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: Growing up, I was heavily immersed in Atlantic City’s noteworthy church culture. It was not uncommon for me to be in Atlantic City at least two to three times a week for my family’s church, the Westminster Christian Worship Center; as well as visiting the other churches within the community on occasion.

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: Here in Atlantic City, this diverse community has a dominant Black and brown presence, many of whom are either essential workers for the City government or in the City’s notable consumeristic market of casinos, shops, restaurants, and more. However, Atlantic City is much more than this consumeristic market. There is a thriving, diverse community, full of rich history that is valuable. With Stockton’s unveiling of the Atlantic City campus, there’s now a diverse college student population within the City

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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: Atlantic City is bordered by the Absecon Inlet on the north side of the City, and extends all the way to Jackson Avenue, the border separating Atlantic City from Ventnor. Within these 48 blocks you can see the casinos’ towering presence at any place in the City

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  - 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: I implore this Apportionment Commission to make the right choice, whatever choice that may be, in making sure that the Black and brown voices of the Atlantic City community are not diluted and lost in the midst of the overpowering white majority of its current District.