Part 1: Advocacy Project
Write a PROFESSIONAL letter or email, to the mayor advocating the need for life skills programs in high school students and young adolescents up to the age of 23. This advocacy program will demonstrate life skills such as bank accounts, school loans, credit scores, budgeting and money management, good social skills and manners, basic responsibilities, personal healthcare knowledge, personal information privacy, renting process and how to obtain housing. (feel free to add more). This program is offered starting in the 11th grade. The program can be offered as a class during school or in the after school program. After high school I would like incentives to be offered if adolescents are apart of the program. The ultimate goal is for the life skills program to teach the skills necessary to serve to reduce homelessness in adolescents.
Be sure to:
- Use a professional voice and appropriate grammar and style.
- Use bias-free language.
- Include content that showcases the social issue in an impactful and engaging way.
- Integrate information and statistics.
Part 2: Reflection and Rationale
Write a 1-page essay explaining how your project is an effective example of advocacy, as opposed to activism.