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.

The Impact of Service



"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.

For more 2011 feedback click here.

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EPAF is currently supporting "La Chalina de la Esperanza" or "The Scarf of Hope" project of the National Association of Detained and Missing Family Members of Peru (ANFASEP) to urge the Ministry of Justice to pursue investigations into the disappeared's whereabouts.  ANFASEP is a organization of women whose loved ones disappeared during Peru's armed conflict, and on July 15th, 2010 these women gathered on the Palacio de Justicia in Lima to publicly knit together panels to create their scarf.  The scarf is meant to be symbolic of the vast number of Peruvians still waiting for reparations and information on their loved ones whereabouts, and contains victims names, momentos, and other personalized touches sewn into the fabric.  ANFASEP hopes to expand the 200 meter scarf to 800 meters by November and plans on wrapping it around the Palacio de Justicia to represent the organization's embracement of hope.






























AP Peace Fellow Karin Orr will continue to report on developments of this project and is currently assisting EPAF and ANFASEP in increasing media attention.


Read Karin's Blog Here

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