Advocacy Project: Federal Assignment
Please do option 1 (Federal-United States) 3-4 pages if need
- ADVOCACY PROJECT – Due in Unit 12: Students will be required to complete one (1) advocacy project. To fulfill this assignment, students should work individually to complete one (1) of the following two (2) activities:
a. OPTION 1 = Send a letter to an elected official (local, state or federal) that presents a well-reasoned, empirically supported position on a specific social welfare policy.
In the letter, utilize the following as guidelines to address:
A detailed summary of the policy including the exact policy being discussed
An evaluation of the policy using the following questions:
- What social problem is the policy attempting to address?
- What is the overall goal of the policy?
- Who are the main supporters of the policy?
- What population is most affected by the policy and why?
- What is the intended outcome of implementing the policy?
- What has been the actual outcome of implementing the policy?
What social justice theory does the policy most closely align with?
How consistent is the policy with social work values?
OPTION 2 = Attend a City Council Meeting, a State Board of Education meeting, or a local school board meeting in your city and provide a three-page summary of your observations. Students may attend a City Council Meeting in small groups as opposed to going individually. In your 3-page summary, be sure to include:
- A detailed summary of WHAT WAS BEING DISCUSSED. This is key. It will not be acceptable for you to write “I don’t know,” in this part of your observations.
- What social problem that the proposed ordinances, policies, laws, actions that were discussed were aiming to address
- A summary of the outcomes of the meeting – be specific! Were any policies, ordinances, changes voted on? What was the outcome of the meeting?
- No abstract is necessary