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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.

The Impact of Service "I look at myself as having the potential to be as strong and caring as the amazing women I met in Kenya." Kate Cummings (Tufts University) volunteered in 2009 as a Peace Fellow for Vital Voices in Africa. For more 2009 feedback click here.

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AP Support

2007 Peace Fellow Devin Greenleaf with friends.

The Advocacy Project has disseminated information from JMC since 2004, and sent seven Peace Fellows to volunteer with the JMC since 2006. Fellows have helped to train Dalit reporters, taught photography and video, supported the development of the JMC e-bulletin and website, and provided technical support for the JMC’s radio station, Radio Jagaran.

Dissemination through Advocacynet

• Dalit "Witches" Face Extreme Violence in Nepal's Villages, April 3, 2009
• Inter-Caste Marriages in Nepal Face Violence and Intimidation, February 12, 2009
• True Love Collides With Caste Discrimination in Nepal's Villages, July 9, 2008
• Nepal Women and Dalit Ride into Parliament on Maoist Coattails, April 24, 2008
• Women, Dalit Seek Change From Historic Elections in Nepal, April 9, 2008
• Dalit Journalists Expose Caste Discrimination in Nepal's Villages as National Dalit Protests Escalate, August 14, 2007
• Nepalese Dalit Break with the Government and Demand 20 Percent Share of New Assembly Seats, June 26, 2007
• Protest Rally in Nepal Follows Beating of 60 Dalit Trying to Worship in a Hindu Temple, September 21, 2006
• Dalit Diaspora Calls for 20 Percent Dalit Representation in New Nepal Government, September 1, 2006
• Dalit Advocacy in Nepal Spurs the UN to Investigate Discrimination at the Water Pump, August 7, 2006
• Dalit Women Accused of Witchcraft, Forced to Eat Excrement, January 19, 2006
• Dalit Advocates Fight Prejudice and Superstition in Villages of Nepal, October 27, 2005

 Peace Fellows

Jessica Tirado (2009)	Jes Therkelsen (2008)	Heather Gilberds (2008)	Devin Greenleaf (2007)
Ted Samuel (2007)	Nicole Cordeau (2006)	Stacey Spivey (2006)

2008 Peace Fellow Jes Therkelsen developed The Clean Hands Project to train Dalit journalists in photojournalism and videography. Visit The Clean Hands Project website for more videos, photos, and information on Dalit rights and the journalists.

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