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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 are currently recruiting 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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Measuring Results

AP has two main objectives for the Fellowship program, and both are measured carefully. First, AP Fellows are expected to serve as information “catalysts” and help their hosts become better advocates for social change. Second, it is hoped that this program will benefit those who are selected in three ways

• Academic benefit: Students will draw on their experience in the field to enrich and inform their academic studies. This is shown by whether they use their Fellowship for school projects, papers, theses, internships, etc.
• Personal benefit: This is subjective but can be seen in the evaluations which are produced by all Fellows on completion of their Fellowship.
• Professional benefit: Fellowships are intended to help careers. There are several indicators of this. For example, a Fellow may change his or her career as a result of their Fellowship, return to the host at their own expense, or decide to defer school and remain in country. More specific indicators will be developed with universities.

Outcome – global citizens: Our hope is that by being exposed to the challenges of this work, Fellows will make an important contribution to society and build respect for human rights. Fellows for Peace fosters responsible global citizenship and builds cultural bridges.

Evaluations: Fellows are expected to produce a written work plan, setting out goals, and a final evaluation setting out outputs and outcomes. These help the Fellow produce their own report for sponsors. They are also critically important in helping AP build on what it has done and ensure sustainable outcomes.



“It was exhilarating, frustrating, inspiring, and tiring. And though it was oftentimes not what I had anticipated my time would look like, it became something even more powerful than I thought was possible." 


Devin Greenleaf on his fellowship with the Jagaran Media Center in Nepal (2007).



 

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