Letter on Social Media:
Write a letter that is suitable on posting on a website or social media (not Twitter) identifying a social issue that is important to you. Preferably a current issue that is in the news is ideal. In your letter provide your opinion why a social program should be continued, stopped or increased. Provide the history and rationale for your position.
This exercise has several purposes. One is that it requires students to succinctly and cogently gather and present information about a position on, a social welfare issue. Another is that it enables students to combine their expertise as professional social workers with their citizenship duty to participate in civic affairs. I hope that this assignment will, in many cases, become a lifelong habit.