Help bring on QEW’s new QVS Fellow, Norwood Keaton!
Help us launch our second-ever QuakerEarth Organizing Fellow, Norwood Keaton, this September! This full-time Quaker Voluntary Service position will focus across two vital initiatives: supporting ground-level campaign partnerships with Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) and local Friends in Philadelphia while also spearheading nationwide and international phone banking to connect hundreds of Quaker meetings on the Quaker Earth Action Map, expanding our global base for broad-scale environmental action.
Our goal is to raise $10,000 in September, Norwood’s first month, to help cover the costs of this new position in QEW! Your gift will help a young Friend step into leadership, amplify Quaker climate action, and inspire more meetings to take bold steps for our planet. Together, we can put Quaker Earthcare on the map, and strengthen local Quaker communities in Philadelphia!
NOTE: Please add “QVS Fundraiser” to the contribution note if you’d like to restrict this donation.
Quaker Earthcare Projects We’re Mapping
Funded around the world by QEW Mini-Grants!
The QuakerEarth Campaign is a decade-long effort to unite and amplify Quaker Earthcare efforts around the world. In this critical decade for climate and ecological survival, we are building a global Quaker network capable of coordinated, courageous, and prophetic action. The first stage of the campaign consists of four primary components, which our new QVS QuakerEarth Outreach Fellow will spearhead:
- Mapping – creating the first global map, database, and network of Quaker-led Earthcare efforts
- Storytelling – sharing multimedia testimonies of faithful action to inspire and connect
- Consulting – supporting Meetings, Schools, and Organizations in deepening and growing their Earthcare witness
- Action – using our growing network to launch bold national and global initiatives, including campaigns for legislative change, diplomatic advocacy, and on-the-ground sustainability efforts
QEW's Six Goals for the First Phase of our Campaign
These efforts are grounded in six core aims — our Six C’s — which express the moral and strategic heart of the QuakerEarth Campaign:
- Connect Friends globally – Unite Quaker Meetings, Schools, and Orgs worldwide to share witness, support, and solidarity.
- Celebrate Earthcare stories – Lift up faithful acts of environmental witness to inspire Friends and allies across the globe.
- Coordinate efforts – Reduce duplication, share tools, and increase the coherence and power of Quaker Earthcare action.
- Catalyze new action – Inspire and activate Friends to take bold, Spirit-led steps for climate justice and ecological healing.
- Companion Friends on the journey – Support, encourage, and walk alongside Friends as they deepen their commitment to Earthcare.
Call forth prophetic leadership – Summon the courage, clarity, and coordination needed for bold, Spirit-led action in a time of crisis.
