A Voice For the Voiceless

MISSION

The Advocacy Project seeks to help community-based advocates produce, disseminate and use information, and so become more effective advocates for human rights and social justice

Eliza Bates and the Democracy and Workers’ Rights Center (DWRC)

Eliza Bates is an AP Peace Fellow this summer with AP's partner organization, the Democracy and Workers' Rights Center in the West Bank.

Eliza worked in the labor movement in the United States for over five years as a researcher, organizer and lead union contract negotiator. She has led myriad political and union campaigns. 

She graduated with honors from UC Berkeley with a BA in globalization and social movements. While completing her studies, she worked on student-labor solidarity and anti-sweatshop campaigns. 

Her interest in social justice and globalization inspired her to conduct an independent field research project in Mexico on the impacts of NAFTA on rural workers. She has participated in several labor delegations to Latin America and is interested in working on international labor rights. 

Eliza is currently completing a master of international affairs degree with a human rights concentration at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. 

She is excited to marry her extensive experience in workers' rights with her commitment to the struggle for Palestinian sovereignty. 

Eliza will assist the DWRC in its mission to support and foster a democratic labor movement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories by developing new website content and helping to disseminate information about DWRC activities and struggles at the international level, including producing press releases and reports and making connections with labor organizations in the United States. 

This is Eliza's first trip to the Middle East. 

Read Eliza's blog!