POLICY ADVOCACY WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS OVERVIEW Students will demonstrate macro advocacy skills by creating a memo to the leadership of an organization to advocate for a specific policy change. INSTRUCTIONS Part 1 - Advocacy Memo Imagine you are employed in a social work organization (preferably at your field placement agency), and you have observed a specific issue for which you would like to advocate change. This may be a change of policy on the behalf of a specific group of clients, related to staff, about a particular program change, or it may be for an entire organizational change. Create a concise 1.5 page memo written to the fictional leader/leadership team of the social work organization. In this memo, you are advocating for a specific policy change (or introduction of a new policy). Imagine that you have informally addressed the issue with your supervisor, and he/she has asked you to write up your thoughts on the subject and then present them at an upcoming staff meeting. For full credit, each of the following sections must be addressed thoroughly. Addressees: At the top of the page identify the date, to whom the memo is addressed (and their roles), and your