Workplan

Suggestions for How We Next Proceed with Our NEP Research Project

Last Updated April 1, 1999

In the interest of time, I am taking the liberty of assigning certain people to certain tasks. I will not include any folks who have indicated they might not stay in the class. However, if they do, they should feel free to "climb on board" with one of the projects listed below.

Background Work That Needs to Be Done ASAP

Points to keep in mind:

I suggest we all do as much of the following as we can by our next class meeting. Most of this is "leg work" that needs to be done before we can proceed with the actual research -- and that's where we'll need to devote the most time.
Keep in mind that these activities should also serve as a model for the project you plan to do for your own implementation case study.
Note: If any of you are unclear as exactly how to proceed with your assignment, please contact me, and I'll be more than happy to help you out!
Bring two copies of everything to class, one for me and one for you.
What we'll probably do, once we've gotten all these materials together, is divvy them up so we all don't have to read everything. There are a few key pieces we should probably all read. Anyway, don't be intimidated by the amount of background review I'm suggesting here!

Person	Task
Emily	Refer back to the Needle-Exchange Bibliography. There are about three articles from there that we supposedly have in the PSU library. Please photocopy those articles and bring them to class next week. Also try to find, photo, and bring to class: "IV Drug Use and Aids: Public Policy and Dirty Needles," Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, by Stryker, Jeff; Winter 1989, PSU Call No. RA395 .A3 J68, 2nd floor. "Incorporating Multiple Actors and Guidance Instruments into Models of Regulatory Policymaking: An Advocacy Coalition Framework," Administration & Society, by Sabatier, Paul; August 1987, V. 19, p. 236, PSU Call No. JA1 .J55,4th floor Finally, search The Oregonian archives for articles or editorials on Outside In's needle-exchange program that appeared between February 1, 1988, and December 31, 1989. Print and bring to class. Make sure you don't duplicate the list I have below under my name.
Maggie	Refer back to the Needle-Exchange Bibliography. There are several articles that do not appear to be at the PSU Library. Please check the PORTALS system and OHSU to see if you can locate those; if not, please order them via Interlibrary Loan. Bring the articles to class as soon as you get them. Also, try to find "Oregon Starts First U.S. Needle Exchange Pilot Study," Medical World News by Egerter, Dave; Jul 11, 1988 Search Willamette Week archives for articles or editorials on Outside In's needle-exchange program that appeared between February 1, 1988, and December 31, 1989.
Terri	Get and print out the exact wording of the ORS 475, at http://landru.leg.state.or.us/ors/475.html, and research the legislative history behind that (SB 464, passed in 1989). I don't think this would be online, though if it is, you can try the archives at http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ (though more recent legislative histories are online). However, Oregon Senate Bills are in our library at J87.O7J5, basement, and the Final Legislative Calendar, which gives the historical coverage of a bill, is at J87.O7H4, basement. Contact Librarian Gwen Newborg for any assistance (tell her I sent you!). *Note: Some of us may have to take a trip to the state archives in Salem to get to the minutes and hearings around this 1989 legislation, since it's so old.
Joe	Check out the following websites; print any initial relevant pages to share in class, and provide a summary of what the sites might offer in terms of background info around the topic of grassroots policymaking; your main goal is to advise the rest of us as to whether these are worth looking at in some depth as background to our case study (note: these sources came from Tania Alameda-Lawson's online syllabus for her Community Organizing course, at California State University (http://www.hhs.csus.edu/SW/Faculty/AlamedaT/211A.htm) IPR Research: Asset-Based Community Development Institute at http://www.nwu.edu/IPR/abcd.html Civic Practices Network, at http://www.cpn.org Community Works Toolbox, at http://www.cdinet.com/Toolbox Com-Org, at http://uac.rdp.utoledo.edu/comm-org/ National Civic Leagues Organization, at http://www.ncl.org National Community Building Network, at http://www.ncbn.org Finally, search The Oregonian archives for articles or editorials on Senate Bill 464, that appeared between February 1, 1988, and December 31, 1989.
Linda	Check out the following websites; print any initial relevant pages to share in class, and provide a summary of what the sites might offer in terms of background info around the topic of grassroots policymaking; your main goal is to advise the rest of us as to whether these are worth looking at in some depth as background to our case study (note: these sources came from Tania Alameda-Lawson's online syllabus for her Community Organizing course, at California State University (http://www.hhs.csus.edu/SW/Faculty/AlamedaT/211A.htm) Ganz, Marshall (1996). What is Organizing?, at http://uac.rdp.utoledo.edu/comm-org/syllabi/what.html Fisher, Robert (1995). Neighborhood Organizing: The importance of historical context, at gopher://h-net2.msu.edu:70/11/lists/H-URBAN/seminar/papers/fisher ACORN’S 25 YEARS OF HISTORY ACORN (Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now) at http://www.acorn.org/community/ACORN_25_history.html#roots The Capacity Inventory—Introduction; The Capacity Inventory; and, How to Use the Document by John McKnight and Kretzmann, at http://www.nwu.edu/IPR/ciforeward.html Democratization through economic empowerment by Maria Teresa Cobelli, Tina Liamzon, and Alberto Castagnola, at http://www.picced.org/advocacy/ired.htm Housing as a Human Right: A critical view of the U.S. position on Habitat II, at http://www.picced.org/advocacy/habitat.htm Comprehensive and Integrative Planning for Community Development by Ronald Shiffman and Susan Motley at http://www.picced.org/advocacy/compplan.htm Search Willamette Week archives for articles or editorials on Senate Bill 464, that appeared between February 1, 1988, and December 31, 1989.
Martha	Set up majordomo listserv that class can use for reflections on this project as part of the required assessment process Photocopy relevant chapters from Kathy Oliver's dissertation to disseminate to class. Photocopy for dissemination to class Allen, Judith, "The Difficulty of Leaving 'Home': Gay and Lesbian Organizing to Confront AIDS," in Mobilizing the Community: Local Politics in the Era of the Global City, eds., Robert Fisher and Joseph Kling (SAGE, 1993). Make a list of key informants who need to be contacted for interviews. Talk to class about when interview process should begin. Search through ProQuest Direct (note, PSU subscribes to this, so you have to be accessing it from a PSU computer or via your odin account) for any and all articles on needle exchange, 1988-present; photocopy and bring to class. As of today, April 1, 1999, the ones I have are as follows: "Needle Swaps Help Fight Aids," The Oregonian, Sept. 19, 1995 "Drop Ban on Needle Exchanges," The Oregonian, Sept., 20, 1995 "Anti-AIDS Needle-Swap Programs Pass Muster," The Oregonian, Sept. 20, 1995 "Agency Offers Needle Swaps in Portland," The Oregonian, Sept. 20, 1995 "Regulating Controversial Progams for Unpopular People: Methadone Maintenance and Syringe Exchange Programs," American Journal of Public Health, Nov. 1995, by Des Jarlias, Don, et al. "Needle Exchange Programs and Social Policy," Journal of Mental Health Administration, Spring 1993, by Clark, H., et al.