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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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Who We Are

Employees

Executive Director

Iain Guest has an extensive background in information and working with civil society in countries in conflict. He was a Geneva-based correspondent for the London-based Guardian and International Herald Tribune (1976-1987); authored a book on the disappearances in Argentina; fronted several BBC documentaries; served as spokesperson for the UNHCR operation in Cambodia (1992) and the UN humanitarian operation in Haiti (2004); served as a senior fellow at the US Institute of Peace (1996-7); and conducted missions to Rwanda and Bosnia for the UN, USAID and UNHCR. He is currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, where he teaches human rights. Email Iain.

Program Manager

Erin Lapham graduated from American University with a BA in international studies with a focus on international communication . She also recieved a minor in Spanish and a certificate in women, policy, and political leadership. In 2007, she studied in Madrid, Spain and she has also studied peace and conflict resolution in Colombia. She joined AP in January 2008 as a communications intern and since July 2008 has been AP's Information Coordinator. Email Erin.








Claire Sturm is a German-Mexican raised in France. Claire recently got her MA from Johns Hopkins University SAIS with a focus on Latin America Studies, and has a keen interest in working in civil society development and capacity building. She worked in DC on Latin American and Caribbean affairs; coordinated student affairs of a study abroad program in Paris; managed an election monitoring mission in Haiti; and evaluated civil society development programs in Bosnia-Herzegovina. She speaks French, Spanish and some German, and is currently learning Slovak. Claire recently joined AP as Fellowship Coordinator. Email Claire.

Field Officer – Democratic Republic of Congo

Ned  Meerdink 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 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. There he assisted MJA with educational, IT,  and peace-building program development. Ned currently works with Arche d' Alliance to promote peace and justice in the region. Email Ned.

Field Officer – Bosnia

Alison Sluiter graduated from Georgetown University in May 2008 with a BS in Foreign Service.  While at Georgetown, she majored in Russian, Central Asian, and East European Studies and received a certificate in Justice and Peace Studies. She spent her junior year studying abroad in Warsaw and Berlin. She has worked as AP's Outreach Coordinator and is now the Field Officer in Bosnia focusing on the Srebrenica quilt campaign. Email Alison.

CAMPAIGN SUPPORT

Campaign Support (Washington)

Laila Zulkaphil is from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. She is a graduate student in the MA Program in Conflict Resolution at Georgetown University. She graduated the American University in Bulgaria with a BA in Political Science and International Relations and a minor in European Studies. Her research interests include human rights and humanitarian laws, refugees and internally displaced persons, Islam, and terrorism. Laila speaks English, Russian, Mongolian, Kazakh, and Bulgarian. At Advocacy Project, she is researching on the survivors of the Srebrenica massacre as well as women's rights and girls' education in Afghanistan. Email Laila.

Campaign Support (Washington)

Brittany Goetsch is currently a senior at American University pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science. Following graduation she plans to join the  Peace Corps. Her hope is to be placed in Latin America to work on a community development program. Her main areas of interest include human rights, politics, and Latin America. Brittany is working on AP's EPAF campaign in order to further awareness and accessibility of EPAF’s goals and mission. Email Brittany.

Campaign Support (Washington)

Erin Bosetti is from Mercer Island, Washington, a small island outside of Seattle. She is a sophomore at the George Washington University currently majoring in Environmental Studies and Anthropology. She hopes to focus her studies on the integration of humans and the environment and potential environmental change that can be achieved from a positive relationship, and she believes her time at The Advocacy Project will help her understand the human and earth relationship in the developing world better. Email Erin.

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