The 2020 Census: We are counting on YOU to make sure that WE ALL COUNT!

US Citizenship Podcast

The 2020 Census: We are counting on YOU to make sure that WE ALL COUNT! An Interview with Aparna Ramakrishnan from the SMC Census Team

• video: https://youtu.be/Pgc5m-jZ7iU
• podcast: http://traffic.libsyn.com/uscitizenpod/census-sm4.mp3
• blogpost: http://www.uscitizenpod.com/2019/07/the-2020-census-we-are-counting-on-you.html

Today we will continue our series New Series: U.S. Citizenship and the U.S. Census 2020

Every 10 years, the federal government is required to count all residents in the United States, citizens and noncitizens alike, through a national census. The next national census is in April 2020. The information is used to make sure everyone is equally represented in our political system and that government resources are allocated fairly. It is also used to make important decisions about community programs and services, like where to build homes and parks, establish public transit routes, build new roads and offer language access services.

Participating in the Census is a civic responsibility for citizens and non-citizens similar to paying taxes and educating ourselves and our children.

In certain situations, people can refuse to pay taxes or send their children to school, but they cannot ignore what is happening in the community. They must learn the facts, and then make their decisions accordingly.

Today I will interview

Aparna Ramakrishnan from the SMC Census Team about their Census Ambassador program 400 County Center Redwood City, CA 94063 [phone] [e-mail] @SMC_CommAffairs

San Mateo County is partnering with the San Mateo Adult School to pilot a Census Ambassador training program, which will be launched across the county in Fall 2019. https://cmo.smcgov.org/census-ambassador-program

San Mateo County Census 2020 http://www.smccensus.org/

Census 2020 Outreach Resources --especially look at their Guides, Talking Points + Toolkits https://cmo.smcgov.org/census-2020-outreach-resources

Next Monday, I will post the podcast that I recorded at the San Mateo Adult School with the Census Ambassadors. And over the next several weeks, I will be chopping up both of these into smaller bits, and posting the subtitled videos to the uscitizenpod YouTube channel.

Let's get started! Interview with uscitizenpod: A Quick Comparison between the USCIS N-400 and Census 2020 (7/01/2019) https://youtu.be/6dnF93zELuw http://traffic.libsyn.com/uscitizenpod/census.mp3

uscitizenpod: No Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census BUT.... (7/13/2019) https://youtu.be/uoAthR65aBc http://traffic.libsyn.com/uscitizenpod/census-2.mp3

uscitizenpod: THE 2010 US CENSUS! (3/15/2010) http://traffic.libsyn.com/uscitizenpod/2010census.mp3

uscitizenpod: The 2010 US Census in 4 minutes (3/16/2010) http://traffic.libsyn.com/uscitizenpod/2010census-qs.mp3

An example of interpreting Language Access information from the 2010 census uscitizenpod: An American Pentecost (6/6/2017) podcast: http://traffic.libsyn.com/uscitizenpod/american-pentecost.mp3 pdf: http://traffic.libsyn.com/uscitizenpod/american-pentecost.pdf video: https://youtu.be/L69nzNVlTxY

For more info about the Census, listen to Hansi Lo Wang, NPR https://www.npr.org/people/177498291/hansi-lo-wang or follow him on Twitter @hansilowang Also see:

Census.gov Promotional Materials and Guidelines https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/2020-census/planning-management/promo-print-materials.html

Census.gov Educational Resources https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sis.html