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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
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Alison Long and Oruj (formerly Omid)
Alison Long, 27, is a graduate student in the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC, pursuing a Masters in Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs, with a concentration in women's rights and gender issues. After earning her BA in Anthropology from Princeton University (2000), she spent a year in rural Vietnam teaching English. Alison returned to the United States and taught at a small school in New Jersey before relocating to DC. She has interned at Disabled Persons International (DPI) and now holds a research assistantship for human rights professor Julie Mertus. She is also the 2006 recipient of the School of International Service's Brady Tyson Award for Excellence in the Area of Human Rights.
- 2008 Peace Fellows
- Past Fellows and Interns
- Peace Fellows 2007
- Summer Interns 2006
- Alison Long and Oruj (formerly Omid)
- Anya Gorovets and Transnational AIDS Prevention among Migrant Prostitutes in Europe Project (TAMPEP)
- Autumn Graham and CCF
- Barbra Bearden and Kosova Women's Network (KWN)
- Charles Wright and Rights Action
- Donna Laverdiere and Butterflies
- Erica Isaac and Afghan Women's Network (AWN)
- Greg Holyfield and HHR
- Jessica Sewall and Women's Consortium of Nigeria
- Kristi Severance and BOSFAM
- Laura Cardinal and Women's Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON)
- Lori Tomoe Mizuno and Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP)
- Lynne Engelman and UK Association of Gypsy Women (UKAGW)
- Melissa Muscio and eHomemakers
- Nicole Cordeau and Jagaran Media Center (JMC)
- Sarah Sachs and Alternative Information Center (AIC)
- Stacey Spivey and Jagaran Media Center (JMC)
- Yvette Barnes and BOSFAM
- Summer Interns 2005
- Summer Interns 2004
- Summer Interns 2003
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