Assignment: Becoming a Community Organizer: Students are to write a 5 (min) to 7 (max) page paper (not including title or reference pages).

The assignment will describe:

• The characteristics of a consensus organizer

• Identify those features that the student possesses and those that may need more work.

• Select an issue that the student would be involved with as a community organizer.

• Students will describe the issue and explain how they could play a role as a community organizer, including identifying the approach they would take (e.g. asset-building) and the necessary steps they may need to take to address the problem.