A Voice For the Voiceless
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.
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- Abby Weil and ADIVIMA
- Alison Morse and Bosfam
- Audrey Desiderato and eHomemakers
- Audrey Roberts and the Afghan Women's Network's (AWN)
- Caitlin Burnett and the Blind Education and Rehabilitation Development Organization (BERDO)
- Devin Greenleaf and the Jagaran Media Center
- Eliza Bates and the Democracy and Workers’ Rights Center (DWRC)
- Erin Wroblewski and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
- Gail Morgado and the Women in Black Network from Serbia
- Jeff Yarborough and the Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP)
- Jennifer Hollinger and the Churches Against Sex Trafficking in Europe (CHASTE)
- Jessica Boccardo and Supporting Kids in Peru
- Jonathon Homer and UNDUGU
- Julia Zoo and e-Homemakers
- Katie Wroblewski and the Youth Cultural Centre (YCC)
- Leslie Ibeanusi and TAMPEP
- Madeline England and the Home for Human Rights
- Maha Khan, the Afghan Learning Institute and the Afghan Women's Network
- Mariko Scavone and eHomemakers
- Mark Koenig and the Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP)
- Michelle Lanspa and TAMPEP
- Nicole Farkouh and the Collective Campaign for Peace
- Saba Haq and the Afghan Women's Network
- Sara Zampierin and Supporting Kids in Peru (SKIP)
- Stephanie Gilbert and the Institute for Sustainable Communities in cooperation with the Association for Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality of Women (ESE)
- Tassos Coulaloglou and the Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP)
- Tatsiana Hulko and the Women's Affairs Technical Committee (WATC)
- Ted Samuel and the Jagaran Media Center
- Wilhelmina Tsang and the Oruj Learning Center
- Zach Scott and the Dale Farm Housing Association
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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: