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Giving a Voice to the Voiceless

advocacyproject — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:55:47 -0500

The Advocacy Project (AP) 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 promotes AP's work and links to its website.

Supporting Advocates for Peace

advocacyproject — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:00:23 -0500

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Amy Offner

advocacyproject — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:41:19 -0500

Amy Offner is a 2008 Advocacy Project Fellow for Peace with Survivor Corps Colombia. She will be helping Survivor Corps develop its communications strategy as it works to defend the labor and human rights of people who have been disabled in the...

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Lucas Wolf

advocacyproject — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:08:02 -0500

Lucas Wolf is a 2008 Advocacy Project Fellow for Peace with Survivor Corps (formally the Landmine Survivors Network) in Ethiopia.

Organize an Event

advocacyproject — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:35:57 -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 organize an event to support...

2008 AP Peace Fellow: Annelieke van de Wiel

advocacyproject — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:50:29 -0500

Annelieke van de Wiel, a 2008 Advocacy Project Fellow for Peace, will be supporting an AP project that works with IDP populations in conflict-stricken Northern Uganda.

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Mackenzie Berg

advocacyproject — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:33:40 -0500

As a 2008 Advocacy Project Fellow for Peace with the Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group in New Delhi this summer, Mackenzie's work will involve building a communications toolkit aimed at improving Chintan's advocacy communications;...

Advocacy Project Fellow Photo Blog

advocacyproject — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:12:04 -0500

This blidget features photos taken by The Advocacy Project's 2008 Fellows for Peace, graduates students volunteering their summers to advocate for social justice around the world.

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Antigona Kukaj

advocacyproject — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:05:37 -0500

Antigona Kukaj is an 2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow with Survivor Corps (formally the Landmine Survivors Network) in Tuzla, Bosnia. She will be working to advance the rights of disabled war survivors who need long-term care, rehabilitation,...

2008 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow: Nicole Farkouh

advocacyproject — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:50:43 -0500

Nicole Farkouh returns to Nepal this summer as a 2008 Advocacy Project Fellow for Peace with Nepal’s Uterine Prolapse Alliance.

Lobby

advocacyproject — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:46:02 -0500

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

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...