Policy Proposal and Presentation – 40%
A substantial portion of your grade will come from a policy proposal and presentation that you will complete in assigned groups. While you will need to complete a fair amount of work for this project outside of class, we will also carve out class time for you to work on it. This will allow us to offer guidance and answer questions as you work. The parameters of the project are as follows. Refer to the rubric at the end of the syllabus for specific grading criteria.
Stage One – Identify a COVID-19 race related problem
•Examples here include racial disparities in fatalities, harassment of Asian Americans, infections of incarcerated people, etc.
Stage Two – Identify relevant data and research to describe the scope of the problem
•Peer reviewed data may not be available yet, but look for policy reports, investigative reporting, data from organizations like the CDC and World Health Organization, etc.
•Write 400 words describing the scope of the problem; provide relevant data, examples, sources.
•Use a citation style of your choice
Stage Three – Identify the historical and contemporary factors that set the stage for this problem
•A virus doesn’t express biases so describe the social forces that led to a racialized problem
•Write 500 words explaining these factors; this should include more peer reviewed sources
•Use a citation style of your choice
Stage Four – Develop policy solutions
•What should the government do to fix this problem?
•How can those solutions be implemented?
•Write 500 words explaining your policy and plan for implementation
State Five – Presentation
•Prepare a 10 minute presentation using PowerPoint to highlight the main points of your proposal
•Use clean, legible slides and graphics, tables, and images where relevant
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