The Rainbow/Push Coalition: An Interest Group Analysis

Leadership abilities are key in being a part of any organization. I believe that in becoming a part of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs (NACWC), I will be able to bring some great ideas in helping the young women of today, no matter what race or religion. Girls need mentors in their life that will help build them up in becoming respectable young women. NACWC will help me reach a goal of educating the children, holding seminars for young ladies, and serving the community. I cannot do everything by myself and I realize that I need a community behind me that believes in the same ideas and to support me.

A necessary and common fight for equality has been one that has survived throughout all of man’s existence. Due to recent racial divide and the product of racial profiling, a movement has risen up to combat these common issues. The most recent and most well-covered is the Black Lives Matter Movement. Even though it has been lauded by some media sources and individuals as the next great movement to champion for civil rights, the Black Lives Matter movement is not the same as the African-American Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s nor is it likely to be as successful. If the Black Lives Matter Movement continues with discrepancies in ideology, lack of clear leadership, and trends of hate, the movement is doomed to fail.

Limiting interest group is like cutting off the blood that flows through America’s vein. Interest groups plays a pivotal role in todays U.S society ranging from but not limited to; helping Congress and the administration to draft legislation and policy initiatives, provide information both to government and the public on a broad range of topical issues, and contribute significantly to political

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According to Bardes, Shelly, and Schmidt (2010), an interest group is “an organized group of individuals sharing common objectives who actively attempt to influence policymakers” (p. 225). In America, our government is guided by interest groups who uses different techniques to try to persuade politicians to advocate for their beliefs. The National Organization for Women (NOW) is one example of the many interest group in America that is lobbying for their ideology. NOW is a beneficial interest group because it fights for women inequality and also supports Amendment I in the Constitution.

Interest Group- a group of people who are intrigued in an issue and try to get the government act on said issue

The Southern Poverty Law Center is extremely dedicated in what they do and how they represent themselves. They fight against hatred and prejudice while searching for a fairness system for those individuals in society who are more liable than others. SPLC uses education, prosecution and additional ways of justification to try and make opportunity and justice equal for everyone. This is a difficulty that will be worth it in the long run.

The NAACP has a number of allies, and also opponents. Some examples of allies would include the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), the National Organization for Women (NOW), and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, because they each represent minority factions of society that have traditionally faced discrimination (“Types of Interest Groups”). Other allied groups would be the American Civil Liberties Union and other liberal organizations that are dedicated to equality under the law. Some public interest groups may also be allies to the NAACP, as improved societal equality aids the common good of the people. Working with this variety of groups can provide the NAACP with a great deal of benefits. More voices

The NAACP’s principal objective is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of United States and eliminate race prejudice. The NAACP seeks to remove all barriers of racial discrimination through the democratic processes.

The campaign I chose was from The Movement for Black Lives End the War on Black people a proposal to create reform of police in the U.S. “An immediate end to the criminalization and dehumanization of Black youth across all areas of society including, but not limited to; our nation’s justice and education systems, social service agencies, and media and pop culture” (The Movement for Black Lives). Through the push of policy reforms like the zero-tolerance, banning exclusionary discipline which other alternative differ from existing form because it has not been implemented to help stop the criminalization of youth.

Democracy is the system of government where an entire population is represented through elected representatives. But there is a significant aspect in the US government that also acts as elected representatives which are in the form of interest groups. Interest groups are essentially a collection of people of organizations that tries to influence public policies. Just like the media and political parties, interest groups are one of the linkage institutions, linking the people to the government. The main role of interest groups in accordance to the government, is to mobilize the people. Ideally, an interest groups’ main goal is to ensure that a wide range of people and opinions are expressed in the democratic process. The significance of the

An interest group is a group of people who try to influence government. Each group has a specific target area in which they desire to influence government policy. Many groups are single issue groups, such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Others seek to influence policy in a particular field, like healthcare or civil rights. This usually involves discussion about a range of issues. In either case, interest groups exist to influence political decision-making at the highest levels.

I also would like to join as I have some experience in this that I can share with the other women, that experience comes from high school when I was in D.A.L.T( diversity awareness leadership training). I participated in D.A.L.T. all four years of high school. Also when I was homeless i was one of five white members at a traditionally all black church before it is what it is now. Now that church is about half and half it has an even mix of white and black and even has some other races that go there too now. Through this experience I hope to build my self-worth as I am helping other women. Also through this experience I hope that I continue to excel in my course

B. The Coalition is a nonprofit agency. The coalition is funded through government direct assistance. FEMA, HUD, as well as Union County Freeholders have provided grants that drive the overwhelming majority of the coalition funding sources. The effect of these sources with our clients are the Coalition is not able to provide financial assistance to any client that is currently receiving social service benefits that constitute as income as well as help those who are currently receiving subsidized housing. In terms of how our grants must be spent we are not allowed to provide assistance to individuals who have no proof of income or have insufficient income to sustain their living conditions apart from rental assistance. If we are unable to provide service, the client is referred to another agency by fax or letterhead. The focal issue with all clients is meeting their basic need for shelter. Food pantries and soup kitchen can are often seen a cheap alternatives when compared to attempting to gather enough monies for security and first month’s rent.

A group can become a political interest group. A political interest group can make demands or influence the demands of society on an institution of government