the main assignment here is a multi-modal composition that uses various rhetorical positions and different types of evidence to make arguments. This one, however, is a bit different from the first in that over the course of these next few weeks, as you research and evaluate various sources, and as you draft, craft and organize your thoughts and evidence, you will at some point have to make a decision to become an advocate for solutions to your central problem. you need to advocate for one or more specific solutions to the significant and current political/social/cultural problem that sits at the center of your focus; (the solutions you advocate should be limited in three and it is better that the solutions you advocate are related to each other).
When we think of the act of advocating and when we imagine a person or an organization who is an advocate for a cause, we think of strongly held opinions delivered with intensity from a rhetorical position that appears unshakable, deeply confident in the ethical rightness of its arguments and the accuracy of its knowledge. If we look at advocacy in such ways, we can understand why it takes time to become a convincing advocate, and that advocacy, even when it is delivered in the form of a thesis-driven composition, is a form of argumentation that can be quite different from the balanced arguments we often think of as academic writing even if it is as rigorous its presentation of evidence.
This is not to say that academic writers are not advocates. They are, and over the course of this project, you will become such an advocate�one who uses academic research and methods to deliver persuasive arguments convincingly to a public of one�s peers. Academic writers in many disciplines often write with the purpose of advocating for solutions to political/social/cultural/environmental problems. When they do so, they are expected to consider and present positions that run against theirs in various ways � call them counter arguments � in order to meet the expectations of their academic audience. They must demonstrate their mastery of established arguments and knowledge in areas of discourse and recognize the legitimacy of other perspectives, even if the author seeks ultimately to dismiss them.
In the realm of public advocacy, arguments and persuasion can look, feel, and sound quite different. Public advocates deliver strong and impassioned arguments by undermining counter arguments. They do so by choice and with knowledge about the various perspectives and pieces of evidence that may potentially undermine their case. When putting forth arguments in academic or public settings, the most convincing advocates do not simply put forward solutions without first comprehending the informed debates in which these solutions are situated. Rather, successful advocates draw from a deep well of knowledge when carefully selecting the evidence and rhetorical appeals that will make their case about how to address the profound social problems they put before their audiences.
This assignment challenges you to become that strong advocate, one who delivers convincing solutions to a current and pressing political/social/cultural problem. You cannot, in all likelihood, be this advocate at the beginning of the project. You will need to spend time researching and evaluating sources; you will need to explore various arguments and perspectives as you write proposals and drafts. At some point, however, after deepening your knowledge and maybe even after writing a full draft or two, you will need to choose a position to advocate.
for this assignment, you need to include at least 2 muti-modal elements (such as graphs, statistics graph, or image) to support your arguments. the thesis statement of this paper should focus on the reason why your policy is the best solution to this paper
here are some sources i find for some possible solution for stop and frisk policy :
https://practicum.brooklaw.edu/sites/default/files/print/pdfs/journals/brooklyn-law-review/volume-79/issue-1/blr_v79i_5.pdf
https://www.urban.org/research/publication/key-issues-police-use-pedestrian-stops-and-searches/view/full_report
https://www.citylab.com/politics/2013/03/4-ideas-fixing-stop-and-frisk/5055/
https://stopandfrisk.org/the-human-impact-report.pdf
https://ccrjustice.org/files/Report-CCR-NYPD-Stop-and-Frisk.pdf
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1589&context=faculty_scholarship
(find others if these are not good)
note: make sure you read the AGWR(from page 270-286) (the file i upload). It tells you how to write the advocacy paper very detailedly. make sure you follow the instruction when you write the paper. Also, make sure you read the rubric so that the stuff you write is on the right track
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