{"id":24284,"date":"2023-12-16T12:40:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T12:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/writings\/letter-to-elected-official-final\/"},"modified":"2023-12-16T12:40:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T12:40:08","slug":"letter-to-elected-official-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/writings\/letter-to-elected-official-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to Elected Official Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Letter to Elected Official Final\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

For this assignment, I want you to take in all that we have covered and learned about and share this with an elected official. With that, I want you to write a letter to a politician were you discuss issues facing your community or a marginalized group and provide some concrete recommendations for solving the problem. To complete this assignment, you will need to select a social justice issue like Mass Incarceration, Immigration Reform, Gender Wage Gap, Housing Segregation, School Reform, etc\u2026Then you will research this topic through finding a news and scholarly article that gives some context\/background about your back ground. You will also select two course material sources (readings\/lectures\/documentaries) that give details about your topic. After your topic and materials have been selected, you will then draft a letter to the official the includes your background, the issues that you are concerned about, and potential solutions for dealing with the problem.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a0General format:\u00a0<\/p>\n

General Salutation:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0Dear Congressperson (Insert Name)\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

-you may select any elected official from local to federal office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paragraph 1:<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong>You and your background. Provide some details about who you are as a student\/person\/constituent\/voter.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paragraph 2:<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong>The issue. Discuss the issue that you are concerned about in detail. Provide specific information about your topic from your references; please cite your sources and\u00a0include all 4 references (1 news article, 1 academic article, and 2 course references<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong>). Make sure you follow MLA or other academic standards for in-text citations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

-you will need to include a bibliography for your outside sources (news and scholarly\u00a0articles)\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can find academic articles here:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/lbcc.libguides.com\/c.php?g=1050566&amp;p=7626147\u00a0Links to an external site.<\/u>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paragraph 3:<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong>Your solutions. Provide some reasonable solutions to the problem like more funding, anti-bias training, new programs, constructing new\/affordable housing, etc.. Be reasonable and specific in your asks (ie. don\u2019t ask for racism to end or overthrow of the government.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paragraph 4:<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong>Say goodbye. Conclude by thanking the official for considering your perspectives and giving his\/her time. Add anything else you want to mention here\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Other format requirements:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

-500 word minimum\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

-Times New Roman and 12pt font\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

-4 sources (1 news article, 1 scholarly article, and 2 course material references)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

-4 or more paragraphs (use template above)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

-Bibliography\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Letter to Elected Official Final\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For this assignment, I want you to take in all that we have covered and learned about and share this with an elected official. With that, I want you to write a letter to a politician were you discuss issues facing your community or a marginalized group and provide some … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essaywr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}