About

QuakerSpeak is a Quaker YouTube channel. We interview Friends of all different backgrounds and ask them the core questions of our faith.

QuakerSpeak interviews are personal and intimate. We seek to give viewers worldwide an experience that is entertaining, informative, inspiring, challenging, inviting, unifying and collaborative.

New videos come out every other Thursday. Subscribe here.


QuakerSpeak has partnered with Quaker organizations that are doing good work in the world. Here are a few of them:

To find out how your organization can become a partner and get the word out about its work through the power of online video, please visit our partners page.

Rebecca Hamilton-Levi, Video Producer of the QuakerSpeak Project

Rebecca Hamilton‐Levi joined Friends Journal in December 2019. She previously created short videos for Friends Community School and documentaries highlighting the experiences of trans and non-binary students on her college campus.

For QuakerSpeak, Rebecca travels around the country interviewing Quakers about their faith. Those interviews are edited and uploaded every other Thursday.

Rebecca currently lives in South Philadelphia. In her free time, she enjoys baking, pottery, crocheting, knitting, and analyzing her favorite TV shows.

Jon Watts

QuakerSpeak was started in 2014 by Quaker musician and videographer Jon Watts, who directed the project for its first 6 seasons. Keep up to date with Jon’s work at his website.