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A Voice For the Voiceless

The Advocacy Project (AP) recruits students to help marginalized communities tell their story and claim their rights.

AP began recruiting graduate students to volunteer with partner organizations in 2003. In the years since, the program has evolved into the cornerstone of our mission, and is central to our model of support for community-based advocacy. Over 100 Fellows have served under the program in the past five years. Another 44 Fellows will volunteer this summer with 37 organizations in 27 countries.

AP views Fellows as ambassadors for peace. Most will serve for three months in the field, and provide valuable support for their hosts. This year, they will profile the work of their hosts. Next year’s Fellows will build on this foundation by helping the organization to develop their own information tools (websites, newsletters) and produce their own information. In time, experience has shown that this will produce social change. 

Peace Fellows reach out to other cultures and peoples in a spirit of friendship. They also continue to promote the work of their host after they return, through events at their university and outreach to local schools and civic associations. This builds cross-cultural bridges and a constituency of support for their host’s advocacy.

There are many ways to get involved:

• Follow the blogs of this year’s Fellows and leave a comment.
• Hear from past Fellows about their experience.
• See how Fellows have been covered in the media.

 



“I feel completely enriched by this experience. It has added complexity, dimension and understanding to who I am and the way I experience the world.”

Nicole Farkouh (UC Berkeley) served as a Peace Fellow in 2007 and 2008 on the campaign to eradicate uterine prolapse.

 






For more information contact Tassos Coulaloglou, Fellowship Coordinator.

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