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.
- 2012 Peace Fellowships
- Peace Fellows 2012
- Past Fellows
- Peace Fellows 2011
- Amanda Lasik and Blind Education and Rehabilitation Development Organization
- Amy Bracken and Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM)
- Beth Wofford and Dzeno Association
- Catherine Binet and Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF)
- Chantal Uwizera and Backward Society Education (BASE)
- Charlie Walker and SOS Femmes en Danger
- Charlotte Bourdillon and The Kakenya Center for Excellence
- Chelsea Ament and Women's Reproductive Rights Program (WRRP)
- Clara Kollm and Chintan Environmental Action and Research Group
- Cleia Noia and Kakenya Center for Excellence (KCE)
- Corey Black and Jagaran Media Center in Nepal
- Dina Buck and United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda
- Jamyel Jenifer and Gideon Foundation
- Julia Dowling and Bosnian Women's Center (BOSFAM)
- Kristen Maryn and Hakijamii
- Lauren Katz and Human Rights in Sri Lanka
- Maelanny Purwaningrum and Backward Society Education
- Maria Skouras and eHomemakers in Malaysia
- Meredith Williams and PARMA
- Nikki Hodgson and Alternative Information Center
- Quinn Van Valer-Campbell and Bosnian Women's Center (BOSFAM)
- Rebecca Scherpelz and Gulu Disabled Persons Union
- Ryan McGovern and Association for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (AEPD)
- Samantha Hammer and Kosovo Women's Network
- Samantha Syverson and PARMA
- Sarah Wang and Association for Defense of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners in Iran
- Scarlett Chidgey and Kinawataka Women Initiatives
- Peace Fellows 2010
- Peace Fellows 2009
- Peace Fellows 2008
- Peace Fellows 2007
- Summer Interns 2006
- Summer Interns 2005
- Summer Interns 2004
- Summer Interns 2003
- Feedback from Fellows
- Frequently Asked Questions About Peace Fellowships
- Fellows in the Media
- Blogging for Peace
- Training and Security
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Scarlett Chidgey and Kinawataka Women Initiatives
Scarlett Chidgey will be working with the Kinawataka Women Initiatives in Kampala, Uganda. She is truly excited to work with this organization because of her shared commitment to women’s rights, environmental protection, poverty eradication, and community development.
Before her arrival to Uganda, Scarlett will graduate from University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies with an M.A. in International Studies and concentration on Gender, Human Rights, and Development. Since beginning her graduate studies, she has been actively involved with the Association of Students for Human Rights, for which she is currently Co-President. For the past five years, she has served as the Program and Communications Manager at the Alliance for International Women’s Rights (AIWR), an organization that supports women leaders and future leaders in developing countries. In this role, she has had the opportunity to work with women based in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Mongolia and has managed a team of remote volunteers who support various projects for AIWR’s partners. As an in-country volunteer with AIWR, she traveled to Mongolia in 2006, where she volunteered for a women’s organization called Liberal Women’s Brain Pool, the first NGO founded in Mongolia. It was that experience that fortified her commitment to a career devoted to women’s rights and motivated her to apply to graduate school.
Recently, she began an internship as the Director of Operations at the Village Health Partnership, a women’s health initiative in rural Ethiopia focused on safe motherhood. At VHP, she is working to develop and implement organizational, communications, and fundraising strategies and establish an ongoing internship program to help staff the organization. She is also the Donor Relations and Intern Coordinator at The 1010 Project in Denver, CO, which provides business education and entrepreneurial training to its community-based partners in Kenya.
Prior to starting graduate studies, Scarlett ran her own business as a communications and web consultant, both managing projects and developing websites. Following an undergraduate degree in Journalism from Boston University, she worked as a communications manager for a science communications firm in Berkeley, CA until she left her position to volunteer in Mongolia.
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