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: My community consists of the Sephardic Jewish community in the New York and New Jersey area. Even though it is very spread out, it is very close knit; Everyone knows everyone, one way or another. During the summer almost everyone moves to Long Branch, New Jersey, and throughout the year celebrations like weddings are where a lot of catching up happens.

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 has been largely present since the early 1900's when large portions of Jewish people immigrated out of Middle Eastern countries.

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: My community is mainly in Brooklyn, New York and Deal, New Jersey, where people have jobs in a variety of different paths. There are entrepreneurs, lawyers, real estate agents, interior designers, and many many more.

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: Since I went to high school in Brooklyn, that part of the community is what I more closely connect to. I think politicians need to better understand and help the fact of the very real issue of Anti-Semitism that still is present in those areas.