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Bryan Lupton and Survivor Corps Uganda
Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Bryan Lupton has been selected as a 2009 Advocacy Project Peace Fellow and will be working with community organizations in Gulu, Uganda. He will be partnering with Survivor Corps and the Gulu Disabled Persons Union (GDPU) to promote the post-conflict reconstruction and strengthening of Uganda’s civil society following more than 20 years of civil war.
The Lord’s Resistance Army, led by International Criminal Court fugitive Joseph Kony, has waged a brutal and bloody insurgency against the Ugandan government by relying on kidnapped child soldiers, women forced into slavery, and the subversion of international law.
The mission of Survivor Corps and the GDPU is to ensure that those who have been affected by the war will have the opportunity to participate in justice and reconciliation measures. In addition, the GDPU seeks to increase the accessibility of public buildings and services to persons living with disabilities in Gulu and the surrounding districts. Above all, Survivor Corps and the GDPU strive to ensure that persons living with disabilities are included in the peace, recovery, and development programs currently being carried out by the government of Uganda.
Bryan is currently a graduate student pursuing a dual master’s degree in International Affairs and Public Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. His research focuses on International Security and Diplomacy. From 2006 to 2008 he served as a US Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia where he coordinated HIV/AIDS prevention training programs in rural areas. Prior to that, Bryan received his B.A. in English Literature from Colorado State University and volunteered at the Northern Colorado AIDS Project, a local NGO committed to providing free health and social services to clients across Northern Colorado.
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