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 at work. My family is my community and I feel like we are always working. I feel that the same holds true for most working class folks. We spend more time in our work place than anywhere else. It’s for work we use public transportation, we work to pay for our loved ones to go to school and we go for higher education in the hopes of being paid more for work. Everything centers around work and the ability to afford living. At least in this society.

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: My community is composed of two. I identify with the Haitian community, the burden of being tied to historical trauma, poverty and being the definition of failed infrastructure in the Western Hemisphere, as they like to describe it. I carry a lot of pride to counter the perception that is constantly forced upon an entire nationality. I also identify with being Black. Raised in NYC, I was forced to keenly be aware of skin and how it impacts ones growth in most society. I carry a lot of pride in Afro heritage and I enjoy learning about different cultures that originate from the African continent. As well as liberation movements and socialism.

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 residents work a 9 to 5 job. I consider it to be a new form of slavery because economic growth is so difficult. Rich only seem to get richer, middle class is growing smaller and the poor get deeper in poverty.

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: The needs of the community would be lower taxes on mortgages, lower interest rates for historically disadvantaged groups, more reliable bus service to travel and more investments into the community.