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

Mark Koenig and the Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP)

Mark Koenig was born in St. Louis, Missouri and has been on the move ever since. Having attended schools in St. Louis, Washington, DC and Berlin, Mark graduated from the International School of Bern in Switzerland in 2000.

Upon graduation Mark spent one year at Davidson College in North Carolina before moving on to Johns Hopkins University. While studying at Johns Hopkins, Mark completed internships with genomics researcher Craig Venter, US House Representative Chris Van Hollen, and in London with Member of Parliament Lady Sylvia Hermon from Northern Ireland.

In 2004 Mark received a bachelor's degree with honors in Political Science. Mark’s thesis was on reforms to Northern Ireland’s police force and their effect on the peace process.

Following graduation Mark moved to Shenzhen, China where he lived for two years teaching English at Shenzhen Senior High School. Currently Mark is a student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Boston concentrating on post-conflict reconstruction as well as law and development.

Mark spent the summer in Nepal working with COCAP, a Nepali network of democracy and human rights advocacy groups. Mark was situated in Nepalganj in the Terai region.

After his productive summer, Mark stated. “I think that perhaps it is my interest in and understanding of community level dynamics and activities that has developed the most while here. The significance of community level interactions and relationships as it pertains to the events that take place on a national level is an intriguing topic that this summer has given me new insight into.”

During his summer, Mark made great videos and incorporated them into his blogs.  Below, find the four videos he created.

A video about COCAP, his partner organization:


A film of the Nepali countryside:

A movie of the first rains of the monsoon:

Clips of a morning worship in Kathmandu: