ADVOCACY PROJECT

The Advocacy Project (AP) was established in 1998 and registered as a non-profit organization in 2001. We work around the globe to assist community initiatives that are led by local advocates. Many of these advocates have faced unfathomable oppression, pain, and hardship, and yet continue to fight the injustices that have befallen their communities. They reached out to AP for support, and since the early years of AP we have worked with over 120 marginalized communities. We believe that they know the issues better than anyone, and so do not attempt to impose our own agendas on their mission, but instead work to provide funds, resources, and information for their campaigns. Every year the Advocacy Project also sends several Peace Fellows to work with our local partners for a period of at least 10 weeks. The goal of the fellowship program is to benefit both parties; the local partners will benefit from the expertise and international connections of the Fellows, and in turn the Fellows will gain valuable field experience in international human rights projects. Between 2003 and 2015 we sent 274 Peace Fellows, most of whom were graduate students.