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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"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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Rio Negro Memorial Quilt
The Río Negro Memorial Quilt is a collaborative project between The Advocacy Project and Maya Achí villagers in Guatemala who suffered from a series of devastating massacres in the early 1980s. The massacres occurred after the villagers from one community, Rio Negro, refused to move and make way for the Chixoy Dam, which was built by the government with funds from the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank. A total of 28 communities were affected by the dam. The survivors of Rio Negro were moved to a settlement at Pacux, in Rabinal, but they never gave up their struggle for justice.
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| Click on the quilt below to meet the artists, and select tabs below right to see how this quilt was made and exhibited |
Click on the Quit to meet the Artists!
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Learn more about ADIVIMA, the AP Partner organization which sponsored the quilt.
Meet Heidi McKinnon, the Peace Fellow who coordinated the making of the quilt.
Learn more about the events leading up to the Rio Negro Massacre and the aftermath. |
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