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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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"Speaking with locals and living in a country is the best way to learn about the real lives of citizens, not just the stories in the mainstream media. I will be more critical of what I read as a result of this experience. I also feel even more grateful for my education, and I feel a stronger responsibility to assist others who do not have resources or access to opportunities in their communities."

Maria Skouras (New York University) volunteered in 2011 as a Peace Fellow for eHomemakers in Malaysia.

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The Belize Forest Quilt

The panels for this quilt were designed and made in 2011 by 13 women from the Q'eqchi Mayan village of Midway, Belize. The artists live next to the Sarstoon Temash National Park, which is rich in wildlife but threatened by oil exploration. In depicting the park’s flora and fauna the artists are celebrating the park but also calling for its protection. They had never embroidered before this project and wish to continue. The panels were assembled by Barbara W Barber, a well-known quilter in Rhode Island. Barbara used a large tree to unify the different designs and symbolize stability in the forest.

With thanks to the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM), Humanity United, and Amy Bracken (2011 Peace Fellow).

Click on the quilt below to meet the artists, and select tabs below right to see how this quilt was made.



Click on the Quit below to meet the Artists!



Follow the Quilt as it is made and assembled in Belize



 See where the rainforest quilt has been displayed.



Meet Amy Bracken, the Peace Fellow who coordinated the quilt, and read her blogs about SATIIM.

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