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.
- 2012 Peace Fellowships
- Peace Fellows 2012
- Past Fellows
- Peace Fellows 2011
- Amanda Lasik and Blind Education and Rehabilitation Development Organization
- Amy Bracken and Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM)
- Beth Wofford and Dzeno Association
- Catherine Binet and Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF)
- Chantal Uwizera and Backward Society Education (BASE)
- Charlie Walker and SOS Femmes en Danger
- Charlotte Bourdillon and The Kakenya Center for Excellence
- Chelsea Ament and Women's Reproductive Rights Program (WRRP)
- Clara Kollm and Chintan Environmental Action and Research Group
- Cleia Noia and Kakenya Center for Excellence (KCE)
- Corey Black and Jagaran Media Center in Nepal
- Dina Buck and United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda
- Jamyel Jenifer and Gideon Foundation
- Julia Dowling and Bosnian Women's Center (BOSFAM)
- Kristen Maryn and Hakijamii
- Lauren Katz and Human Rights in Sri Lanka
- Maelanny Purwaningrum and Backward Society Education
- Maria Skouras and eHomemakers in Malaysia
- Meredith Williams and PARMA
- Nikki Hodgson and Alternative Information Center
- Quinn Van Valer-Campbell and Bosnian Women's Center (BOSFAM)
- Rebecca Scherpelz and Gulu Disabled Persons Union
- Ryan McGovern and Association for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (AEPD)
- Samantha Hammer and Kosovo Women's Network
- Samantha Syverson and PARMA
- Sarah Wang and Association for Defense of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners in Iran
- Scarlett Chidgey and Kinawataka Women Initiatives
- Peace Fellows 2010
- Peace Fellows 2009
- Peace Fellows 2008
- Peace Fellows 2007
- Summer Interns 2006
- Summer Interns 2005
- Summer Interns 2004
- Summer Interns 2003
- Feedback from Fellows
- Frequently Asked Questions About Peace Fellowships
- Fellows in the Media
- Blogging for Peace
- Training and Security
The Impact of Service
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Jamyel Jenifer and Gideon Foundation
Jamyel Jenifer’s past experiences and current efforts reflect her passion to bring to light voices and concerns that are not often heard. This can be first demonstrated in her work as a Health Education Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali, West Africa. As a Peace Corps Volunteer she worked in a small, rural village and completed projects to further the efforts of the rural health care clinic and maternity at which she worked. She also undertook activities that dealt with topics that Volunteers do not normally touch, such as female genital mutilation. Throughout her experience she started projects out of nothing and utilized every opportunity to address seemingly hopeless situations afflicting the most underrepresented populations in the community where she worked.
Jamyel Jenifer is a current graduate student at Clark University in Worcester, MA studying International Development and Social Change. Jamyel effectively juggles her time between school and work as she also works part-time as a Program Assistant for a Student Support Services Program at a local community college. She is a passionate individual who can have effective impact in a short period of time which is demonstrated in the activities she has undertaken since beginning her studies at Clark University in August of 2010. For example, she helped establish, the SOURCE Coalition, a student group whose mission is to advocate on issues concerning race, gender, sexual orientation, class and ethnicity. She also helped establish a Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) group which serves as a vessel by which Clark students who were Volunteers in the Peace Corps can connect and share their experiences and perspectives with the Clark community. Jamyel was also elected Co-President of the Student Association.
Before coming to Clark, she worked as a Pre-Service Assistant in the Office of Medical Services of Peace Corps. In this role she successfully identified the needs of Peace Corps applicants and listened to their concerns and guided them to appropriate care. She is a 2006 graduate of Spelman College in Atlanta, GA where she majored in French with a concentration in Pre-Medicine. As an undergraduate student, Jamyel participated in a semester domestic exchange program at Wellesley College and a summer French Immersion program in Martinique. She was also very active in her sorority, Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service Sorority, Inc., where she helped to establish a chapter at Spelman and was its first Chapter President.
Jamyel is from Maryland and was chosen to work as an Advocacy Project Fellow for the Gideon Foundation in Soroti, Uganda: http://gideonfoundation.com/. In this Fellowship, Jamyel will help the Gideon Foundation to build support and raise awareness for a new law to outlaw the practice of child sacrifice. Child sacrifice is not specifically punishable under the Ugandan Constitution and in the last 3 years there has been over 60 reported cases of child sacrifice and over 100 cases of missing children in Uganda. To learn more, here is a short video on child sacrifice and the Gideon Foundation: http://vimeo.com/11167675.
Jamyel greatly appreciates any support that will allow her to effectively utilize her skills and background to help further the efforts to build support for a law against child sacrifice in Uganda!
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