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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Margarita Sanchez Chen



Margarita Sanchez Chen was one of Don Guillermo Sanchez  children who was tortured and killed. She was 15 years old. She was a daddy’s girl and always traveled with him on shopping trips into town, business or while visiting friends.  When she died in Xococ, she was fifteen years-old. Pacux weaver Carmen Sanchez Chen wove a textile for her little sister, Margarita, because she remembers playing and laughing with Margarita and how full of life she was.

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