Blogs

This page carries the blogs of AP Fellows, partners and staff dating back to 2020. We have posted blogs on this website since 2003, but until 2020 these were exclusively written by Peace Fellows who were deployed abroad. This changed in 2020 with the pandemic. Everyone associated with AP – including partners in the South, Board members, Peace Fellows, and staff – was locked down. Adding to the stress, 2020 was a year of racial tension in the US. As a result we offered all team members to express themselves through this page. This produced some fine writing and a much wider spread of topics than in previous years. To open blogs, click on the links below the photos and please leave a comment! For the blogs of Fellows by year click here.

Maddy Pound (York University, UK) GDPU, Uganda,2025		Maung Myint Swe, Advocate for the Rohingya, Bangladesh		Alex McDermott (Durham University, UK), GDPU, Uganda, 2025
Joseph Okwir, Gulu Disabled Persons Union (GDPU), Uganda 2025		Shuyuan Zhang (Maastricht Law School), NEFAD Nepal 2025		Aaron Bailey (Texas A&M University) GDPU and WAW, Gulu Uganda 2025
Julia Holladay, Shield of Faith Association, Kenya		Angie Zheng, Georgetown University, AEPD Vietnam		Alexis Lopez, Georgetown University, BASE Nepal
Laila Azmy (Wesleyan College) NEFAD Nepal 2025		Emma Cohen (Wellesley College) NEFAD Nepal, 2025
Adin Becker (Harvard University) Jeevan Rekha Parishad (Lifeline), Bhubaneswar, Odisha India 2024		Olivia Landau (Fletcher School at Tufts University) Children Peace Initiative, Nanyuki and Baringo, Kenya 2024		Julia Davatzes (George Washington University) Gulu Disabled Persons Union (GDPU), Gulu Uganda 2024
Madeleine Schneider (Georgetown University), Burma Environmental Working Group (BEWG) 2024		The Raven McGurll (George Washington University) the Shield of Faith Association, Nairobi, Kenya 2024		Sahasra Thokala, South Forsyth High School, Cumming GA. Soap-making team leader 2024
Maggie Lauder (Portsmouth High School, RI), US High School Composting		Ruby Meador, University School of Nashville, Tennessee, soap-making team leader 2024		Bella Quiroa, (East Bay MET School, Newport RI), High School Composting 2024
Emma Pautz (Barrington High School, RI), US High School Composting 2024				Rohit Samal (Rajdhani Degree College, Bhubaneswar) Lifeline India 2023
Caitlin Mittrick (George Washington University) Shield of Faith, Kenya, 2023		Therese McCarry (MSFS, Georgetown University) NEFAD, Nepal 2022		Dawa Sherpa (Texas A&M) Women Advocacy Project, Zimbabwe, 2022
Julia Holladay (George Washington University) Children Peace Initiative Kenya,. 2022		Kyle Aloof (Texas A&M University) Gulu Disabled Persons Union, Uganda, 2022		Aimee Benitez Aguirre (UCLA, California), Women Advocacy Project WAP 2022 Zimbabwe (remote)
Daniel Gurevitch (UPenn) 2022 Fellow with CPIK Kenya (remote)		Evan Cranmer (UMD) 2022 Fellow with Subornogram, Bangladesh (remote)		Delaney Rogers, Project Coordinator, The Advocacy Project
Iain Guest, Executive Director, The Advocacy Project		Mary-Ellen Cain, Finance Manager, The Advocacy Project		Bobbi Fitzsimmons, Quilt Coordinator, The Advocacy Project
Abby Hack, Tech Coordinator, The Advocacy Project		Shahed Kayes, Founder and Director of Subornogram, Bangladesh		Emma Okello, Project Coordinator at GDPU, Uganda
Trish Makanhiwa, Girl Ambassador with WAP, Zimbabwe		Ram Bhandari, Founder and Director of NEFAD, Nepal		Monica Kinyua, Program Manager at CPI Kenya
Musema Faruk, Administrator GDPU, Uganda		Constance Mugari, Founder of WAP, Zimbabwe		Patrick Ojok, Program Manager, GDPU, Uganda
Anna Braverman (Fletcher School, Tufts University) 2021 Fellow at Gulu Disabled Persons Union, Uganda		Nina Thakur (South Forsyth High School GA) 2021 Fellow with WAP Zimbabwe (remote)		Ryan Pham (University of California, Los Angeles), 2021 Fellow with AEPD, Vietnam (remote)
Saliha Gozel (Georgetown University), 2021 Fellow with Gulu Disabled Persons Union, Uganda (remote)		Sarina Maini (University of Maryland) 2021 Fellow with Women Advocacy Project, Zimbabwe (remote)		Avyan Mejdeen (Concordia College) 2011 Fellow with Ebola Survivors, Liberia (remote)
Miriam Correia (Albertus Magnus College, Connecticut) 2021 Quilt Fellow		Malien Tingpalpong (American University) 2021 Fellow with WAP Zimbabwe (remote)		Grace McGuire (Walt Whitman High School, DC) 2020-2021 Outreach Fellow
Savannah Kopp (University of Maryland) 2021 Fellow with Children’s Peace Initiative Kenya (remote)		Anastaseya Kulikova (University of Illinois) 2021 Fellow with BASE Nepal (remote)		Beliz Aluc (Pomona College, California) 2021 Fellow with Survivors of Ebola (remote)
Dan Alpert (University of Maryland) 2021 Fellow with GDPU Uganda (remote)		Cara Adams (University of Illinois) 2021 Fellow with WAP Zimbabwe (remote)		Jeremiah Gatlin (Fletcher School), 2021 Fellow at OPEN-SARL, Senegal
Mathew Nyanplu (Fletcher School) 2021 Fellow at Ebola Survivors Liberia		Alex Mayer (Johns Hopkins) 2020 Fellow with Red SaludPaz, Colombia (remote)		Beth Alexion (Fletcher School) 2020 Fellow with NEFAD, Nepal (remote)
Abigail Stuckrath (American University) 2020 podcasting Fellow		Taylor Rudtner (Elon University, NC) 2020 social media Fellow		Ezoza Ismailova (University of Pittsburgh) 2020 website Fellow
Wilson Charles (MSFS, Georgetown University) Fellow at GDPU, Uganda (remote)		Brigid Smith (College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s) 2020 Administrative Fellow