Interest groups provide an important link between citizens and their elected representatives. Because these groups are often devoted to one issue or one set of issues, they are able to devote a large amount of time to monitoring government activities related to their issue and communicate to elected officials the viewpoint of their members. For this assignment, you need to create your own interest group. Remember that interest groups, while they may undertake activities of their own, tend to focus on influencing government to change a particular policy.