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: People in my community gather in different locations. At family and friend's houses, at public parks, beaches, etc. We shop at places like Walmart and Price Rite. We access healthcare at Health First and Charlton Memorial or Saint Anne's Hospital

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: The black community is growing significantly in Fall River. We are spread all over the city, mostly in the center and south end of the city. We only have one black church in the city, Bethel AME church and only a few of us attend the church services

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: Most of our community is employed in different sectors of the city but a good majority is unemployed. Some of us work at Walmart and Amazon. Some in small local businesses

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: Our city officials do not represent our community. For the first time in the last local elections we had a black city council be elected. For the first time. We need our city to represent who we are, the diversity that exists in Fall River