All of us at The Advocates for Human Rights continue to mourn the loss of Senator Paul and Sheila Wellstone. To honor their memory and help preserve the legacy of Paul and Sheila's work, we have created The Wellstone Fellowship program at The Advocates. This fellowship will provide a recent graduate of a law or professional degree program, or someone pursuing a new course in his or her career, the opportunity to work for a year on human rights issues. We hope to increase the cadre of talented professionals in our community working to promote and protect human rights.

Board Member Marlene Kayser and Volunteer Ruth Usem have agreed to lead the effort to establish this fellowship and extend the Wellstones' human rights legacy. As Paul once said, "If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them."

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