Overview
Submit a 2- to 3-page paper to complete?Part 1 of your Social Change Project.
- Describe a current social problem and the vulnerable population it impacts.
- How/when has this problem been identified historically, and what were the actions taken to address this concern?
- How have the populations affected by the social problem changed over time?
- How might this social problem be incongruent with social work values/ethics?
- Describe the next steps for how you will identify a policy.
- Search for and select at least three sources related to the social problem you identified.
- One source can be a government or other professional website.
- At least two of the sources must be scholarly articles or studies from reputable journals.
- Review Chapter 2 of the Jansson text.
- Focus on “Policy Advocacy Challenge 2.4” (pp. 39–40) for websites and examples of different ways to think about the relationship between social problems and policy.
Be sure to incorporate the sources you found related to your selected social problem using standard APA format.
The social problem I decided to identify is Systemic Racism and Discrimination
Vulnerable Population: Racial and ethnic minorities who face discrimination in various aspects of life, including employment, education, criminal justice, and healthcare.