specialist assists the coordinator and committee with their routine work, planning of consultations and conferences, and also assists with inquiries from monthly, quarterly and yearly meetings. The support specialist assists with supporting the FGC staff in its diversity work and identifying resources that nurture the work of addressing racism within the Religious Society of Friends. This year (2017-2018) the support specialist will assist CNM with supporting FGC with initiating the Institutional Cultural Assessment. The fellow should have experience in or a desire to develop experience with a diverse range of individuals regarding age, race, gender and ethnic backgrounds, and should understand White Supremacy is a systemic problem within the United States and Canada. The Fellow should work autonomously, write clearly and directly, as well as have the ability to edit written materials.

Friends Publishing Corporation, the publishers of Friends Journal and QuakerSpeak, seeks a Member Engagement Fellow to be part of our team as we undertake new projects to better serve, engage, and solicit support from our audiences, especially those for whom our digital products and services are their primary interaction with us. Our goal is to serve the Quaker community and the wider community of spiritual seekers through the publication of articles, poetry, letters, art, and news that convey the contemporary experience of Friends.This role is a new one for the organization.

The Member Engagement Fellow's responsibilities may include:

• Answering customer service inquiries
• Developing and interpreting data from customer surveys
• Interpreting data from web analytics
• Developing and packaging content for our websites to meet the needs of identified customer segments
• Data entry
• Drafting and editing content for social media posts and email marketing
• Identifying and cultivating relationships with individuals and organizations that can advance awareness of our products
• Provide logistical support for events and outreach efforts, as needed
• Participate in video screening and feedback sessions, editorial brainstorms, content planning, and other collaborative staff-wide projects

The Fellow will enjoy the opportunity to work on-site with our small, talented team, getting exposure to all aspects of a modern media operation. They will work closely with our executive director, business manager, and content staff. They will gain exposure to a wide variety of Quaker perspectives and further develop communications and customer service skills that will serve them well. They will receive training in the tools we use to get work done, including G Suite, Slack, Wordpress, Aweber, Sprout Social, and more.

Ideally, the Fellow will possess experience in customer-facing positions and have experience communicating in writing in professional situations. They must be comfortable with technology and sensitive to the different needs of a customer base that is diverse in age, geographic location, and background. Some data analysis experience (coursework in quantitative methods or statistics, or experience using Google Analytics or Facebook Insights, for example) is a plus.

Friends Rehabilitation Program (FRP) is a Quaker values-based affordable housing and social service provider working in the Philadelphia region. The organization aims to transform neighborhoods through community-based economic development, sustainable affordable housing, and transitional opportunities for marginalized populations. By integrating best practices in sustainable and equitable development, FRP focuses on empowering residents, unlocking value, and fostering vibrant, creative communities. FRP provides 500 units of affordable housing in various neighborhoods of Philadelphia and employs over 70 individuals. FRP’s work emphasizes racial and economic justice, equity and ownership, and trauma-informed care as we foster communities of excitement, wonder, pride and engagement. They are developing affordable and mixed-income housing and sustainable cooperatives with a systems approach to supporting marginalized communities. FRP aims to cultivate ‘ecosystems’ that foster social cohesion, stewardship, and resilience through housing, training, food access, community programs, social services, and sustainable business incubation. FRP uses an asset-based approach and the Quaker testimonies of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship to inform this work.

The Sustainable Development Fellow will work closely with staff, in a team-based approach on programs focusing on food justice, economic equality, ecological sustainability, and social justice. The QVS Fellow will assist in organizational development, research, communications, and involvement with earth and community. This includes but is not limited to: assisting development and implementation of sustainability initiatives through grant writing and fundraising, conducting community outreach and research in the spirit of asset development and appreciative inquiry, as well as evidence-based development research, developing content and stories for FRP’s online presence, and planting, growing, and harvesting produce for distribution among residents.

Germantown Friends School is dedicated to reaching that of God in every person. Their mission is to seek truth, challenge the intellect, honor differences, embrace the city, and nurture each student’s mind, body and spirit. They are a Friends school, under the care of Germantown Monthly Meeting, founded on the belief that there is that of God in everyone. Together, love and respect for each individual provide the premise for all that we do. We regard education not as training for a particular way of life, but as part of a lifelong process, and as we guide and encourage our students in their personal growth, we try to cultivate and support in them principles that Friends have long considered to have lasting value. Among these are truthfulness, simplicity and self-discipline, the resolution of differences without violence, and respect for diverse heritages and experiences.

The Community Involvement Fellow-

Works as assistant to the Director of Community Involvement, whose duties include the following: supervising the community involvement program, represents GFS in the Germantown community; serving as a resource to faculty and administration in interpreting Quaker principles and practice and in sustaining the religious life of the school. The QVS Fellow will be expected to further develop their K-12 social justice-themed urban studies curriculum and serve as volunteer coordinator for the local K-5 public School Assist with K-12 Community Involvement program activities such as MLK Day, all-grade work days, and Middle School Project Time off-campus groups.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is a regional association of local Quaker communities in Pennsylvania, Delaware, northern Maryland, and southern New Jersey. We bring Quakers in our region together to deepen our collective spirituality and to build synergistic relationships. We develop programs that serve local Quaker communities in a spirit of collaboration and fun. We cultivate volunteers and staff who help make the leadings of our yearly meeting community come alive and discern corporate witness when it arises.

The Communications Associate for Community Engagement is a QVS Alumni Fellow who supports the innovative development of energizing content towards building a culture of sharing our stories, to inspire, motivate and hearten each other as needed. The Alumni Fellow helps encourage the communities that make up Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to publicize their work and ministry with each other and with the wider body of Friends.

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American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization that promotes lasting peace with justice, as a practical expression of faith in action. Drawing on continuing spiritual insights and working with people of many backgrounds, we nurture the seeds of change and respect for human life that transform social relations and systems.

AFSC operates from an empowerment model rather than a service model, and whenever possible collaborates with and seeks guidance from the people and communities most affected by injustice. AFSC's work has five key issue areas: building peace, immigrant rights, addressing prisons, just economies and ending discrimination. In each of these areas, AFSC works with a variety of domestic and international populations.

The QVS Friends Relations Fellow will:

• Provide logistical and administrative support for Friends Relations
• Lead implementation of Let Your Life Speak fundraising campaign
• Create content for blog and website (blogposts, interviews, resources, etc.)
• Provide outreach, networking, and program support for liaisons and QPIN
• Coordinate 39 Questions for White People at Quaker meetings and institutions

Germantown Friends School is dedicated to reaching that of God in every person. Their mission is to seek truth, challenge the intellect, honor differences, embrace the city, and nurture each student’s mind, body and spirit. They are a Friends school, under the care of Germantown Monthly Meeting, founded on the belief that there is that of God in everyone. Together, love and respect for each individual provide the premise for all that we do. We regard education not as training for a particular way of life, but as part of a lifelong process, and as we guide and encourage our students in their personal growth, we try to cultivate and support in them principles that Friends have long considered to have lasting value. Among these are truthfulness, simplicity and self-discipline, the resolution of differences without violence, and respect for diverse heritages and experiences.

The Community Involvement Fellow-

Works as assistant to the Director of Community Involvement, whose duties include the following: supervising the community involvement program, represents GFS in the Germantown community; serving as a resource to faculty and administration in interpreting Quaker principles and practice and in sustaining the religious life of the school. The QVS Fellow will be expected to further develop their K-12 social justice-themed urban studies curriculum and serve as volunteer coordinator for the local K-5 public School Assist with K-12 Community Involvement program activities such as MLK Day, all-grade work days, and Middle School Project Time off-campus groups.