Census Colleagues:
Today marks one year from the 2020 Census reference date.
The census doesn’t end when the counting stops. 2020 Census work is ongoing and 2030 planning is well underway.
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jocelyn Bissonnette, Director, Funders Census Initiative jbissonnette@funderscommittee.org
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Sponsors: Center of Social Innovation at UCR, Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation, Native Americans in Philanthropy, The California Endowment
Speakers:
Sky Allen, IE RISE
Jocelyn Bissonnette, Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation
Janeen Comenote, National Urban Indian Family Coalition
Naomi Lett, United Way Association of South Carolina
Margarita Luna, The California Endowment
Karthick Ramakrishnan, Center for Social Innovation, UC Riverside
Erik Stegman, Native Americans in Philanthropy
Patricia A.
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.
A timeline for grantmakers interested in supporting a fair and accurate 2020 Census.
Presented by Census Counts Campaign’s States Count Action Network, State Voices, Leadership Conference Education Fund, Democracy Funders Collaborative Census Subgroup, Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation’s (FCCP) Funders Census Initiative
Friday, May 15, 2020 at 1 PM Eastern
This webinar featured state practitioners who shared how COVID-19 and the Census Bureau’s adjusted operational timeline are impacting 2020 Census outreach.
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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.