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.

The Impact of Service

"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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Universities

The Advocacy Project has taken students from the following university programs to serve as Fellows for Peace (March 2010):

American University

Department of Anthropology

School of International Service
Washington College of Law
Columbia University

School of Arts and Science
School of International and Public Affairs
Cornell University Weill Medical College
Duke University School of Public Policy
Fordham University
Georgetown University

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Institute of Public Policy
Georgetown University Law
McDonough School of Business
School of Foreign Service
George Washington University
Hunter College School of Social Work
Indiana University School of Law
Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies
Kenyon College
Leiden University and Netherlands Institute of International Relations
New York University Wagner School of Public Service
Örebro University (Sweden)
Rice University
Tufts University Fletcher School
University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service
University of Calgary School of Social Work
University of California at Berkeley

Goldman School of Public Policy
University of Edinburgh (Scotland)
University of Texas Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
Yale University

The goals of AP’s growing relationships with leading universities are to:

Offer an academically rigorous, career-oriented Fellowship experience
Ensure universities are supportive of students’ Fellowship work
Provide in-depth pre-deployment training that meets expectations and needs of AP, AP partners, Fellows, and universities
Ensure adequate preparation for, and follow-through from, summer work by engaging students in Fellowship activities in the spring and fall
Engage universities and AP partners in development of work plans wherever possible
Participate in a joint evaluation process, ensuring that programmatic changes & improvements reflect the interests of both AP and the university
Measure the “empowerment” of students by working closely with university career centers to demonstrate the value added to students’ professional and academic careers
Encourage scholarly work and research on social justice issues by providing students with on-line publishing opportunities for capstone papers or theses

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