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2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Chi Vu

advocacyproject — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:09:53 -0500

This summer, Chi will be working with Survivor Corps (formally the Landmine Survivors Network) in Vietnam?s Quang Binh province to help the network reach a broader constituency and expand its visibility.

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Nicole Slezak

advocacyproject — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:05:16 -0500

Nicole Slezak is working with the Kosova Women?s Network (KWN) as a 2008 Advocacy Project Fellow for Peace. Nicole will help the Kosova Women?s Network fulfill its mission by advocating for women?s rights through the KWN website, press...

Raise Funds

advocacyproject — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:47:42 -0500

The Advocacy Project seeks to help community-based advocates produce, disseminate and use information, and so become more effective advocates for human rights and social justice. This widget encourages the public to raise funds to support The...

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Hannah Wright

advocacyproject — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:29:51 -0500

Hannah Wright is a 2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow with the Women's Affairs Technical Committee (WATC) in Ramallah.

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Ola Duru

advocacyproject — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:16:13 -0500

Ola will be working with the Advocacy Project?s partner eHomemakers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as a 2008 Fellow for Peace. In her position this summer she will work to devise creative problem-solving for a grassroots economic empowerment project....

2008 AP Peace Fellow: Heather Gilberds

advocacyproject — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:36:12 -0500

Heather Gilberds, a 2008 Advocacy Project Fellow for Peace, participates with the Jagaran Media Center (JMC) in a project that mandates empowerment through local, independent media production.

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Paul Colombini

advocacyproject — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:21:07 -0500

This summer Paul, a 2008 Advocacy Project Fellow for Peace, will be working with the Chintan Environmental Action and Research Group in Delhi, India: an organization which advocates for the rights of informal waste recyclers. Paul hopes to help...

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Heidi McKinnon

advocacyproject — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:48:43 -0500

Heidi McKinnon is volunteering in Rabinal, Guatemala as a 2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow with AP's partner organization, the Association for the Integral Development of the Victims of Violence in the Verapaces, Maya Achi (ADIVIMA). Part of...

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Raka Banerjee

advocacyproject — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:29:32 -0500

Raka Banerjee is a 2008 Advocacy Project Fellow for Peace working with the Nepal Social Development and People's Empowerment Center (NESPEC) in Gaighat, Nepal. Raka will be working to expand NESPEC's outreach among the surrounding community, as...

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Janet Rabin

advocacyproject — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:17:35 -0500

Janet Rabin will be working as a 2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow with the Women in Black Network from Serbia. She will be contributing to their mission of nonviolent resistance to militarism, war, sexism and nationalism through ICT support...

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Rebecca Chon

advocacyproject — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:36:00 -0500

Rebecca Chon is working with eHomemakers as a 2008 Advocacy Project Fellow for Peace. She will spend six months with eHomemakers helping them improve the lives of disadvantaged women in the community, where she will also assist with outreach...

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Jennifer Scott

advocacyproject — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:22:03 -0500

Jennifer Scott will be working with the Women's Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD) in the Port of Spain, Trinidad as a 2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow. WINAD promotes gender equality, small arms control, security, political...

2008 AP Peace Fellow: Rianne Van Doeveren

advocacyproject — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:41:43 -0500

Rianne Van Doeveren will be working with the Alternative Information Center (AIC) as a 2008 Advocacy Project Fellow for Peace.

2008 AP Peace Fellow: Jennifer Tucker

advocacyproject — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:32:22 -0500

Jennifer Tucker, a 2008 Advocacy Project Fellow for Peace, will be working with Supporting Kids in Peru (SKIP), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping poor children from El Porvenir access quality education.

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Shubha Bala

advocacyproject — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:45:28 -0500

As a 2008 Advocacy Project Fellow for Peace, Shubha Bala will work with the Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP) this summer in Baglung, Nepal, promoting human rights through radio.

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Colby Pacheco

advocacyproject — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:43:29 -0500

Colby Pacheco, a 2008 Advocacy Project Fellow for Peace, will be working with the D?eno Association, to improve the organizations? network of communications to better inform the public of Romany issues. He will help produce publications in...

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Shweta Dewan

advocacyproject — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:49:30 -0500

This summer, Shweta Dewan will be working as a Fellow for Peace with Bosnian Family (BOSFAM), an Advocacy Project partner organization.

2008 Adovacy Project Peace Fellow: Jes Therkelsen

advocacyproject — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:36:08 -0500

As a 2008 Peace Fellow with The Advocacy Project, Jes Therkelsen will be working with the Jagaran Media Center for three months this summer. Therkelsen's main task will be to use his media experience to help Dalit activists and journalists to...

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Willow Heske

advocacyproject — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:53:45 -0500

As a 2008 Advocacy Project Fellow for Peace, Willow Heske will work with the Democracy and Workers' Rights Center in Ramallah.

The Advocacy Project Blogs

advocacyproject — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:06:50 -0500

The Advocacy Project sends out Peace Fellows to work with community-based organizations around the world. This blog lists their most recent individual blog entries.