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 is made up of people who live by the Richmond Terrance Houses on Staten Island. Most people gather to socialize at Mahoneys Park, where basketball tournaments and other events like church and police events are hosted for the 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: My community is made up of many Black and African Americans on the North Shore of Staten Island. This community has been present for as long as my brothers and my sister have been alive (which is about 23-30 years).

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 located by the Staten Island Ferry, which means that we are by the ocean. Many plastic and other ideas get thrown in the ocean, so it keeps getting polluted

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: My community is very dangerous with many burglaries and gun violence going on. My community needs a communicator to emphasize the dangers of all these things because I believe police will not fix it.