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Stanford Center at Peking UniversityMay 15th, 2013
Argentine congresswoman emphasizes that politics is not for superheroes
in the news: The Washington Post on May 8, 2013CDDRL's 2012 Draper Hills Summer Fellow Laura Alonso is featured in The Washington Post's "Micro Management" video series to share her insights on leadership. Alonso, a congresswoman in Argentina, emphasizes that politics is not for superheroes and ordinary people -like herself- must enter politics to understand the needs of the common person. 
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April 18th, 2013
Summer fellow pushes for regional cooperation on environmental governance in Latin America and the Caribbean
Q&AAndrea Sanhueza, a 2012 Draper Hills Summer fellow, shares her success story of how a group of civil society organizations helped advocate for improved environmental governance cooperation across government and civil society in Latin America and the Caribbean region. Read more »
January 9th, 2013
Obama and the betrayal of democracy in Bahrain
CDDRL, FSI Stanford Op-edIn a piece for The Atlantic, CDDRL Director Larry Diamond shines light on the Obama administration's betrayal of democracy in the Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain. As security interests outweigh moral principles, Diamond details how the U.S. has turned its back on human rights activists and their popular aspirations for democracy. One such activist is Abduljalil al-Singance, a 2007 Draper Hills Summer Fellow, who was tortured at the hands of the Bahraini regime and recently sentenced to life imprisonment. Read more »
October 9th, 2012
The Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program opens application for 2013
AnnouncementThe Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program is looking for emerging political, civil society and entrepreneurial leaders from transitioning countries where democracy is at risk to participate in the ninth annual fellowship program July 21-August 9, 2013 at Stanford University. Read more »
August 30th, 2012
Awaiting trial in Egypt, former summer fellow reflects on how promoting democracy made her a criminal
in the newsIn an interview with Stanford’s Office of International Affairs, Nancy Okail, the head of U.S.-based Freedom House's office in Cairo, shares how her participation in the 2005 Draper Hills Summer Fellowship program has benefited her well beyond her time at Stanford. Okail discusses how her work defending human rights and democracy made her a target of the regime as she awaits trial in Egypt as "defendant No. 34." Read more »
August 28th, 2012
Argentine political innovator, Laura Alonso, featured in Americas Quarterly
in the newsLaura Alonso, the national representative for the city of Buenos Aires and a member of the 2012 class of Draper Hills Summer Fellows, is profiled in the summer edition of the Americas Quarterly. The feature highlights Alonso's career as a public servant fighting for government transparency, gender equality, and social justice in Argentina, often at great odds. Read more »
August 17th, 2012
Fighting for reform in 22 countries, Stanford fellows get lessons in building democracy
CDDRL, FSI Stanford NewsSome of this year's Draper Hills Summer Fellows have been imprisoned and abused for trying to democratize their countries. Read more »
July 3rd, 2012
Leaders working on the front lines of democracy to participate in prestigious Stanford fellowship program
From Argentina to Zimbabwe, the 2012 Draper Hills Summer Fellows are working to improve their respective societies and defend the principles of justice and freedom. Read more »
June 8th, 2012
Former Summer Fellow shares insights on the Egyptian revolution and the stalled transition
On May 7, CDDRL hosted Egyptian activist Ahmed Salah who spoke about the series of events that led up to the Egyptian revolution and the current struggles the country faces in realizing its revolutionary goals. Read more »
May 4th, 2012
Former Summer Fellow faces persecution by Egyptian military regime for advocating democracy
in the newsNancy Okail, the head of U.S.-based Freedom House's office in Cairo and a 2005 Draper Hills Summer Fellow waits to stand trial under accusation of working illegally and undermining the Egyptian regime. Read more »
November 3rd, 2011
Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program recruitment opens
CDDRL, FSI Stanford NewsThe Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program is recruiting rising leaders from around the world to join the 2012 program scheduled for July 22-August 10 at Stanford University. Read more »
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