Positional Letter

A LA CARTE OPTION: FINAL PROJECT Positional Letter

Recall: S o ciety ge ner al l y deci des whic h pr o ble ms ar e most ser ious an d what sho ul d be done thr o ug h deb ate. D ebates gener a lly n ot based o n fa cts but base d upo n peo ple’s opin ions and life ex per i ences. Yo ur fin al pr oje c t is to wr ite a one p age positio n letter that pr ovides f actu al i nfor m ation t o sway a n or ga ni zatio n to pr omote your ‘best solut ion’ fr om your midter m pr oject .

Goal: To objectivel y promote your issue with factual information in order to educate others and gain advoca cy support from others. The letter should be written in order to sway support of your best solution with FACTUAL information . You need to use accu rate facts, cite your s ources in a concise fo rmat.

Writing Your Position Paper Your position paper must represent only One Issue

1. Identify an organization, agency or indiv idual in a position of power that you want to take on your issue.

2. Introduce your issue and your position of the issue. 3. Present facts that support the reasons why the issue needs to be addressed 4. Summarize the facts of your argument and present your solution. 5. Detail a call to action -action or activitie s that could be or can be taken to

implement your solution.

Formatting:  Position paper should be one (1) page long. One page equates to between

200-375 words.  Single spaced and typ ed in 12 point font either Arial or Times N ew Roman .  Top of Page: place yo ur name and information  Identify: Address to the organizations, age ncies and individuals that you

should have identified who might support to your ‘best’ solution. This inform ation s houl d not be included in the 200-375 word count.

 Separate Page: Work Cited page that gives a fully referenced resource listing of where the facts in your paper ca me from. This i nform ation s houl d not be included in the 200-375 word count

POSITIONAL FORMATTING EXAMPLE: NOTE: The words in parentheses & XXX have been added for instructional purposes and should NOT appear on your position paper.

(Date) (Identified potential support Organizations, Agencies and Individuals) (Actual Individual within the Organization or Agency) (Actual Mailing Address) (Introduction of self and position) I am, XXXX and I propose XXXXX. (Facts, statistics supporting why your issue needs to be addressed) The reason that this issue needs to be addressed XXXXXXXX (Summary of the facts and your solution) As shown XXXXXXXXXXX. We must start XXXXXXX. Solution to this problem XXXXXXX. It can be accomplished XXXXXX. (Action that can be taken to implement your solution) I urge you to {attend, write, participate, adopt practices} XXXXX Sincerely, (Your Name) (Your Mailing Address) (Your email information)

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