I’ll never forget my first day at the Washington Housing Alliance Action Fund. After a couple of hours worth of meet and greets and paperwork, I met with my supervisor who let me know that my first project would be organizing for a special election in the 30th legislative district. Being from Kansas, I, of […]
We are now accepting applications, and have just announced placements for next year! Applications are due March 1st, although we may accept applications on a rolling basis after that.
Many of our placement sites will be old favorites, with a few newer ones in the mix. In the realm of old favorites, we’ll have Northwest Immigrant […]
Being at Northwest Immigrant Rights Project for a little less than a year has so far taught me about immigration law and the subject matter of domestic violence. Every day presents a new set of responsibilities for me. I work as the VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) Intake Coordinator at NWIRP, where I’m seen as […]
Friends of the Children is a long-term mentoring program for youth facing the toughest challenges and connects them with professional mentors who encourage and guide them to develop their greatest potential and achieve their goals. From kindergarten through high school graduation, no matter what. I have been working with Friends for two months now and […]
Recently, the whole house plus a few of the QuEST Committee members (Joel and Gretchen) and the director (Alisa) left the city dust and electronics behind and entered into our fall retreat. John and Lee Neff generously let us use their peaceful and beautiful property overlooking Puget Sound just outside Kingston (Thank you!).
The Fellows chose […]
QuEST has welcomed our 2015-2016 cohort of Fellows. Their bios will be on the website soon, but they come from all over-Delaware, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Kansas, New York and one person (Lizzie) grew up right here in the Puget Sound area! Everyone had a good start to their work, and folks are working on figuring out […]
A huge success story from one of our placement sites made national news! REACH announced findings that their diversion program offering case management instead of arrest for low-level drug offenders reduces arrest rates by 60% compared to a control group. Our Fellow doesn’t do the case management, but does offer some of the other classes […]
Elyse Nakajima, from worldsowide.org led a QuEST time on the Eneagram, a method of understanding personality types. She explained each of the nine types, encouraging us to think about them as lenses we look through, and helping us explore what types we might be. We also learned about how the different types might approach […]
At QuEST time yesterday, the Fellows took a financial literacy quiz, and then talked about the answers-ranging from insurance, how to invest money in a retirement account, what your credit score is, and financial pros and cons of marriage. We also discussed how many parts of the system are set up to favor wealthier people […]
UPDATE 4/24/15 : QuEST has reopened admissions on a rolling basis. Download the application and apply today! QuEST is seeking young adults for our 2015-16 cohort-including for positions that we hope will be AmeriCorps-eligible through CVN’s new CompassionCorps program! If you are passionate about serving others and creating change, and want to explore living simply […]
