CompetencyIn this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:Examine the public policy development processScenarioYou work as the deputy director for your local city planning department, but you have been serving as the interim department head while the city manager searches for a new director. After several months of searching, an exciting candidate named Susan Greenfield accepted the city’s offer and just started in her new role. Susan brings a lot of experience, having worked for three other planning departments in much larger communities, and you and your colleagues are excited about the new energy and perspective she will bring. In her previous experiences, she has successfully leveraged planning assets to support other public efforts. As part of that work, she has used a specific policy development framework with great success.One of your first assigned tasks is to complete a policy comparative analysis in which you must analyze the planning department’s most recent policy development project and compare what happened in that case to the framework Susan is bringing to the table. In this way, she hopes to better understand the department’s history and existing way of doing things, as well as prepare you, as her deputy, to apply her framework moving forward.DirectionsTo that end, Susan has provided you with a matrix organizer to structure your comparative analysis. However, she also promotes innovation and creative thinking, so you are encouraged to modify this format to improve communication of the key ideas, as needed. If you do modify the format of your deliverable, be sure that the final product still contains the following elements:Establish a context for your review. Include a brief description of the rationale for the policy, the outcomes of the process, and any other background information on the case that will be helpful for your boss to interpret your analysis.Begin your comparative analysis by organizing the relevant details of the case into the various stages of your boss’s policy development framework. Be sure to respond to the following questions for each of the stages:Who were the specific stakeholders (i.e., names of people or organizations) and how were they involved during that stage?To what extent was evidence presented or applied by policy advocates and/or other stakeholders during that stage?What were the ethical considerations present during that stage?Then, evaluate the extent to which the case reflects and aligns with the ideal policy development framework. In other words, rate each stage on a scale from 0–4 (with 0 being “not present in the case” and 4 being “perfectly illustrates the ideal”), and defend your assessment by providing specific examples that reference and draw comparisons to the ideal process.Based on your evaluation, make specific recommendations that are informed by the ideal policy development framework. In other words, if the ideal stage is represented in the case, provide recommendations on how to avoid common problems within that stage. If the stage is missing, provide recommendations on how it could have been incorporated.Finally, cite the resources that support your assessment of the given stage. You should have a minimum of one citation per stage.What to SubmitEvery project has a deliverable or deliverables, which are the files that must be submitted before your project can be assessed. For this project, you must submit the following:Policy Comparative AnalysisYour policy comparative analysis may be submitted using the matrix organizer or in an alternatively formatted document. It should be approximately 800–1200 words in length and appropriately cite all references.Matrix Organizer- see attached down below!You may choose to format your submission using this matrix organizer. However, you are encouraged to modify this format to improve communication of the key ideas, as needed and appropriately cite all references.Reference List For each source that you cite, you need to include the author’s name, the publication year, the title of the source, and the location of the source in a References section at the end of your work. in-text citation(s) and sources appropriately.Supporting MaterialsThe following resource(s) may help support your work on the project:Case Material: Ideal Policy Development Framework- see attachedUse this as a reference describing the various stages of the ideal policy development framework for your comparative analysis.Case Material: Planning Department Case: The 2040 Plan for Northwest Indiana: How Public Engagement Guided the Formation of the Plan- see attached

Write a minimum 4-5 page first person response to John Lewis’s essay below that discusses what you can do to redeem the soul of our nation. What will you do to “answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe.” You must address the specifics of Lewis’s essay. Will you follow what others are espousing or will you stand up for your own beliefs. What barriers do you feel may stand in the way of you achieving your goals and how will you overcome said barriers. You must also incorporate the following quote from Mahatma Gandi – “A nation resides in the hearts and in the souls of its people” (make sure you credit Gandhi with the quote). Your essay must be well formulated and must include complete sentences and paragraphs with correct grammar and punctuation. Your essay must also include a title.

Papers should be between 6-8 pages in length. Goals of the assignment are to demonstrate that you can create a research paper based on primary and secondary sources and synthesize this material to present a cohesive answer to a question. Because this is a research based paper, students must demonstrate that they can find and use GMC "library approved" sources throughout the work. The final paper requires a minimum of 2 primary sources and 3 secondary sources. Papers do need to have a title page. However, footnotes are not required. Instead, students need to use pagination citation throughout their papers to show how and where they used their sources. Example: “The War of 1812 was started by America.” (Kucsan, 2009) or (the authors last name). Now if you are using more than one article by the same author then you need to put in the title of the article…such as (Kucsan, 2009, Consequences of the War of 1812). If you are using 2 different works with authors of the same last name then do the following; (Kucsan, P, 2009) Just put in the first initial.Finally, remember that all papers need an introduction, body, and conclusion. Every essay needs a thesis statement and the last page of your assignment should be a reference page where you will provide your complete references in APA style like you practiced throughout the semester. Below are the choices for your paper. Choose one of these topics to write about for your essay:In 1860 the North had specific advantages over the South that helped the Union prepare for the war. Describe 4-5 of these advantages and show how they led to Union victory.The 1850s was a particularly tumultuous time in the United States. Choose 4-5 events, compromises, publications, or people and explain how they propelled the United States towards the Civil War.Was Reconstruction a failure or a success? Explain your point of view with 4-5 examples that prove your perspective.