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2020 Census: What You Need To Know
Manage episode 202363358 series 2088410
This week we discuss the 2020 Census: What You Need To Know with guest Jeri Green, advisor to the National Urban League on the upcoming 2020 Census, and former senior advisor for civic engagement in the Office of the Director at the U.S. Census Bureau. The host for this episode is Don Cravins, Jr., Senior Vice President for Policy and Executive Director of the Washington Bureau.
From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.
Mentioned in this Episode:
March for Our Lives
Gun Control
The Children’s Crusade
American Youth Congress
U.S. Census Bureau history
Why the census is important
How the census is conducted
What’s the census data is used for
Concerns about the upcoming census rollout
2020 Census is underfunded and understaffed
Internet-based census concerns
Addressing hard to count communities
Preserving the integrity of upcoming census
The problem with the census citizenship status question
The issue with counting prisoners where they are incarcerated instead of where they are from
Ensuring full participation of people of color in the census
Ensuring resources are allocated to communities of color
Undercount of children in census
Confidentiality of census data
Census Bureau is without a director
Rhode Island census testing site
Congress members William Lacy Clay and Yvette Clarke introduced a bill to address census issues
Quad County Urban League
Contact and Follow
Web: #ForTheMovement
Email: podcast@nul.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NULpolicy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NULPolicy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/NULPolicy
Marc’s Twitter: @MarcMorial
Don’s Twitter: @DCravins
Kim’s Twitter: @kayellea
Jordun’s Twitter: @_jordun
81 episodes
Manage episode 202363358 series 2088410
This week we discuss the 2020 Census: What You Need To Know with guest Jeri Green, advisor to the National Urban League on the upcoming 2020 Census, and former senior advisor for civic engagement in the Office of the Director at the U.S. Census Bureau. The host for this episode is Don Cravins, Jr., Senior Vice President for Policy and Executive Director of the Washington Bureau.
From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.
Mentioned in this Episode:
March for Our Lives
Gun Control
The Children’s Crusade
American Youth Congress
U.S. Census Bureau history
Why the census is important
How the census is conducted
What’s the census data is used for
Concerns about the upcoming census rollout
2020 Census is underfunded and understaffed
Internet-based census concerns
Addressing hard to count communities
Preserving the integrity of upcoming census
The problem with the census citizenship status question
The issue with counting prisoners where they are incarcerated instead of where they are from
Ensuring full participation of people of color in the census
Ensuring resources are allocated to communities of color
Undercount of children in census
Confidentiality of census data
Census Bureau is without a director
Rhode Island census testing site
Congress members William Lacy Clay and Yvette Clarke introduced a bill to address census issues
Quad County Urban League
Contact and Follow
Web: #ForTheMovement
Email: podcast@nul.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NULpolicy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NULPolicy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/NULPolicy
Marc’s Twitter: @MarcMorial
Don’s Twitter: @DCravins
Kim’s Twitter: @kayellea
Jordun’s Twitter: @_jordun
81 episodes
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