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The Advocacy Project helps marginalized communities to tell their story, claim their rights and produce social change.

We are currently recruiting graduate students to volunteer as Peace Fellows with partners.

The Impact of Service "I look at myself as having the potential to be as strong and caring as the amazing women I met in Kenya." Kate Cummings (Tufts University) volunteered in 2009 as a Peace Fellow for Vital Voices in Africa. For more 2009 feedback click here.

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Building a Campaign

This service is offered to partners that have decided to launch a campaign for social change, and lasts an average of two years. This is the culmination of AP’s engagement with a partner, and our hope for all partnerships. The service has six components:

Modules and Tutorials are being developed for this service


1. Long-Term Peace Fellow

AP will recruit a long-term Peace Fellow to work for at least one year with all partners that develop a campaign, assuming that funding can be found.

2. Defining Campaign Goals

AP staff will help partners to identify clear and actionable goals for a two-year campaign, aimed at promoting social justice and producing social change.

3. Networking

Working from Washington and locally, AP staff will develop a database of contacts (media, government, universities, policy experts, NGOs etc) for the partner. These will be on the partner’s mailing list and receive the material produced by the campaign.

4. International Outreach

AP will organize a program of outreach on behalf of campaign partners, among high schools, universities, women’s groups and diaspora organizations in the US and Europe. AP will then use this network for visiting speakers, presentations, fundraising activities, pen pal projects, and lobbying – all aimed at providing support for the campaigns of partners. Peace Fellows will also contribute to these outreach activities on their return home.

5. Fundraising

AP has generated over $1.6 million for partners since 2003, and will continue to make a good faith effort to raise funds for campaign partnerships. This will be done in three ways:

• Targeted appeals through the AP website (e.g. Holiday Appeals)
• Fundraising by Peace Fellows
• Joint fundraising with partners for campaign partnerships.

6. Monitoring and evaluation

AP will help partners to develop a detailed Monitoring and Evaluation plan for campaign partnerships, ensure that reports are produced on time, and if necessary contribute to monitoring.

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