For my advocacy project, I have a few ideas as to the topics I am interested in doing. One idea I have is decreasing recidivism rates in the city where I am from, Providence, Rhode Island. This would involve designing and strengthening programs to help those recently released from prison get a job and establish a stable lifestyle. The audience for this topic would be those in the city who have just been released from prison. Another idea I have for a topic is making prisons in my hometown, Providence, safer and a more humane environment for prisoners. This would involve modifying prison administration and policies in the prison. I could focus on a specific prison in the city. The audience for this topic would be both the prisoners and prison staff in the prison. 

I think that these photos are a piece of advocacy. They represent a deep and influential topic, domestic abuse. They are first hand documentation of a topic that affects so many Americans on a daily basis. Therefore, in my opinion they are a piece of advocacy. Ultimately, I do not think that this was ethical. The photographer witnessed the abuse without trying to step in or call the police. In my opinion, this was not an ethical choice because the woman was clearly in danger and vulnerable with no help. The threat was immediate and therefore I believe the photographer should have intervened in some way whether that was getting involved first hand or calling the police.