For the City of East Palo Alto, the efforts for incorporation began long before 1983. About 20 years earlier, activists who called themselves the floating crap game began meeting around kitchen tables. They ultimately cast the future of the 2.5 square mile city we call home. On July 1, 1983, that long-desired moment came when our city earned its independence.  As we have seen things come and go during that last 40 years, one thing is constant: the resiliency of the people who call East Palo Alto home.