Community Event Reflection

Description

This assignment requires you to find and participate in a macro social work–oriented event either online or in person. Please be in contact with the instructor if you need help finding an event in your community that works with your schedule or is accessible for online participation. The event could be a community group meeting, meeting of elected officials, forum, panel, lecture, rally, or anything where people are coming together around a social issue. Fundraisers for non-profits will not qualify for this assignment. The goal of the reflection is to use a macro-practice lens to analyze interventions targeting a macro issue. Make sure to use course concepts in your reflection. After the event, please write a reflection answering the following questions in 3–4 pages. Use the questions below as headings to organize your reflection. Please read the rubric in order to understand the expectations for the assignment. What was the event? (title, date, time, location or online platform) Who was the event’s target macro client, defined by population, problem, and arena? What were the perceived goals of the event? Do you think the event accomplished its goals? Discuss participation in the event. Was the event attended or organized by the target macro population? Were there power dynamics evident between the organizers, participants, and macro population (if members of that group were not in attendance)? What assets were evident at the event that might be leveraged in support of the macro client? Describe how the event fits into one of the community practice models. What was the main takeaway relevant to macro practice? To sum it up, you can talk about any event you’ve attended recently within the last 6 months or so that covers these questions. As it says above it could include a community group meeting, forum, rally, or anything where people are coming together around a social issue.