Getting Involved:
Interest Groups
Participation Activity 1 ::
Participation Activity 2
Participation Activity 1
Find an interest group that supports a cause of great interest to you. The Web site "Political Advocacy Groups" at
http://www.csuchico.edu/~kcfount/index.html
contains a large listing of various groups organized by category.
1. What does the group do? How does it attempt to affect public policy? How does it seek to influence public opinion?
2. What benefits does it provide to members?
3. How can you join?
4. In what ways can you help the group achieve its goals?
