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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.

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"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.

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Milan Pariyar

Photo Credit: Jes Therkelsen

Milan Pariyar is one of the most outwardly strong and inwardly driven journalists contributing to the e-Bulletin. He hails from the Doti district of far-western Nepal – long considered to be ground zero for caste-discrimination and Dalit rights in the country.

Due to the retribution media awareness can bring on Dalits victimized by the upper-castes, Pariyar, must also pay close attention to each story to ensure safety for the victims. He personifies his own stated principle that there should be no difference between saying and doing by remaining active in the Dalit movement.

In addition to his roles of journalist, advocate and human rights monitor, he is the editor of his own magazine called Jana Sahakerya, which means people working together.

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