by Henry Kauth & the 2018-2019 QuEST Cohort
A small list of fun activities that have made my time special this year, in no particular order.
1. Nature Walks & Urban Excursions
Whether we were headed right out the front door of Q House along the Burke Gilman Trail to Lake Union or exploring the soaring views of […]
Lucy Sjulin
As 2019 fast approaches, it seems important to pause and reflect on the journey thus far. The other Fellows and I are well into the fourth month of the program, and though it feels like only yesterday we were meeting and picking our bedrooms, so much has happened.
I’d first like to look back to […]
by Mel Keller
This October, QuEST Fellows were invited to the Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration at Daybreak Star Cultural Center. Mel Keller, a QuEST Fellow, works at United Indians of All Tribes Foundation at Daybreak and helped plan the event. Read Mel’s blog post detailing the history of Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Seattle and its importance to the Native community.
United […]
by Divya Shiv
In March, I got to spend five action-packed days with my five other QuEST Fellows in Washington, DC, as participants in the 2018 Spring Lobby Weekend organized by the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). I hadn’t been to D.C. since an eighth grade school field trip when I was more interested in the […]
Divya: I can’t believe it’s already the middle of my QuEST Fellowship! Time has flown by so quickly, which is truly a testament to how much learning and growing I’ve been doing during the last few months. I feel really grateful to get to live with five amazing human beings who are continually teaching me what […]
QuEST has had a busy fall, as the 25th cohort of Fellows have settled into their new work and community. Let’s look back at some of the highlights:
None of the six new Fellows had ever been to Seattle before joining the QuEST program! They arrived at the end of August for several days of orientation […]
by Promise Welkin Partner
As the QuEST Fellows prepare to end their year in the program, they gathered at the Brown family property on Bainbridge Island for their closing retreat July 21-23. They were joined and supported by Promise, the Program Director; Paul and Joel, members of the QuEST Support Committee and of University Friends Meeting; […]
The QuEST Committee and University Friends Meeting are happy to announce that Promise Welkin Partner will be joining us as QuEST’s Director in May. Promise comes to us from Oregon, where she has been active in the Eugene Friends Meeting. A Christian Quaker, she is part of the 2016 cohort of the Way of the Spirit: […]
By Sara Hernon-Reeves and Hope Harvey
For those of us concerned by violations of human rights and by the lack of equality many people in this country face, the past few weeks have been excruciating. We have watched our government repeatedly show a lack of empathy towards immigrants, women, and the poor. On good days it […]
by Hope Harvey
My job at REACH, above all, is engaging with our clients-homeless men and women who have the added vulnerability of struggling with drug addiction. I am there to greet people, to inquire about their days, to […]
