Ricardo Villar
Inglewood
“Yes, because that’s how the community is. The community is not just one-sided, one color, one gender. It’s important that we’re all included.”
Shontel Heath
Los Angeles
“Los Angeles is a melting pot. People come here from everywhere. It’s important for us to see ourselves in them.”
Arletha Ross
Los Angeles
“One person comes from one place, another person comes from another place and great ideas can come together. Our elected officials need to be diverse as well.”
Samuel Barika
Atlanta
“I think it’s necessary. Elected representatives are in office to serve their constituents and share the community’s problems and actually do something about them.”
Compiled by Cynthia Gibson in South Los Angeles.
