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: We come together through shared faith, cultural festivals/community gatherings, food and diverse commercial corridors. We value access to affordable healthy food, to healthcare centers that offer language access for patients, safe and clean neighborhoods, fully funded public education for our youth, and small business or entrepreneurial opportunities. We need more spaces for our Muslim community to convene.

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  - 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: Over the last decade, Revere’s population size has increased but what isn’t new is that Revere has always been a city of immigrants, some old, some new. We are united in our desires to access municipal resources in multiple languages. Some of us are renters and some of us are homeowners.Most of our immigrant community is concentrated in the Shirley Ave and Beachmont neighborhoods. We are a diverse intergenerational and multicultural community with various income ranges. Our people come from Central/South America, North Africa, Middle East, Southeast/South Asia, the Carribean, East Asia, and Europe.

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  - 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: Loss of local employers when Necco/Showcase/Suffolk Downs shut down and sold to new developers. We need good paying jobs that don’t exploit the working class community. We need access to affordable housing and pathways to homeownership. We need living wage job opportunities close by or near public transportation. Residents who don’t have a college degree must travel far to find jobs and require access to their own cars. We need resources to fund community based organizations and to grow our non-profit infrastructures

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: We are united by our need for a significant improvement in infrastructure, as well as our desire to see a new high school and overall improvements to our youth’s recreational activities. We lack community spaces for all age groups with different abilities. We need a youth center like a YMCA We need a new high school, educators of color, social workers etc. We need more activities for families and an indoor park for winter. We need our legislators to pass the Work and Family Mobility Act. We need more MBTA buses in Ward 6. We are concerned about police in schools and not enough mental health resources. We are concerned that there is no BIPOC representation at City Council.