Provide a brief description/background on the issue as you currently understand it b. Explain why the topic is interesting to you c. Provide a citation for at least one outside academic (peer-reviewed) source to support this section 2. Identify one of your communities that is impacted by it.

There are four sections to this proposal, each addressing a different aspect of your proposed project.     1. Describe your topic (200-400 words)          a. Provide a brief description/background on the issue as you currently understand it          b. Explain why the topic is interesting to you          c. Provide a citation for at least one outside academic (peer-reviewed) source to support this section       2. Identify one of your communities that is impacted by it.           a. Describe the community.          b. Briefly describe why this is an important issue for that community.     3. In what way is your chosen topic an example of structural inequality? (100-200 words)            a. How is the inequality you are looking at built into the rules of the system?          b. Basically, you need to convince us that the issue is structural or systemic.          c. You may wish to reference course readings on structural inequality and structural violence for this section.     4. Finally, which option are you choosing? Will you do be doing primary or secondary research?          a. If primary research, then identify the organization you are planning to work with.               i. Provide a brief (no more than 100 words) description of the organization.               ii. Tell me what steps you have taken (or will be taking) to get involved with the organization.          b. If secondary research, then identify one additional outside resource (article, book, film, etc.) that may be                 useful for your research.               i. Provide a citation for the resource and a brief (no more than 100 words) summary of why you think it                         will be useful to your research.