Describe ONE event in the last years five years or so which highlights the group’s interaction with the political process.

American’s for Safe Access(marijuana) OR Planned Parenthood Action Fund.

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1) Describe ONE event in the last years five years or so which highlights the group’s interaction with the political process.

2) Such an interaction could highlight the group’s relationship to a particular politician, a political party, and/or a specific piece of legislation in Congress.

3) Provide a commentary of the event which includes BOTH your view of the issues as well as an assessment of the positives and negatives of the overall involvement of the organization in the political process.

Audience

Your intended audience is your fellow students. Although I will of course correct your essay and your classmates will not read it, I want you to communicate your information and analysis AS IF you were explaining the subject to a classmate. Therefore, do not assume your reader is that familiar with the subject matter.

Purpose

You will demonstrate the ability to research, revise, and properly cite/reference the material you used. You will choose an interest group, focus on recent event, comment on the subject matter and lastly evaluate the methods used by the interest to gain influence in the public policy process.

Process

You will find an event in the last five years or so that involved the group. The event could be supporting/blocking a policy in Congress, supporting a candidate for public office, supporting an elected politician in some way, etc. Other than the internet at large, SLCC library is a great resource.

One page has built in resources is (https://libguides.slcc.edu/political_science (Links to an external site.)).

You will organize your essay according to the assignment description above.

full 2-3 double-spaced pages of CONTENT and does not include the additional title page and reference page at the end of your essay.
Preferably, turn in the essay in the form of a Microsoft Word document to the relevant Canvas assignment portal.
Have regular margins and 12-point font.
Use at least TWO sources for your essay

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