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: The community does not have many places to gather, there is limited access to transportation. People frequent the mall, local grocery stores. If they have transportation they go to the Bodega Latina. They attend all schools in the district with most kids at Skillin, Brown, Memorial and Mahoney. There is very limited access to resources. Even the public school system does not have services or programs to adequately address needs -- academic, emotional or otherwise -- of our community.

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: Poor, Latinx immigrants mostly Mexican and Central American. Shared migration stories and traumas from migration. They speak Spanish. They are made up of mixed status households.

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: They work in seafood, construction, cleaning and restaurants.

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 community needs access to safe and affordable housing, reliable and affordable public transit, access to healthcare, access and supports in education, pathways to citizenship, and fair wages and labor protections.