week 9

 

Developing Advocacy Strategies

NASW focuses on social change through advocacy. This is evidenced in its Social Justice Briefs. In addition to an overview of critical social problems, the briefs include additional examples of policy analysis and various alternatives for social change that will broaden the context for your own investigation into the social problem you selected for your Social Change Project.

For this Discussion, you will review NASW’s social justice initiatives for social change by reviewing their Social Justice Briefs. This will also support you as you activate your advocacy in the form of a letter or email to a local or state representative for your Assignment this week.

 

• Read Chapter 11 of the Jansson text. 
• Review the Social Justice Briefs  resource from NASW found in the Learning Resources this week. 
• Select one Social Justice Brief that resonates with you based on your advocacy goals or recent investigation into a social problem.

   

• Jansson, B. S. (2018). Becoming an effective policy advocate: From policy practice to social justice  (8th ed.). Cengage Learning. 
  
  • Chapter 11, “Developing Political Strategy and Putting It into Action in the Policy-Enacting Task” (pp. 372–421) 
• Academic Language Therapy Association. (n.d.). Resources to empower your advocacyLinks to an external site.. https://www.altaread.org/about/advocacy/toolkit   
  Note: Select "Write Your Representative" to complete an interactive to guide your letter writing and to access a sample letter.
• American Civil Liberties Union. (n.d.). Writing your elected representativesLinks to an external site.. https://www.aclu.org/writing-your-elected-representatives
• Council on Social Work Education. (n.d.). Advocacy & policyLinks to an external site.. https://www.cswe.org/advocacy-policy/
• Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC. (2026). CSWE advocacy handbook: A resource guide for social workersLinks to an external site.. Council on Social Work Education. https://www.cswe.org/getmedia/dd69f21a-1f40-4602-829d-7779924e173e/CSWE_Advocacy_Handbook_2026.pdf
• National Association of Social Workers. (n.d.). Social justice briefsLinks to an external site..  https://www.socialworkers.org/Advocacy/Social-Justice/Social-Justice-Issue-Briefs 
• USAGov. (n.d.). Find and contact elected officialsLinks to an external site.. https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
• Read Chapter 11 of the Jansson text. 
• Review the Social Justice Briefs  resource from NASW found in the Learning Resources this week. 
• Select one Social Justice Brief that resonates with you based on your advocacy goals or recent investigation into a social problem.
• Read Chapter 11 of the Jansson text. 
• Review the Social Justice Briefs  resource from NASW found in the Learning Resources this week. 
• Select one Social Justice Brief that resonates with you based on your advocacy goals or recent investigation into a social problem.