Posted: February 10th, 2022

Advocacy Letter

CHE 329 Module Six Advocacy Letter Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: For this assignment, due in Module Six, you will create an advocacy letter and reflect on advocacy in the aging networks and the role that advocacy
plays in your personal and/or professional life. You will also consider the role of advocacy with respect to the aging-related policy issue you are exploring for
your final project.
Prompt: First, review Chapter 7 in The Aging Networks: A Guide to Programs and Services and the National Council on Aging (NCOA) websites Advocacy Toolkit
and Public Policy & Action. Conduct a very brief, basic internet search to locate additional background on popular advocacy formats and examples of advocacy
correspondence. (Keep in mind that “letter” is a title used loosely to describe advocacy; you may find that an email campaign best fits the preferred format and
structure. Further, if you are advocating to Congress, you will likely use a different format or structure than you would if you were advocating to your local area
agency on aging.) Identify any aging-related topic of interest, which may—but does not have to—be the topic of your final project.
Next, using the tools provided by the NCOA, write a one-page advocacy letter. The letter should address the following:
● Audience: Determine who the letter is advocating to.
● Format and Structure: Determine the best format and structure for the advocacy letter based on the audience.
● Purpose: What are you hoping to accomplish by writing the advocacy letter?
Lastly, as an appendix to your advocacy letter, reflect on and address the following in no more than 1 to 2 paragraphs:
● Strengths and Weaknesses: Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of advocacy letters as related to the aging networks and policy in general. Explain
your thinking and reasoning.
● Personal/Professional: What role does advocacy play in your personal and/or professional life?
● Advocacy and Final Project: What is the role of advocacy with respect to your chosen policy issue for your final project? Explain your thinking using
examples.
In this assignment, be sure to consider the role of advocacy in aging networks, as well as public policy in general.

Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: The advocacy letter should follow these formatting guidelines: 1 page in length in MS Word format, double-spaced, 12-point Times
New Roman font, one-inch margins, and citations in APA style.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Audience Determines who the letter is
advocating to
Does not determine who the letter
is advocating to
15
Format and Structure Determines the best format and
structure for the advocacy letter
based on the audience
Determines a format and structure
for the advocacy letter but format
and structure are not the best
based on the audience
Does not determine the best
format and structure for the
advocacy letter based on the
audience
15
Purpose Describes what is to be
accomplished by writing the
advocacy letter
Describes what is to be
accomplished by writing the
advocacy letter but description is
cursory or lacking in detail
Does not describe what is to be
accomplished by writing the
advocacy letter
15
Strengths and
Weaknesses
Discusses the strengths and
weaknesses of advocacy letters as
related to the aging networks and
policy in general, explaining
thinking and reasoning
Discusses the strengths and
weaknesses of advocacy letters as
related to the aging networks and
policy in general but discussion is
cursory, lacking in detail, or does
not explain thinking and reasoning
Does not discuss the strengths and
weaknesses of advocacy letters as
related to the aging networks and
policy in general
15
Personal/Professional Discusses the role that advocacy
plays in personal and/or
professional life
Discusses the role that advocacy
plays in personal and/or
professional life but discussion is
cursory or lacking in detail
Does not discuss the role that
advocacy plays in personal and/or
professional life
15
Advocacy and Final
Project
Discusses the role of advocacy with
respect to chosen policy issue for
final project, providing examples
Discusses the role of advocacy with
respect to chosen policy issue for
final project but discussion is
cursory or lacking in detail or does
not provide examples
Does not discuss the role of
advocacy with respect to chosen
policy issue for final project
15
Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact readability
and articulation of main ideas
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
10
Total 100%

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