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.
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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
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Eliza Bates and the Democracy and Workers’ Rights Center (DWRC)
Eliza Bates is an AP Peace Fellow this summer with AP's partner organization, the Democracy and Workers' Rights Center in the West Bank.
Eliza worked in the labor movement in the United States for over five years as a researcher, organizer and lead union contract negotiator. She has led myriad political and union campaigns.
She graduated with honors from UC Berkeley with a BA in globalization and social movements. While completing her studies, she worked on student-labor solidarity and anti-sweatshop campaigns.
Her interest in social justice and globalization inspired her to conduct an independent field research project in Mexico on the impacts of NAFTA on rural workers. She has participated in several labor delegations to Latin America and is interested in working on international labor rights.
Eliza is currently completing a master of international affairs degree with a human rights concentration at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.
She is excited to marry her extensive experience in workers' rights with her commitment to the struggle for Palestinian sovereignty.
Eliza will assist the DWRC in its mission to support and foster a democratic labor movement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories by developing new website content and helping to disseminate information about DWRC activities and struggles at the international level, including producing press releases and reports and making connections with labor organizations in the United States.
This is Eliza's first trip to the Middle East.
Read Eliza's blog!