Develop skills to track the specific legislation

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Homework: Social Work- Policy Advocacy Portfolio- Writing an Op-ed

Instructions

For your policy advocacy portfolio, you will select legislation currently working its way through your state legislature which impacts your specialization and the clients whom you interact with in your field agency. If the legislature is not in session, your focus will be on legislation which was proposed and acted upon during the previous session.

The goal of this portfolio is to: Develop skills to track the specific legislation-(tracking) create a detailed understanding of the policy and its implications-(analysis), create and assess an advocacy strategy to influence the proposed legislation-( advocacy strategy), draft an opinion essay, to be published in the popular press or on social media-(Op-ed) and to present your evaluation of the impact of your advocacy strategy-(infographic).

The policy advocacy portfolio will take the form of 5 tasks over the course of the semester:

Writing an Op-ed on your chosen topic

An Op-ed refers to an opinion piece which historically was published "Opposite the Editorial page-(Op-ed). An Op-ed's goal is to educate and inform the reader about the issue and to create community conversation about the benefits or impact of a policy or legislative action. For this homework, research a popular press/social media or online news source submission and publishing requirements for an opinion piece. Typical requirements are no more than 750 words and written in a less formal style. If it is a social media submission, please confirm what those requirements are. Create an Op-ed based on your analysis and advocacy strategy.

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