Posted: December 2nd, 2016

to understand how attending a policy event can be an opportunity to advocate for policy change ensuring the human rights and social and economic justice for vulnerable persons.

SWK 520 Social Welfare Policy: Policy Event Reflection Paper (50 points) (PBs 19)

Directions

This assignment should be no more than two pages, and follow APA rules. After scheduling and attending a policy making event such as a city council meeting, community forum, county commissioners meeting, school board meeting, tribal council meeting, or other government-type meeting, write a two-page paper describing your experience. The objective of this assignment to understand how attending a policy event can be an opportunity to advocate for policy change ensuring the human rights and social and economic justice for vulnerable persons.

The assignment (essay format) should respond to and be organized around the following headings:

1. Time/Date and Purpose of Event
2. Participants (e.g., Government members, public, and other stakeholder group representatives)
3. Proponent Arguments
4. Opposition Arguments
5. Culture (e.g., were government officials responsive to public or ignored/excluded their concerns)
6. How Policy Event Advocated for Human Rights and Social/Economic Justice
7. Reflect on the Importance of Attending a Government Meeting