Jul 29, 2019
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
(650) 363-1800
SMC_Census@smcgov.org
@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