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1. As stated in the syllabus for this project, you will be forming a
hypothetical n
As stated in the syllabus for this project, you will be forming a hypothetical non-profit
organization for a specific vulnerable population in Nevada. This organization should
address some inadequacy that politicians or policies have failed to address. (homelessness,
deficits in education and students needing more help outside of school, human trafficking
victims/children, deaf community, victims of gun violence, mental health patients, domestic
violence victims (men/women, abused children, patient advocacy for victims of the medical
system, an awareness group of some sort pertaining to food safety etc.).For this
assignment:1) Briefly describe the non-profit you intend to create (no less than 100 words)
and why it is important to Nevada. This must be for Nevada and to address a Nevada policy
issue.2) Give your organization a name.3) Research what a mission statement is for a non-
profit organization and write one. It must be in complete sentences, it must be more than
three sentences, and it must be grammatically correct.You may use sources for this but they
must be referenced in APA format.Book : By the People: Debating American Government,
5th edition. By James Morone and RoganKersh. Oxford University Press. 2021. ISBN 978-0-
1976-1113-5#1: Remember the 80%/20% rule . You should try NOT use more than 20%
quoted/copied/pasted material. At least 80% of each assignment must be your own
thoughts, conclusions, opinions, etc.#2 You do need to read the assigned material and use
that/those source(s) but you need to put it into your own words (paraphrase it).#3: You
also need to acknowledge your sources used with a reference(s) at the end of each learning
activity. You must use in text citations for larger assignments and your project. These are
BOTH required, and NOT optional. To use other peoples’ work and not acknowledge them is
an academic integrity violation even if you are paraphrasing.All work must be submitted
using 12-point font (New Times Roman), one inch margins, and consisting of an APA
textbook citation at theend.For APA citation, this is the formats:The format is this for lecture
notes:Last name, Initials. (Year). Title of Lecture. Publication Name (book it make from).
URLThe format for the book is:Last name, First Initial(s) & Last name, First Initial(s). (Year).
Title of Book in Italics. City, State: Publisher.I recommend this website
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa6_style/apa_formatting_and_style_g
uide/general_format.html Links to an external site.and you will find to the left of your
screen tabs for the source that you want to cite.I’ve also included a link in our course
essentials module as a quick reference.