Decision-Makers vs Influencers
This type of stakeholder has the power to create or change laws.
Answer: Who are decision-makers?
This person leads New York City’s government.
Answer: Who is the mayor?
A strong policy goal should be clear and_______________, meaning easy to understand.
Answer: What is specific?
A root cause is the main reason _________a problem exists.
Answer: what is why?
This term describes when guns are moved illegally from one place to another.
Answer: What is gun trafficking? (funneling)
This type of stakeholder cannot make laws but can persuade leaders.
Answer: What is an influencer?
This group votes on city laws and budgets.
Answer: What is the City Council?
A policy goal must be controlled by these people in order to actually happen.
Answer: Who are decision-makers?
A symptom is the problem you can easily _________.
Answer: What is see?
Many illegal guns used in NYC come from outside the city and even outside this state.
Answer: What is New York?
The NYC City Council is an example of this type of stakeholder.
Answer: What is a decision-maker?
This department controls public schools in NYC.
Answer: What is the NYC Department of Education?
A policy goal that cannot realistically happen is missing this quality.
Answer: What is realistic?
Lack of resources is usually a root cause or a symptom?
Answer: What is a root cause?
When guns move from states with weaker gun laws into NYC, this movement is sometimes called a gun _______________________.
Answer: What is pipeline? (gun pipeline)
Community members speaking at a public meeting are acting as this type of stakeholder.
Answer: What are influencers?
This group helps keep highways safe across New York State.
Answer: What is the New York State Police (Highway Patrol)?
Which quality of a policy goal makes sure the plan will improve the lives of people where they live?
Answer: What is helpful to the community?
More police presence is usually a solution to a symptom or a root cause?
Answer: What is a symptom?
Stopping the flow of illegal guns into NYC requires cooperation between New York and these other places where the guns often come from.
Answer: What are other states?
The mayor of New York City is this type of stakeholder because they can approve policies.
Answer: What is a decision-maker?
These elected officials represent neighborhoods and help pass local laws.
Answer: Who are City Council members?
What is our class Policy Goal?
Educate teens about gun violence so they can make better decisions while building stronger security along highways and city entry points to stop illegal trafficking of guns from coming to NYC.
Understanding root causes helps communities create this type of solution.
Answer: What is a long-term solution?
City leaders and lawmakers can help stop gun funneling by creating stronger laws and improving this type of safety enforcement.
Answer: What is gun law enforcement? (or stronger gun laws)