Taking Social Action

Part I_Taking Social Action Proposal

***Be sure to review the Taking Social Action Project Overview before writing your proposal

Instructions for the proposal:

In this exercise, you will develop a plan to fulfill the two core commitments of sociology by researching and addressing a social problem.

You will come up with an action plan to address a social problem. Be realistic. For example, if you are interested in tackling the social problem of hunger, you might not be able to feed every hungry person in the world but you could coordinate a food drive to collect donations for a local food pantry. Likewise, you might not be able to buy textbooks for every student on campus who has trouble paying for them, but you could organize a campaign encouraging all professors to put a desk copy (or two) on reserve in the library. You get the idea.

Directions for Action Plans:

Your action plans should be one or two pages, typed, and answer the following questions in detail:

What social problem are you going to tackle? Name and describe the social problem. Your description of the social problem should include citations from at least 2-3 good sources (be sure to reread the “Finding and Collecting Good Information” from the chapter). You must show that you understand your chosen issue before you can start trying to address it.

How you will make an impact on this social problem within the time frame of this course? What is your plan of action? What will you do and how will you do it? Remember that you are required to commit at least 5 hours of time toward your project (whether this is direct or indirect service).

What do you hope to accomplish? Describe the impact you plan to make on the social problem.

MY SOCIAL PROBLEM IS HUNGER