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Researching the Scope of an Issue

Know Your Issue Modules (Part 1)

Bonner Education Curriculum

Workshop Goals:

Understand the following:

• How your chosen issue area

affects the local community Skills:

• Community-Based Research

Methods

• Publishing Information

(through Bonner Wiki) Project Completion:

• Understand the structure of

an issue-brief

Workshop Agenda:

1.Introductions & Expectations 2.Narrowing Your Issue Area 3.Finalizing Your Topic 4.Issue Introduction Presentations 5.Initial Research 6.Reflections

What social justice issue(s) motivate you to take action and find solutions?

Know Your Issue Modules

• Purpose: Provide Bonners with

the ability to critically assess the scope of the issue area under which they serve by understanding impact of past and current policies For Bonner Students:

• Outcomes: Understand the

value that comes with compiling an issue brief.

• Skills: Interview, Research,

Writing

Know Your Issue Modules

For National Network:

• Outcomes: Information-

sharing to the Bonner Network

• Information: examples,
• pportunities
• Improve services administered

to local communities

What should students expect?

The production and presentation

• f a finalized issue-brief.

Example: Career Development Programs for Youth - Trenton, NJ

What is an Issue-Brief?

• Focuses on a specific and

local, community issue

• Answers:

What is the nature/extent of the issue? What has been tried in the past to address it? What is currently being done to address it? What are the different ways

• rganizations/individuals

are addressing the issue?

GOAL STATEMENT

SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM

PAST POLICY CURRENT POLICY MODEL PROGRAMS

KEY ORG./INDIVIDUALS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Key Elements:

Break into Groups!

Groups should be 2-3 individuals Similar service sites Similar interests in issue areas you serve under

Setting Expectations & Goals

Technology & Data-Sharing Expectations

Stay on Topic: online pages should all be related to topics being discussed No emails, social media, homework, etc. Share all of the Data: Maintain group-determined data-sharing protocols Utilize Google Docs, Shared Pages, etc.

Technology & Data-Sharing Expectations

Stay on Topic: online pages should all be related to topics being discussed Share all of the Data: Maintain group-determined data-sharing protocols

What expectations will you set with your group?

Discuss any other technology guidelines to set Discuss and decide data-sharing methods

Setting Goals with Groups

Complete Issue-Brief

Setting Goals with Groups

Complete Issue-Brief

Setting Goals with Groups

Complete Issue-Brief

Setting Goals with Groups

Complete Issue-Brief

Setting Goals with Groups

Complete Issue-Brief

Setting Goals with Groups

Complete Issue Brief

What goals will you set with your group?

Discuss: What do we want to accomplish?

What do we want to learn? Who would we want to meet during this time? What organizations do we look forward to understanding more? What long-term impact do we hope this issue-brief may be able to accomplish?

Choosing and Narrowing Your Issue

Choosing & Narrowing Your Issue

Goal Statements/ Issue-Brief Topics:

• Must be created to frame and give purpose to you

research.

• Establish goals as a response to the overall issue and

solution-oriented. What is my group’s overall issue area?

Starting Issue:

Choosing & Narrowing Your Issue

Discuss Your Issue Brief Topic: Is my topic real? Does my topic matter to someone? Who? Will it be useful to do research and collect data on this topic? Why? Does this topic allow for community members to provide feedback?

Choosing & Narrowing Your Issue

Example Topics:

• Career Development Programs for Youth
• Increasing Child Care Subsidies for Neighborhood

Residents

• Preventative Health Services for Low-Income

Residents

Choosing & Narrowing Your Issue

Example: What is my overall issue area?

Starting Issue:

Immigration

Rights of Undocumented Workers Psychological effects

• f immigration

College Access for Immigrant youth Path to citizenship Poverty status of immigrant youth

DACA Awareness & Bipartisan Immigration Reform

Choosing & Narrowing Your Issue

Example: What is my overall issue area?

Starting Issue:

Poverty / The Working Poor

Education Opportunities Transportation Access & Availability Neighborhood Crime Reduction Healthcare Access Housing Security

“Developing Transportation for The Working Poor”

Choosing & Narrowing Your Issue

Example: What is my overall issue area?

Starting Issue:

Environmental Topics

Recycling/Trash Environmental Media Fracking Urban Sprawl Water Quality Industrial/ Consumer Influence Environmental Movement

“Regulating Fracking in NWGA”

Issue Introduction Presentations

Issue Introduction Presentations

Each group will present on their chosen topic. Everyone will provide feedback.

How did you finalize your topic?

(5 minutes) (3 minutes)

Conducting Research

Follow this process when researching:

Conducting Research

My Issue at the National Level My Issue in Past/Present My Issue at the State Level My Issue in Past/Present My Issue at the Local Level My Issue in Past/Present

Reflections:

• What new information did I learn?
• What direction would we like

future research to go in?

• What information do we hope to

discover next time?

• What do we need to work on

before the next meeting?

Next Up - Know Your Issue

Part 2 - Researching Current Programs and Policies