A Voice For the Voiceless
The Advocacy Project helps marginalized communities to tell their story, claim their rights and produce social change. We recruit graduate students to volunteer as Peace Fellows with partners.
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"Speaking with locals and living in a country is the best way to learn about the real lives of citizens, not just the stories in the mainstream media. I will be more critical of what I read as a result of this experience. I also feel even more grateful for my education, and I feel a stronger responsibility to assist others who do not have resources or access to opportunities in their communities."
Maria Skouras (New York University) volunteered in 2011 as a Peace Fellow for eHomemakers in Malaysia.
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Ahadi Quilts
During the summer of 2010, 120 survivors of sexual violence produced embroidered panels while they were recuperating at SOSFED centers. They named their project Ahadi, ("promise" in Swahili). In offering to support this project, SOSFED and AP wanted to give the women a chance to express their feelings of disempowerment and anger. We hoped it would be therapeutic. We also hoped that the women would learn new skills, and even earn some money. Finally, we wanted to produce a a tool that could be used in lobbying for an end to the violence. These quilts tell the stories of the women who made them. Click on the quilt photo below to read their individual stories.
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| Click on the quilt below to meet the artists, and select tabs below right to see how these quilts were made and exhibited |
Click on the Quit to meet the Artists!
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 Follow the quilts as they are made in the DRC and assembled in Maryland and Michigan.
 See the quilt displayed in Geneva, Berlin and Washington, DC
 Meet Sylvie Bisangwa, Walter James and Charlie Walker, AP Peace Fellows who coordinated the Ahadi Project.
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