2026 – Friend of the Week and CHQ Weekly Themes

Week One • June 27– July 4: Icons and Instigators: Women Who Change the World

Interfaith Lecture Theme – TBD
Friend of the Week: Julie Peyton

Week Two • July 4 – July 11: Breaking the News: Charting a New Media Landscape

Interfaith Lecture Theme – TBD

Friend of the Week: Gabe Ehri and Renzo M

Week Three • July 11-18: The 2026 Election: What’s at Stake?

A Week in Partnership with American Enterprise Institute and Brookings Institution

Interfaith Lecture Theme –TBD

Friend of the Week: Anika Forrest – Friends Committee on National Legislation

Week Four • July 18-25: Wasted: Our Era of Disposability

Interfaith Lecture Theme – TBD

Friend of the Week: Liz Nicholson and QVS volunteer

Week Five • July 25 – Aug 1:  Art and Artists Against the Odds

Interfaith Lecture Theme – TBD

Friend of the Week: Todd Drake

Week Six • Aug 1 – 8: America at 250 – In Partnership with the National Constitution Center and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Interfaith Lecture Theme – TBD

Friend of the Week: Gwen Gosney Erickson

Week Seven • Aug. 8–15: Global Power and Our Evolving International Order

Interfaith Lecture Theme – TBD

Friend of the Week: Bob Bower

Week Eight• Aug. 15-22: The Future of Food:

Climate, Technology and the Next Agricultural Revolution

Interfaith Lecture Theme – TBD

Friend of the Week: Evan Welkin

Week Nine • Aug. 22-30: The Importance of Gathering:

A Collaboration With the Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Interfaith Lecture Theme – TBD

Friend of the Week: Francisco Burgos