SOWK7230 Tulane University Social Change Campaign Project
For your final project you will add the final advocacy plan to your final social change campaign project. This final component is intended for you to think holistically about how you would organize your campaign. It can summarize your previous milestones, but should also include additional thoughts and reflections as your thinking has continued to evolve. In this week’s final live session, you will then present highlights from your project and reflections on what you have learned.
First, review your work in the course, including the milestones you completed in Sessions 8, 10, and 12. Be sure to note all instructor feedback and take inspiration from some of the innovative strategies your peers have presented in class and on the discussion boards.
Next, write a 5–6 page final paper defining the issue to be addressed, identifying other campaigns that are engaged in this issue and describing the different elements of the advocacy plan. This advocacy plan should draw on the readings, class discussions, and theoretical frameworks discussed throughout the semester. You also will need to do considerable external research that is germane to your individual topic. You will conclude with a reflection on what supports are needed for your tactics to achieve success.
The following critical elements must be addressed:
- Summary: Summarize the underlying social issue being addressed by the advocacy plan.
- What are its root causes? How are you framing this issue?
- What would happen if no intervention is done to address this issue?
- What other campaigns are working across systems levels to address this issue?
- Tactics: Identify and elaborate on the primary tactics or organizing strategies you plan to employ as part of your advocacy plan. Be sure to include at least three tactics (influencing legislation, direct action, protesting, lobbying, etc.) and build on the work you completed in your milestones. (Please do not directly cut and paste from your previous assignments).
- Detail each tactic including the specific primary and secondary targets of the actions.
- Describe your rationale for using these tactics and specify what changes you hope they will bring about.
- Implementation/Goals: Discuss the vision you have for the future direction of your advocacy plan.
- What supports would need to be in place for these goals to take root and succeed?
- What plans do you have to sustain the campaign’s momentum?
Refer to—and build upon—your three milestones to support this final advocacy plan. Refer also to your other assignments, course resources, and your own research to support your responses.
This assignment is due at 11:59 p.m. CST the evening before our next live session.
*I will send the first 3 papers that were written to incorporate my ideas from as mentioned in the directions but my previous exact words are NOT to be used in this paper.
Rubric
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSummarySummarizes the underlying social issue being addressed by the advocacy plan, including its root causes and how the issue is being framed; discusses what would happen if no intervention is done to address the issue, and identifies other campaigns that are working across systems-levels to address the issue |
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75.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeTacticsIdentifies the primary tactics or organizing strategies that will be employed as part of the advocacy plan, detailing the specific primary and secondary targets of at least three tactics; describes rationale for using the tactics and the changes that will be brought about by employing the tactics |
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75.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeImplementation/GoalsDiscusses the vision for the future direction of the advocacy plan; identifies the supports that would need to be in place for the goals to take root and succeed; discusses plans to sustain the campaign’s momentum |
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75.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeMechanics/Articulation of ResponseAssertions are supported by citing at least three sources in APA format. There is a balance between peer-reviewed academic resources, popular press (books or credible media like The New York Times), and grey literature (online resources). Essay is free of stylistic/mechanical errors and is well structured and coherent with the use of topic sentences, subject headings, and a clear thesis/paper roadmap. |
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25.0 pts |
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Total Points: 250.0 |
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