Identify the organization/issue and provide a short description/overview of the organization and/or the issues your policy brief will address (e.g. Abortion, Capital Punishment, Immigration, Planned Parenthood, the NRA, SCLC, etc…) 2. Title: Include the title of the brief “Capital Punishment and its Importance in the 21st century”. Try to make your title memorable by choosing a proactive or surprising title. It is the best way to communicate your key message and the need for change. 3. Introduction: the introduction, begin with a brief overview and state the problem or objective. Map where your argument will take the reader and explicitly outline your thesis. 4. Description of the problem and proposition of the preferred policy. Outline brief history or background relevant to the theme. Describe the problem that required attention and action by policy makers. Then offer a few sentences to support your suggested response to the issues you raised.
