GP210—Week 5 Assignment

GP210—Week 5 Assignment

1. Select one of the interest groups/organizations listed below. •AARP – American Association of Retired People •ACLU – American Civil Liberties Union •AFL-CIO – American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations •American Conservative Union •FPA-Farm Policy Action •AIPAC – American Israel Public Affairs Committee •Council on American-Islamic Relations •Family Research Council •Handgun Control, Inc. •GLAAD- Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation •NAN-National Action Network •National Right to Life •NOW – National Organization of Women •NRA – National Rifle Association •American Humane Society •Public Citizen •Sierra Club •U.S. Chamber of Commerce •VFW-Veterans of Foreign Wars

2. Perform a web search to locate the group’s main web site. Also, perform a web search for recent information about your group’s activities. Write your report as an essay. Make sure your paper answers all the questions. Separate your responses with two spaces between answers. This is not an essay on your opinion of the group – write an objective report. If you cannot do that with your chosen group, choose another group.

1. What is the organization or group’s website?

2. What are the issues your organization or group is concerned with?

3. What actions does your group take to try to influence policy and the public agenda?

4. Assess your group: What are its strengths and weaknesses? Do not give one strength or one weakness. Give as many as you can find and explain why it is a strength or weakness. This is where students tend to lose points. You must show me that you really understand why something is a strength or weakness.

Back up what you say with specific examples demonstrating their effectiveness (or lack of effectiveness). Remember to find weaknesses of the group; you will likely need to research beyond the group’s main website. Every group has a weakness – your task is to find it. A response like, “I didn’t find any weaknesses” is not acceptable. Start by Googling “opposition to …” and you will find things. Some things will not be accurate or fair. Your job is to sort those out.

5. Summarize a news article from the organization or group in a paragraph.

NOTE: Be sure to include the websites where you found your information.

As with all weekly written assignments, submit your work as an attached file. Double-space your paper and use 12 point Times New Roman as your font.

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