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.
- Apply Now: Fellows for Peace Summer 2010
- Past Fellows and Interns
- Peace Fellows 2008
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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
- Summer Interns 2006
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- Summer Interns 2003
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- Fellow Feedback 2009
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The Impact of Service
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Julia Zoo and e-Homemakers
Julia Zoo is an Advocacy Project Peace Fellow, volunteering this summer with eHomemakers, AP’s partner organization in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She recently received her master’s degree in international public policy from New York University Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, where she focused on studying development policy for information communication technology for development (ICT4D).
She interned at the United Nations ICT Task Force in summer 2006, and this experience furthered her interest in this topic. Prior to graduate study, she worked as a computer programmer for an IT service company in Seoul, Korea. She received her BA with dual major in education and sociology from Yonsei University in Seoul, and attended Assumption University in Bangkok for two semesters as a transfer student in her sophomore year.
Julia is volunteering with eHomemakers, an innovative grassroots organization that uses ICT as a tool for improving the lives of women homemakers in Malaysia. In particular, she will help the organization prepare for the upcoming World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), drafting and editing position papers and assisting planning for panel sessions.
The work will highlight eHomemakers’ projects, including Salaam Wanita, which seek to empower disadvantaged women by providing them with opportunities for training, business and networking via the Internet.