This semester, I've been involved in producing a documentary looking at the American Civil Rights movement of the 50's and 60's and how the steps made then apply today. It is an independent study project undertaken by Tre Berney and myself, along with Jane Barr, our producer. Long story short, we had just conducted an interview with Andrew Young, and through conversation he mentioned a trip to Africa he was planning as chairman of the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation. The foundation's eigth Summit was to be held in Arusha, Tanzania, and he invited us along to participate.
Of course, none of us could really afford to go, although it sounded like a wonderful opportunity. Our advisor for the project had some leads for funding, and we wound up getting enough money from the University of Tennessee's "Ready for the World" campaign to allow us to attend the summit.
All of this happened extremely quickly, so we needed to apply for visas, get immunizations, and fill prescriptions as soon as possible. The turnaround time from when we got the funding to when the Summit delegation left was about two weeks... These are the semi-daily notes I kept about the trip.
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