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After drawing my starting point, I included a place that holds a special place in my heart, the Xin Bao Restaurant located on Garvey.
One person cannot define my community or neighborhood. It takes many people, the diversity, and the culture to define my neighborhood.
Drawing my own map was something that awakened my sense of neighborhood.
"Basketball connects me to my community because it helps me want to get good grades in school" -Chris L.
"The object that connects me to my neighborhood is The South El Monte News our cities news letter" -Sophia S.
"The most important thing to know about me is I'm a hardworking Associate Student Body member" -Anissa V.
" Having a library card helps me check out all sorts of books that my school doesn't have" -Sylvia S.
"My football helmet is a sacred part of my identity that symbolizes many things in my life" -Martin R.
"The object that connects me to my neighborhood is my schools Drill Team t-shirt and uniform" -Jocelyn R.
"The object that connects me to my community would be a skateboard." -Jocelyn R.
"A pine cone is the object that connects me to my community. It is a big sticky rough cone." -Rafael B.
We asked Youth Voices participants the question: Whats your city postcard? and asked them to respond by designing a postcard of their city.