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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.

The Impact of Service "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. For more 2011 feedback click here.

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Maria Rosalina Piox Cortez

Maria was born near Pacux to survivors of the Río Negro massacres. She works at home weaving traditional belts and helps with the local tomato harvests when there is work. She and her husband, Estuardo Chen Sanchez, have one daughter, Astrid Marisol, and live with fellow weaver Carmen Sanchez Chen’s extended family in Pacux. Maria is a member of the Pacux artisans’ cooperative and works regularly to organize activities for the group.

Maria chose to weave two textiles in memory of her husband’s grandparents, Guillermo and Narcisa. Her textile for Narcisa includes a sun figure and a cross on the mountain to commemorate the time and place where Narcisa died on the hills of Pak’oxom above Río Negro. It also includes a traditional border design from the Rabinal region.

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