A Voice For the Voiceless
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The Advocacy Project seeks to produce social change by helping marginalized communities to become advocates for social justice and claim their rights
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- Adam Nord and the Home for Human Rights (HHR)
- Amy Offner and Survivor Corps in Colombia
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- Ash Kosiewicz and the Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF)
- Chi Vu and Survivor Corps in Vietnam
- Colby Pacheco and the Dženo Association
- Danita Topcagic and the Blind Education and Rehabilitation Development Organization (BERDO)
- Hannah McKeeth and CEMUJER
- Hannah Wright and the Women's Affairs Technical Committee (WATC)
- Heather Gilberds and the Jagaran Media Center (JMC)
- Heidi McKinnon and the Association for the Integral Development of the Victims of Violence in the Verapaces, Maya Achi (ADIVIMA)
- James Dasinger and the Dale Farm Housing Association
- Janet Rabin and Women in Black Network from Serbia
- Jennifer Tucker and Supporting Kids in Peru (SKIP)
- Jes Therkelsen and the Jagaran Media Center (JMC)
- Juliet Hutchings and the World Peasants and Indigenous Organization (WPIO)
- Kristina Rosinsky and the Undugu Society of Kenya (USK)
- Krystal Sirman and Survivor Corps in Jordan
- Larissa Hotra and Survivor Corps in El Salvador
- Libby Abbott and the Uterine Prolapse Alliance (UPA)
- Lucas Wolf and Survivor Corps in Ethiopia
- Mackenzie Berg and the Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group
- Ned Meerdink and Arche d’Alliance
- Nicole Farkouh and the Uterine Prolapse Alliance (UPA)
- Nicole Slezak and the Kosova Women's Network (KWN)
- Ola Duru and eHomemakers
- Paul Colombini and Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group
- Raka Banerjee and the Nepal Social Development and People's Empowerment Center (NESPEC)
- Rianne Van Doeveren and the Alternative Information Center (AIC)
- Shubha Bala and the Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP)
- Shweta Dewan and BOSFAM
- Willow Heske and the Democracy and Workers' Rights Center in Palestine (DWRC)
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Ned Meerdink and Arche d’Alliance
Ned Meerdink will be working for AP between September 2008 and March 2009 as the AP Fellow For Peace in Eastern Congo. He will be working with AP partner Arche d’Alliance, a human rights organization working to defend human rights in Eastern Congo (Uvira\Sud Kivu Province)and promote peaceful conflict resolution. Arche d’Alliance also advocates for victims of gender-based violence and at-risk youth throughout Sud Kivu, and Ned will be working with them to increase their visibility and voice in the international community through web-development and increased networking abroad.
Ned is a graduate of the History and African Studies Departments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he focused on Central and Eastern Africa and humanitarian efforts throughout those regions. In the past, he has worked for other NGOs working in defense of human rights both in the United States and in Congo. Ned’s last work was with Mutuelle Jeunesse Active (MJA), another Congolese organization advocating for human rights and greater educational opportuties in Sud Kivu, and he recently returned from six months of field work in Sud Kivu assisting MJA with educational, IT, and peace-building program development.
Ned looks forward to returning to Congo in September to be working as a Fellow For Peace with AP partner Arche d’Alliance. He hopes to apply lessons learned in his past work in Sud Kivu to aid Arche d’Alliance in their attempt to have their work recognized and supported on a larger scale by the international community and all who share an interest in working together with Congolese to catylze the transition to peace after decades of conflict and instability throughout Eastern Congo.
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The Advocacy Project develops partnerships with advocates on the frontline and with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). In so doing, we take our cue from partners and tailor any support to their needs.