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Thank you so much for your support of our grantee-partners over this incredibly difficult year, as they have worked with courage and determination in the face of so many challenges — from the global pandemic to rising authoritarianism. We’re very pleased to share with you the spring edition of Stories of Hope & Resilience, a special selection of stories from the brave advocates and activists we support, and voices from our own community here at home. You are an integral part of each of the stories you’ll read here, from fighting the COVID pandemic around the world to working toward equ...

Photo courtesy of OPDP For Daniel Kobei and other leaders of his indigenous community in Kenya, May 26, 2017 marked the victory of a lifetime. Everything they’d worked tirelessly to achieve finally materialized, as they won the legal rights to their land after years of struggle. Daniel is a member of Kenya’s Ogiek people—a small community of just over 50,000. The organization he founded and leads, the AJWS-supported Ogiek Peoples’ Development Project (OPDP), had just won a major legal victory in the internationally-recognized African Court of Human and People’s Rights. The court’s...