Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - Where do people in your community gather or socialize?
  - How and where does your community access services (healthcare, transportation, educational services, etc.)?

Examples of activities and services: Shopping areas, schools and universities, libraries, parks, lakes, rivers, places of worship, healthcare services, public transport, local nonprofit organizations, etc.

Your response: Schools, supermarkets, health center, restaurants, churches, libraries, parks. Church/Charles Street AME. Court system. Roxbury and Dorchester.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - What are the cultural bonds in your community?
  - If your community has a shared history, what is it?

Examples of cultural or historical interests: Religious groups, ethnic groups, languages, age groups, immigration status, historic or arts districts, etc.

Your response: Hibernia Hall is a historical location close to our neighborhood. Charles Church AME is a historical church in Boston. Large Cape Verdean Community. Different languages, Spanish and Portuguese. Large immigrant population, large African American community.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - Where are residents employed?
  - If there are environmental concerns in your community, what are they?

Examples of economic or environmental interests: Tourism industry, agricultural workers, mining town, manufacturing center, polluted natural resource, unemployment problem, etc.

Your response: Supermarkets, retail, schools, food banks. Uber, lyft transportation. Concerns of crime, air pollution, and noise level. Concerns of how the criminal justice system disrupts/intersects with success to housing, jobs, and stabilization of community

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - What should politicians and/or map drawers know about your community?
  - What are the needs of your community?
  - Is there anything else you want to tell us about your community?

Examples of needs or concerns: Keep community in the same district or separate into multiple districts, shared policy concerns, need for a social service, relationship to other nearby communities, issues with current district lines

Your response: More jobs, low income and affordable housing, safe places to socialize, more after school options for kids