Task 2022

Strategies & alliances articles should show up in task

Community organizing and social movements, similarities and differences, the research behind and the hands on. Community organizing takes more of a connected approach, usually affiliated with a sponsoring network. Social movements, usually happening over time, are ideologically motivated. Institution-based community organizing plays a key role in reinvigorating democratic zeal.

documents the dramatic expansion

of the field over the last decade; provides a comprehensive profile

of the field’s member institutions, board members, and staff; outlines links to faith communities and how IBCOs incorporate spiritual practices into their work;

You will see this in the part of the task I started please use what I started with. Also it includes a piece about my experience working with someone from the organization, please pretend here that you interviewed someone from stand up for kids or observed one of their volunteer events. This needs to be in APA format and have good works sited. I will attach the articles from class that I would also like you to connect which you have already read from old task. Majority of your sited work should be on child homelessness in DC and you can make connections to works in other major cities, LA, NY, Philadelphia etc.

Please complete all parts with quality

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· Choose an area of civic interest outside of the education space that interacts with the education space

· Examples: municipal government, criminal justice, housing services, nutrition services, health services

· Read and summarize some of the research regarding this area

· Identify an organization that does work in your area of interest

· Examples: a city agency, a homeless shelter, scouts, chamber of commerce

· Research the issue, as well as the organization’s history with, perspectives on, and activities related to the issue

· Interact directly with the organization through participating in events, observing meetings, and/or interviewing individuals (please pretend here as if you interviewed a volunteer from the organization 2 times)

· Write a paper describing your experience and how it relates to what we have read, discussed, and written about in class

· Paper Components

· Your experience of the organization

· A brief overview of how you interacted with the organization and what data you collected, as well as your personal reaction to interacting with the organization

· Organizational Field

· The larger arena within which the organization is situated

· Major players

· E.g., United Way

· Key recommended practices

· E.g., homelessness experts advocating for stable housing first, then addressing employment, mental health, drug use, etc.

· Research on the field

· E.g., one study found homelessness in a community was reduced 25% by…

· Description of the organization

· Function

· Mission

· Core services

· History

· Founding, struggles, triumphs, shifts in mission

· Governance structure

· Non-profit status, leadership, board

· Funding sources

· Context

· Local ecosystem within which the organization resides

· E.g., a homeless shelter in Philadelphia is embedded in a system of other services for homeless individuals

· Alliances and collaborations

· E.g., a homeless shelter might partner with a mental health clinic

· Research on the organization or similar organizations

· Application of what we’ve learned in class to the organization

· Paper Structure

· The structure of the paper can take a number of different forms

· When describing the organization, you should not strictly follow the outline, as different aspects of the organization will undoubtedly be interrelated

· The paper should flow in a logical sequence, unfurling the story of your focal organization, while at the same time developing theoretical connections drawn from our readings, assignments, and discussions

· Flow

· The text can be organized according to salient aspects of the organization

· E.g., its founding, its governance, its alliances or

· The text can be organized according to the big ideas in the field

· E.g., how the poor are viewed, the responsibilities of government or

· The text can be organized according to the key concepts we have been learning

· E.g., the role of school in society, social movements, policy and politics or

· The text can be organized in a combination of the ways described above

· Maximum: 25 pages double spaced