Tandem Heads to Quaker Youth Leadership Conference

Eight Upper Schoolers will be representing Tandem at this year's 2025 Quaker Youth Leadership Conference (held January 30-February 1), an annual gathering/summit which connects students from Quaker schools all over the world through talks, activities and workshops. This year's in-person conference is being held at Carolina Friends School in Durham, NC. Tandem's student delegation includes seniors Emory G and Elena P, juniors Sofia S and Beatrice G, sophomores Elisabeth S, Talia P and Lucy L, and freshman Emory S; teachers Jason Farr and Casey Reed are attending as faculty sponsors. 

This year's theme is "Reconnecting to our Roots: Quakerism and the Environment!" and all activities, workshops and speakers will focus around it. Participants will enjoy small group work, community adventures and service involving environmental groups and nearby farms, experiential learning, workshops (topics may include Climate Change, Community Gardens, Farms, Sustainable Agriculture, Food Insecurity, Renewable Energy Advocacy, Environmental Racism, Public Transportation Access, Sustainable Art), speakers including Afro-Brazilian singer/songwriter Caique Vidal, a talent show, meetings for worship and more. Tandem's group spent the morning on Friday volunteering at Bike Durham, fixing up bikes that can be put back into the community for low cost. Students will learn about, visit and hold a Meeting for Worship in the Hayti Heritage Center. We look forward to hearing more details about their activities and workshops. Tandem students always return from QYLC fueled with ideas and information that will help inspire and guide our community. Tandem hosted QYLC in 2007 and 2015.