Human rights activists in South Africa.
Levine/Weinberg Fellowship
The COVE selects students annually for the Levine/Weinberg Endowed Summer Fellowship. This fellowship provides highly qualified students, interested in pursuing a career in community and/or public work, with summer internship funding in the field of direct community service. This year’s recipients are:
Miranda Scott ’18 interned at Africa Unite in Cape Town this summer. Africa Unite is a human rights and youth empowerment organization that works with citizens, refugees and migrants to prevent conflicts, enhance social cohesion, and promote socioeconomic development. It was formed in 2001 in response to violence against asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in a sprawling, impoverished, predominantly black township on the outskirts of Cape Town. Africa Unite focuses on building the knowledge and skills of Human Rights Peer Educators, facilitating reciprocal learning exchanges with community-based and migrant-led structures, and creating a platform for intercultural exchange and dialogue between local, refugee and migrant communities in South Africa. Read more
