Team paper:
Trans women and women in the Bronx that experience domestic violence
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· 1 paragraph intro to campaign
• 1 paragraph intro to campaign
We strive to begin a public awareness campaign to heighten awareness of Interpersonal Violence (IV) by creating a forum where victims or survivors of IV can share their story anonymously or publicly. There would also be links to resources available to victims of domestic violence. This would allow the unification of victims and survivors and allow them to share their unique stories with one another. Our true hope is that through unity and compassion with others, these women and trans women will be able to connect with other women that may already be in the stages of rebuilding their lives in a safe way that allows them to escape their perpetrator and start fresh successfully. We intend to create social media ads including the instagram and facebook links to publicize across The Bronx.
· 4-5 paragraphs about critically analyzing the issue:
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o What is the issue problem? Context (National & local)/prevalence.
o Resistance! Lay of the land
§ What is your theory of change and how is it contextualized within a broader social movement?
§ Historical & Current movement (nationally & locally)
§ Local groups doing this work (ie. Neighborhood & city) – you can, but don’t need to, include a model organization doing what you are doing. Who are your natural allies? Who is doing what in which communities?
§ How are they addressing issues of racial justice?
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o How are you using a transformative organizing framework? How does this also draw from Alinsky? How does this model specifically fit within this context? What is this model’s strength/drawbacks?
I’ll attach the power map. You describe within the campaign.
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o Power map. Should be specific individual people and groups of people
§ Should by dots on the power map with relative position and power. You can take a photo. Describe within campaign
· Campaign: 2-4 pages
o You will include a filled in Midwest academy or Youth Activist Toolkit strategy chart – as specific as possible (names and numbers, specific targets, specific actions)
§ Write up the campaign specificity in narrative form
· Include your overall strategy, demands, target, resources, etc….
§ Describe diversity and power (both of your campaign, and your targets) … should build from your power map and campaign chart.
o How will you escalate your tactics?
§ How are you addressing racial justice/systems of white supremacy within your model?
Outreach/base-building & building leaders 1.5 – 2 pages
o How will you outreach to those most impacted within your specific community and campaign? How will you build and develop leaders? Name local sites where you will engage in organizing. Which churches, blocks, apartment buildings, existing organizations.
o How are you ensuring that your model is building leaders among those most impacted?
