Hello, my name is Patrick Shower and I moved to District 20 (Schenectady) in 2019. I got involved in community organizations promoting social justice and a healthy ecology. Right away, it was clear that there were impactful networks with strong human connections across the Capital Region - from Amsterdam to Troy, from Saratoga Springs to Albany, and all the rural areas in between - brought together by shared interests. Cultural, environmental, infrastructural, and economic factors felt by one community were felt by all, regardless of political leanings. And over the last two years, the community organizations that have done the most good have been the ones that recognize and leverage this fact. Please keep District 20 intact so that the people of the Capital Region can have a clear, unified voice in the Congress and we can continue to do the most good.