{"id":21994,"date":"2023-06-14T19:27:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T19:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/reflection-paper-on-community-organizing-with-the-childrens-movement-of-florida\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T19:27:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T19:27:41","slug":"reflection-paper-on-community-organizing-with-the-childrens-movement-of-florida","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/reflection-paper-on-community-organizing-with-the-childrens-movement-of-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection Paper on Community Organizing with The Children&#8217;s Movement of Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The goal of this paper<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">is to analyze, evaluate, and propose improvements or additions to the organizing you have been doing. You will also reflect on lessons for your own future organizing.&nbsp; You should focus on what you\u2019ve been able to learn best about your organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 1rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1. Introduction<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(around one page)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">a) Briefly introduce your organization, including: The organization is The Children&#8217;s Movement of Florida<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How old it is<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">It\u2019s mission<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Its major programs or campaigns<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Where it works (geographically)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">It\u2019s constituency or base<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Whether it\u2019s strategies primarily involve organizing, advocacy, social services, or community development (defined in Pyles, chapter 1, &#8220;Defining Community Organizing,&#8221; pp. 21-27)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">b) Briefly summarize your role as a volunteer, including: (You can make this up, but I did Zoom meetings to organize different events, and research more on The Future Project of The Children&#8217;s Movement of Florida)<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The program or campaign you worked on<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Any training or orientation you received and how you received it (via Zoom, online organizing portal, etc.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The tasks you performed and how you did your work (by participating in meetings on Zoom, sending texts, creating social media postings, through an online organizing portal, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Sources of info:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>Your best sources of info in this section are likely to be the organization\u2019s website, very recently-published background literature, and your postings (especially your posting for April 17).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2. Set your organization in context<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>(around three quarters of a page to one page)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">a) To which<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">social movements<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>and\/or in what place in the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">social service system<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>does your organization belong?<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For example, Planned Parenthood Action Fund is an advocacy organization that is part of the reproductive rights and health<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">movement<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>and that advocates for organizations in the reproductive healthcare<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">services system.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">b) What is your organization\u2019s particular<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">niche<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>in this movement and\/or social service system? This niche might be defined by the organization\u2019s constituency, geographic focus, issues, organizational model, organizing framework, strategy, and\/or tactics (but probably not by<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">all<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of these characteristics).<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For example, how is the Sierra Club&#8217;s reliance on local chapters different from the organizational model used by many other large environmental organizations in the U.S.? How is the Loma Prieta chapter different from other chapters?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Sources of info:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>In this section, it is important to draw on the background literature about your organization, movement, and\/or social services system. You could also draw on the Pyles book, the organization\u2019s website and your postings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3. Evaluate your organization\u2019s greatest strengths<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">for organizing<\/u><\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(around 3 pages)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Identify the main strengths<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">from an organizing perspective<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of your organization in two or three key areas and support your analysis with evidence. Choose from among the following key areas:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Organizing Framework (Pyles, chapter 5)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Organizing People: Individuals and\/or Coalitions (Pyles, chapter 6)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Organizational Capacities: Structure, culture, leadership, decision making, fund raising, research and evaluation (Pyles, chapter 7)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Communications and Framing (Pyles, chapter 8;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-id=\"6911260\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/camino.instructure.com\/api\/v1\/courses\/90615\/files\/6911260\" data-canvas-previewable=\"true\">Blanusa et al.<\/a>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Actions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;;\">)<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Strategy (Pyles, chapter 9)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Tactics (Pyles, chapter 10)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Intersectionality and Solidarity (Pyles, chapter 11)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Religious and Spiritual Aspects (Pyles, chapter 12)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Global Justice and Climate Crisis (Pyles, chapter 13)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Linking big-small and online-offline organizing<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;(in-class writing exercise)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If your organization focuses much more on advocacy or community development than on community organizing,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>you should identify<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>the organization\u2019s strengths that it could use to engage in more community organizing in the future.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For a community development organization<\/strong>, an example of a strength might be its organizational capacities (structure, culture, leadership, etc.) How could the group draw on those strengths to do more organizing or collaborate with a community-based group to integrate organizing into its work?<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For an advocacy organization<\/strong>, an example of a strength might be its ability to develop effective strategy and\/or to attract strong allies. How could the organization draw on those strengths to do more organizing or collaborate with a community-based group to integrate an organizing component into its strategy?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Sources of info:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>Look for assessments of your organization and movement in the background literature, its own self-assessments, and the Pyles book. Test those assessments against the evidence from your own organizing experiences with the organization. You might agree, partially agree, or disagree with evaluations by your organization and in the literature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">4. Evaluate your organization\u2019s greatest areas for improvement<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">for organizing<\/u><\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(around 3 pages)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">a) Identify the main weaknesses<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">from an organizing perspective<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of your organization in two or three key areas and support your analysis with evidence. Choose from among the key areas listed above for part 3.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If you admire your organization, this section may be challenging for you to write, but it is also the most important contribution to the organization\u2019s work that you can make. Be a \u201ccritical friend\u201d to your organization by thinking about how it could fulfill its mission better, or broaden its mission or its approach to be more just or effective in the world. Self-critique is crucial for the success of any organization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">b) Make<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">specific recommendations<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>for how the organization could address its weaknesses by expanding or transforming these key areas<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">to do more effective and\/or just organizing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For example, if you think the organization needs to do a better job of centering the concerns of low-income people and\/or people of color, what specific steps could it take to change how it cuts and frames issues, develops leadership, or chooses coalition partners? Use concepts you&#8217;ve learned in this course and be specific: what would be a new<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">issue frame<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>the organization should use, for example?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Sources of info:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>Look for critical assessments of your organization or movement in the background literature, the Pyles book (including chapter 7, &#8220;Organizing in the Nonprofit World,&#8221; pp. 166-168 on the potential limitations of all nonprofit organizations), and<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-id=\"6911259\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/camino.instructure.com\/api\/v1\/courses\/90615\/files\/6911259\" data-canvas-previewable=\"true\">Speer &amp; Hahn<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Actions<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>. Test those assessments against the evidence from your own organizing experiences with the organization. With which critical assessments do you agree or partially agree?&nbsp; Does the background literature or any of our readings (Pyles or<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-id=\"6911260\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/camino.instructure.com\/api\/v1\/courses\/90615\/files\/6911260\" data-canvas-previewable=\"true\">Blanusa et al.<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Actions<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span>) suggest solutions? How about your response in&nbsp;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">linking big-small and online-offline organizing<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Can you think of additional ones?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">5. Reflect on your own future in organizing or advocacy<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>(around one page) You can make this up<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What are the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">three most important insights<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>about<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">your own future organizing or advocacy<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>that you want to take with you from your experience in this course?&nbsp; Once again, draw on concepts learned in this course and be specific. You might discuss:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the kinds of organizing frameworks or organizations you want to be involved in going forward, the issues that matter most to you<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the kinds of roles you want to play in the future (see Pyles, chapter 1, &#8220;Transformative Social Change: Roles and Approaches,&#8221; pp. 27-28)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">how you want to cope with the perils of organizing and enjoy its benefits (Pyles, chapter 2, &#8220;Perils of Organizing&#8221; and &#8220;Healing Power in Organizing,&#8221; pp. 40-50)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">communication skills or capacities you want to develop in yourself or others (Pyles, chapter 8;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-id=\"6911260\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/camino.instructure.com\/api\/v1\/courses\/90615\/files\/6911260\" data-canvas-previewable=\"true\">Blanusa et al.<\/a>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Actions<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">strategies or tactics you want to explore<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">how you want to practice allyship (Pyles, chapter 11, &#8220;Recentering and Allyship,&#8221; pp. 260-271)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">how you want to integrate your faith in your organizing (Pyles, chapter 12)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">or any other topic we&#8217;ve studied this quarter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Sources of info:<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Your organizing experiences and reflections on it in your postings,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">linking big-small and online-offline organizing<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(in-class writing exercise),&nbsp;<\/span>and relevant parts of our readings or your background literature, may all suggest future directions for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 1rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">6. References<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Cite your sources throughout your paper and provide a reference list at the end with full citations to all sources you cited in the paper. Use<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">APA style, 7th edition<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>to cite sources. (You don&#8217;t need to use other elements of APA paper formatting, such as a running header, etc.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Citing in the body of your paper:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Give the year of publication when citing a source in the body of your paper.&nbsp; Give page numbers in the original source when quoting from that source.&nbsp; Examples:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Gastil (2008) outlines the criteria for good deliberation. &nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A group practices democratic inclusion by \u201cwelcoming into its political process all adults who exist within its boundaries\u201d (Gastil, 2008, p. 5).&nbsp; Otherwise, \u201cthe system cannot call itself democratic\u201d (p. 5).<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You do not need to cite handouts or slides created by your professor for this course.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Citing in your reference list:<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Only include sources in the reference list that you cite in the body of your paper. Provide a full reference in the reference list for every source you cite in the body of your paper.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For more info:<\/strong>&nbsp;For a full guide to APA citation style, which you will need to cite the sources you have found, see&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">this guide to APA style, 7th edition&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>&nbsp;(especially the links under the heading &#8220;APA Citations and Reference List&#8221;).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The goal of this paper&nbsp;is to analyze, evaluate, and propose improvements or additions to the organizing you have been doing. You will also reflect on lessons for your own future organizing.&nbsp; You should focus on what you\u2019ve been able to learn best about your organization. 1. Introduction&nbsp;(around one page) a) Briefly introduce your organization, including: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[1121],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/21994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/21994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=21994"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=21994"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=21994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}