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
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- 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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The Impact of Service
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Ted Samuel and the Jagaran Media Center
Aaron "Ted" Samuel graduated from Kenyon College in 2005 with a degree in international studies. He earned both college and departmental honors and was inducted to both the Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Iota Rho Honor Societies.
He was also awarded the prestigious Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award and Franklin Miller Award for his campus leadership, activism and efforts in raising money for tsunami relief.
In 2005 to 2006 he served as a Fulbright research fellow in South India where he researched the social movement of the Aravani – or South Indian Transgender – community. During his tenure as a Fulbright fellow, Ted had the opportunity to present his research and also perform Karagattam – a folk dance from Tamil Nadu – at various Fulbright conferences and Fulbright alumni association events in India, Pakistan and Nepal.
Most recently he has served as a marketing associate for The Corporate Executive Board, a best practices research firm, based in Washington, DC.
In 2007, Ted served as one of the Jagaran Media Center Peace Fellows in Kathmandu, Nepal. Having extensively studied social movements in South Asia during his academic career, Ted's goal was to build on his historical and theoretical knowledge of Dalit struggles in India and Nepal with practical experience.
After his experience, Ted stated, “Though some parts of [my] travels ranged from uncomfortable to heartbreaking, the images I saw and the people I met are forever engrained into my mind and I will be able to share these experiences with others for the rest of my life.”
Below view a video about the Dalit that Ted made on his arrival back in the United States.