Organization Report

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Each student will deliver an oral report of between 5–10 minutes with a corresponding one-page handout that profiles an activist organization. Handouts (examples here and here) will be submitted for distribution to the class. Choice of organization is open, although each may be profiled only once. Students are encouraged to select organizations with which they are unfamiliar or with whom they disagree.

Reports should address the following questions:

  • What is the organization’s purpose? What it is trying to accomplish? (This may be articulated in a mission statement.)
  • What issue does this organization address? What is the relevant contextual background information (including, if possible, how and why it was founded)?
  • What has this organization done? What notable actions has it taken?
  • What methods has this organization employed to enact change? How has it used writing?
  • Who if anyone can be identified with this organization? Is affiliation explicit or tacit, public or concealed?

Responses to these prompts should be based on research, and presenters should identify sources (reputable periodical texts or peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles) to help establish their information's legitimacy. Students are encouraged to present visual and/or documentary evidence (images, example texts, etc.) for their assertions during their reports. 

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