Your final paper/project for the class is to SELECT A CURRENT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE with your fellow group members.  As a group, you must decide on a policy that impacts Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) communities – through class discussion, course readings or other outside sources.

Remember – select the issue carefully so you can really use the concepts discussed in class to show you are applying them to the policy issue you have chosen. Look to the bibliographies at the end of each text for research sources. TIP: check Asian Week, War Times, Amerasia Journal, A Magazine, Colorlines, and other ethnic or alternative press media sources for resources and ideas. USE THE LIBRARY!
 
Examples of public policy topics could include – racial profiling today: the Wen Ho Lee case; immigration policies in the aftermath of Proposition 187 or bilingual education in SF under Proposition 227; how community agencies are addressing anti-Asian violence today; airport security guards and the new US citizenship job requirements; the terrorist ‘threat’ and today's exclusionary immigration laws and policies; the impact of globalization on APIA communities; educational rights for immigrant students and communities in San Jose; gentrification of the past and present (i.e. I-Hotel to SOMA), Affirmative Action after Proposition 209; etc.
 

Guidelines:

The group proposals [due Mon 4/29] must be at least 500 words- typed with a clear and specific issue stated.
In addition, list the roles for each member and for the entire group.  List some of the resources you plan on using.

Final Group Papers [due 5/17 in the beginning of class] must be typed, double spaced and at least eight pages/2000 words (typed-doubled spaced] not including the bibliography page).  For proper format for citations and bibliography go to:   http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ericmar/references.html.

Papers must include the following:
·Brief description of the issue;
·Some historical background – incl. what institutions are/were involved and how the Asian Pacific Islander American community has responded to the issue;
·Analysis of how race, class, and gender of the APIA community are impacted;
·Root causes for the problem;
·Potential solutions/recommendations (i.e. How would you change the institution?);
·Short bibliography [list of sources used for the research]. You must include at least 5 sources, not including the Ancheta book. Try to use the ethnic and alternative press for sources. http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ericmar/references.html

Presentation (about 10 minutes):
·Brief description of the issue;
·Some historical background – incl. what institutions are/were involved and how the APIA community has responded to the issue;
·Analysis of how race, class, and gender of the APIA community are impacted;
·Root causes for the problem;
·Potential solutions/recommendations.

DUE DATES:
Group proposal write up – April 29, 2002
  Group presentation – May 13, 15 & 17, 2002
  Full paper write up – May 17, 2002
 

Email Eric [ericmar@att.net] or anjela [aas205@hotmail.com]
if you have questions about potential topics.