From our partners: RISE Together Fund
Punching Above Our Weight: Expanding Nonpartisan Voter Engagement Among BAMEMSA Communities
By Sheila Bapat | September 22, 2021
In 2019, RISE Together Fund committed to giving our grantees the tools necessary to bring a larger segment of high potential BAMEMSA* voters to the polls during 2020, and the results speak for themselves.
The Census Equity Initiative will continue the census collaborative that was created in the buildup to the 2020 decennial census.
The census doesn’t end when the counting stops. 2020 Census work is ongoing and 2030 planning is well underway.
Co-hosted by Democracy Fund and Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
From candidates receiving death threats because of their faith or race, to communities who are intimidated to vote, many people of color face credible and real threats to their participation in US elections.
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Presented by Both/And
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 3-4 PM ET
As 2020 rapidly evolves, Both/And has worked with organizing leaders in 12 states across the Midwest, Southwest, and Southeast to identify emerging priorities.
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On August 5, 506 philanthropic leaders, representing nearly every state across the country, issued a letter to the US Department of Commerce with a clear message: Don’t cut the census short.
The Funders Census Initiative, in coordination with Census Counts and the CUNY Mapping Service, hosted a weekly — then bimonthly — briefing for funders and practitioners during the 2020 Census self-response phase.
May 2020 Survey Results: Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on 2020 Census Funders & Grantees
The Census Bureau began mailing 2020 Census invitations to a majority of households in mid-March, right when the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a global pandemic and social distancing and shelter-in-place orders were implemented in states and communities across the country.
April 1, 2020
Census Colleagues:
Today is 2020 Census Day! The Census Bureau’s massive outreach operation is in full swing, self-responses are coming in (and being reported) daily, and despite the impact of COVID-19 on in-person outreach, organizations in every state are working hard to Get-Out-the-Count.
