Sep
12
2019
Recently, the Building Movement Project (BMP) hosted a 60-minute webinar featuring XP Lee (Program Manager for Policy & Special Projects with the Minnesota Council on Foundations), Joseph Shoji Lachman (ACRS Civic Engagement Program Manager with Asian Counseling and Referral Service), and Raima Roy (Program Associate, Census and Civic Engagement with Asian Americans Advancing Justice). These speakers helped explain why being counted in the Census is so important, especially for historically undercounted communities, and how the Trump administration’s efforts to include a question about citizenship in the 2020 Census has erected further barriers to a full and inclusive count. During the webinar, participants also learned about how Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations and networks are organizing and mobilizing around Census 2020 and what shifts they have made to fight back against the citizenship question.
In case you missed the webinar, we’ve made it easy to watch a recording and download the slides.
The links and resources mentioned during the webinar include:
- HmongCensus.org
- Facebook Page for the Washington Census Alliance: https://www.facebook.com/CensusAllianceWA/
- https://www.countusin2020.org/partner-resources
- Washington Census Alliance – info@wacensusalliance.org
- https://mcf.org/2020-census-and-american-community-survey
- Race to Lead Survey: bit.ly/RacetoLeadSurvey
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