Description

Overview:
Your final project will take the form of a 5-7 page document that provides recommendations
and concrete suggestions for anti-racist interventions. Your project can focus on the United
States, another nation or a transnational phenomenon. You can choose between the
following formats:
• Policy brief
• Strategic plan for a community-based or non-profit organization
• Business plan
• Artistic instalation or project
All final projects must include the following components:
• Clear description of specific problems related to racism or ethnocentricism
• Concrete suggestions for how these problems might be addressed
• At least five scholarly references (peer-reviewed journal articles or books)
Projects will be due on Blackboard no later than Saturday December 1st, 11:59
PM.
The final project provides an opportunity for students to:
– summarize and analyze sociological research related to racism and ethnic stratification
– draw critical connections between assigned texts and real world issues
– develop practical ideas for promoting anti-racist change
– nurture your imagination and consider the kinds of individual and colective action required to
bring about the change you’d like to see in the world
Each project must be written in full, coherent prose (not bullet points). Your document
should be double-spaced, 12-point font, with 1 inch margins. The bibliography is not
counted in the page limits. Projects that are longer than 7 pages will not be
accepted. Projects that are less than 5 full pages will earn an F (59). Citations and
bibliographies should be formatted according to the ASA Style Guide, available in the Main
Library (HM73 .A54 1997) or on Blackboard. You can also learn more about the ASA
citation style here: http://www.uwp.edu/departments/library/guides/asa.htm
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Directions:
Choose one of the following assignments:
1. Policy Brief
For this assignment, you will develop a policy brief that addresses the health consequences
of racism in the United States or another nation. You should select a specific health
problem related to racism, review existing policies, discuss related research and suggest
policy proposals you think would make a constructive impact. Your policy brief should:
– Define a health problem related to racism
– Discuss specific health concerns for at least one racial or ethnic group
– Identify 2-3 policy proposals
– Make an argument for how and why your proposals address the problem(s)
– Describe the possible impact and consequences of your policy proposals
For guidelines about writing an effective health policy proposal, see Wong, Shale L., Larry A.
Green, Andrew W. Bazemore, and Benjamin F. Miller. 2017. “How to write a health policy
brief”. Families, Systems, & Health. 35 (1): 21-24. Available online: https://www.apa.org/pubs/
journals/features/fsh-fsh0000238.pdf
2. Strategic Plan
This assignment involves developing a strategic plan for a community-based or non-profit
organization to address a specific problem related to racism in New York City or on Long
Island.
– A mission statement describing your organization’s name, purpose, goals, vision and
who you plan to serve (1 page)
– Description of a problem related to racism that your organization will address (2-3
pages)
– Explanation of why you selected the neighborhood or location where your
organization will operate (1 page)
– Summary of how your nonprofit will bring about the kinds of change you seek (1-2
pages)
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– An organizational overview (1-2 pages)
o Staff size, roles and responsibilities
o Planned location, facilities, required technology or other equipment
o Operating costs
o Potential funding sources
Helpful links for writing your strategic plan:
– “Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations” (NYC): https://www1.nyc.gov/
assets/nonprofits/downloads/pdf/strategic_plan_structure.pdf
– “Create a Strategic Plan for Your Nonprofit” (NOLO): https://www.nolo.com/legalencyclopedia/create-strategic-plan-nonprofit-29521.html
3. Business plan
This assignment challenges you to develop a plan for a business designed to address a
specific problem related to racism in the United States. To accomplish this goal, you will
need to show how your proposed business could both viably promote anti-racist change
while also maintaining financial solvency.
Your business plan should include the following sections:
– Executive summary—overview of your business, its rationale, services or products
provided and value (1 page)
– Clear description of how your business will address, reduce or eliminate racism (2-3
pages)
– Explanation of the problems your company will solve, your client profile and who
you plan to serve (1-2 pages)
– Market analysis—research on similar, related or competing companies and how your
business will be better than the competition (1-2 pages)
– Organizational overview (1-2 pages)
o Staff size, roles and responsibilities
o Planned location, facilities, required technology or other equipment
o Operating costs
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o Potential funding sources
Resource:
– “Write Your Business Plan” (Small Business Association): https://www.sba.gov/
business-guide/plan-your-business/write-your-business-plan
4. Artistic instalation or project
Design an anti-racist artistic installation or project that will address a specific problem
related to racial or ethnic oppression. Your project can address an ethnoracial problem in
the United States, another country or a transnational phenomena. Your artistic
installation or project can take any form you wish (e.g. literary, film, performance, musical,
mixed media, sculpture, dance, interactive, painting). This assignment presents you with an
opportunity to let your imagination and creativity run wild. Components of your plan
should include:
– A title and detailed overview of your artistic project (1 page)
– Description of a specific problem related to racism and explanation for how your
project will address the problem you identified (2-3 pages)
– Definition of the geographic scope of your problem and project (e.g. U.S., another
nation, or transnational) (1-2 paragraphs)
– Your personal motivation and/or artistic experience (1 page)
– Artistic context—provide information on the artistic archive or traditions into which
you will situate your project (e.g. other artists, genres and relevant art history) (1-2
pages)
– Strategic overview (1-2 pages)
o Material elements required
o Equipment or space required
o Funding assessment

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