GSSAP is the first program of its kind at the University of Tennessee. Taking place is Uganda, East Africa in the largest town in the northern part of the country; the program focuses on international service learning in a post conflict society. An outgrowth of the Jazz for Justice Project (http://www.knoxjazzforjustice.org/) the program has been in the works since 2004 through the diligent efforts of JfJ core members and UT students. It has been through the relationships and connections that that they have formed from previous visits to northern Uganda that has formed the base of the GSSAP program.
GSSAP allows students from any major to apply to earn 6 credits while studying post-conflict reconstruction and volunteering in a local organizations in Gulu for 5 weeks. Academic credit includes 3 credits in Anthropology 491: Conflict and Peacebuilding in Northern Uganda and 3 credits in Religious Studies 492: International Service Learning in Northern Uganda. Students will have the opportunity to engage in international service learning - combining academics with internships in order to learn while providing assistance to individuals and groups who have been prominent figures in peace-building.
You can follow their journey here: http://gssap.blogspot.com/
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