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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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Dominga Grave

Dominga was born in the mountains outside the village of Hoyaba, Quiché in 1982. She was raised in Pacux and began weaving with her mother, Fermina Castro, when she was twelve years-old. She is able to weave on both a backstrap loom and an upright pedal loom and weaves every day when not taking care of her five children.

Dominga has no direct memories of the years of violence, and her textile commemorates her husband’s grandfather, Victor Lajuj Chen, who was fifty when he died  by lasso and machete in the village of Xococ on February 13, 1982. She designed a scene with mountains and birds for Victor, whose wife survived the massacres along with her husband and lives in Pacux today.

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