8. how can a citizen engage public officials in public policy?
a. testify at the legislature meeting
b. running for governor
c. volunteering at your local church
d. talking with your neighbor about neighborhood safety

he believed that congress would be better not dealing with "lobbyists", or people who seek to influence (a politician or public official) on an issue, since historically, they had problems with these kinds of people. he thought lobbying produces benefits, but should be carefully monitored.

its main object was the establishment of "settlement houses" in poor urban areas, in which volunteer middle-class "settlement workers" would live, hoping to share knowledge and culture with, and alleviate the poverty of, their low-income neighbors.