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.
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- Abby Weil and ADIVIMA
- Alison Morse and Bosfam
- Audrey Desiderato and eHomemakers
- Audrey Roberts and the Afghan Women's Network's (AWN)
- Caitlin Burnett and the Blind Education and Rehabilitation Development Organization (BERDO)
- Devin Greenleaf and the Jagaran Media Center
- Eliza Bates and the Democracy and Workers’ Rights Center (DWRC)
- Erin Wroblewski and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
- Gail Morgado and the Women in Black Network from Serbia
- Jeff Yarborough and the Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP)
- Jennifer Hollinger and the Churches Against Sex Trafficking in Europe (CHASTE)
- Jessica Boccardo and Supporting Kids in Peru
- Jonathon Homer and UNDUGU
- Julia Zoo and e-Homemakers
- Katie Wroblewski and the Youth Cultural Centre (YCC)
- Leslie Ibeanusi and TAMPEP
- Madeline England and the Home for Human Rights
- Maha Khan, the Afghan Learning Institute and the Afghan Women's Network
- Mariko Scavone and eHomemakers
- Mark Koenig and the Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP)
- Michelle Lanspa and TAMPEP
- Nicole Farkouh and the Collective Campaign for Peace
- Saba Haq and the Afghan Women's Network
- Sara Zampierin and Supporting Kids in Peru (SKIP)
- Stephanie Gilbert and the Institute for Sustainable Communities in cooperation with the Association for Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality of Women (ESE)
- Tassos Coulaloglou and the Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP)
- Tatsiana Hulko and the Women's Affairs Technical Committee (WATC)
- Ted Samuel and the Jagaran Media Center
- Wilhelmina Tsang and the Oruj Learning Center
- Zach Scott and the Dale Farm Housing Association
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Michelle Lanspa and TAMPEP
Originally from Omaha, Nebraska and a big family of nine, Michelle has just graduated this May from Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She majored in science and technology in international affairs with a concentration in international health.
During college, Michelle participated in many social justice activities and groups, including the Georgetown-UNICEF club, Education Without Boundaries – Project Argentina, and Global Justice Now – the Student Campaign for Child Survival. Michelle loves language learning and has been studying Italian and Arabic for several years; she had the chance to practice these language skills as an intern at the US Embassy in Rome and while studying abroad at the American University of Cairo in Egypt.
Michelle’s interest and passion for studying migration and health issues began with her decision to write her senior honors thesis on the health statuses of Arab Muslim immigrants in Italy and their problems with accessing health care. Michelle feels called to help give women more choices and respect in today’s world by helping them gain more economic freedom and experience less fear of violence and exploitation.
This year, Michelle will work as an Advocacy Project (AP) Peace Fellow. AP is sending her to work with its partner organization, the Transnational AIDS Prevention among Migrant Prostitutes in Europe Project (TAMPEP) in Turin, Italy. TAMPEP works to prevent and protect victims of human trafficking. Michelle will support the NGO in its efforts to identify and reach out to trafficked women and children, and to provide comprehensive services and safe alternatives. The goal is to eradicate violent and sexual exploitation of women and children.
Michelle’s objectives are to assist TAMPEP in its efforts to gather, organize and distribute information, in addition to participating in the organization’s everyday work with the trafficked women in order to gain a more local, on-the-ground perspective of the highly complex human rights issue of trafficking.
Through outreach efforts, both while in Italy and upon return to Washington, DC, Michelle will advocate for TAMPEP and spread awareness about its work and about trafficking in general, focusing on current efforts against trafficking in the US, Europe and Africa.