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.

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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.

For more 2011 feedback click here.

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Bhim Nepali


At just 27-years-old, Bhim Nepali is extremely well respected among the Nepali human rights and media communities.

He's a successful journalist contributing to three radio stations and 10 newspapers, but journalism wasn't his first career. Bhim used to be a teacher. It was a career he enjoyed immensely until he was attacked and nearly killed for being a Dalit in an esteemed position. Bhim was slashed across his face and neck by an angry villager.

He spent several months recuperating. The attack was the most frightful experience of his life, but it  sparked a desire to spend the rest of his life fighting against caste-based discrimination, as a journalist. Despite the low pay, Bhim wouldn't trade his profession for one day of better pay. Explaining what his life as a journalist means to him, Bhim told us, "God is in every poor man... working for the poor man is my way of praying."

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