Identify an appropriate congressional leader about a selected population health issue in your nearby community. You will nee

Identify an appropriate congressional leader about a selected population health issue in your nearby community. You will need to research the official and explain why you chose to contact them (have they historically opposed or supported uour selected population/issue? Are they involved in any committees/projects that might influence this population/issue?). You may contact any nursing advocacy organization for related topics and/or legislative bills for information also. You will then, write a one-page letter (not to be sent necessarily) to the identified congressional leader introducing yourself, giving a brief summary with statistical/scientific support about the issue you are addressing. Finally, you must describe your suggested solution to the issue and what you desire the leader to do concerning it. You must use three (3) scholarly resources in your research and here is a Download Worksheethat you may find helpful when constructing your letter. This worksheet does not need to be submitted with your letter.

Once you have received feedback from the professor, this piece should be uploaded to the Completed e-portfolio in ProjectConcert. You will not be graded on uploading each piece to the e-portfolio separately, but at the end there will be an overall grade for the completed e-portfolio.  It is in your best interest to become familiar with the technology early so that you are not struggling to catch up in the end.  You can log in to ProjectConcert at: .  You will be prompted to pay if you have not done so already.  In Module 1 of this course there is an overview of ProjectConcert, it purpose, and student user guide. 

Rubric for Congressional Letter: