this reflective paper you will synthesize and analyze what you have learned and experienced in 157SL this semester. The paper must contain the following four sections:
Part 1: Social issue/SOCIETY
Select one of the social issues that we have discussed in class (e.g. income inequality, education, housing, food insecurity, race, gender, health, climate change, policing & incarceration, immigration, etc). The social issue that you select must be relevant to your service site.
Conduct some research on this topic, using 5 additional (i.e. non-157SL) sources.
Sources must include at least two academic journal articles. Other sources may include an interview, newspaper and magazine articles, government reports, etc.
The sources you select should be credible, reliable, authoritative, and therefore appropriate for a university-level, academic paper. Sources should also be timely (ideally, published within the last 3 years) to capture current events.
In this section of your paper you should directly cite your sources using in-text citations. You should also demonstrate interpretation and analysis of the information provided in these sources.
Identify and describe the current state of your chosen issue, either in San Jose/Santa Clara county, the Bay Area more broadly, California, or the United States (you define the scope).
What are governmental organizations and/or non-profit organizations doing about this issue?
What is/is not working?
What are the main challenges being faced here?
What successes have been achieved?
How do we need to change or adapt our communication strategies to meet the needs of marginalized communities? You might consider the following questions (note: you do not need to address all of these questions):
What communicative practices have been or could be used to address the issue or help communities connected to the issue? This might include government response, text/email messages, community organizing, flyers, or something else.
What specific measures, projects, communicative action, and/or initiatives are there to address this issue?
What are the main challenges emerging from COVID-19 in dealing with this issue?
What could be done to address the issue better?
What solutions might you propose?
Part 2: Your service SITE
Describe how your specific service site is addressing the social problem that you selected.
What specific measures, projects, and/or initiatives does your site undertake to address this issue?
What are the main challenges that your site is facing in dealing with this issue?
What successes has your site achieved in dealing with this issue? How has it successfully mitigated this social issue?
This paper has a suggested word count of 1500 to 2,200 words. The reference list should not be included in your total word count.
Include headers in your paper to indicate the three sections of your paper (society, site, self).
Times New Roman
Double-spaced!
12 or 14 point font
At the top of your paper, you should indicate:
The citational style that you are using
Ending the Madness pdf.
Feeding America. (2021). Overall (all ages) hunger & poverty in California. Retrieved from https://map.feedingamerica.org/county/2021/overall/california
