[2020 Census]
NPR: “The high court’s ruling, following an emergency request the Justice Department made last week, is the latest turn in a roller coaster of a legal fight over the timeline for the count.”
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2020 Census
Congressional Democrats Call for Census Deadline Extension
[2020 Census]
Rep. Maloney: “This should not be a partisan issue. If Republican Senators want the people in their states to get the federal funds they are due—for healthcare, education, and a host of other programs—they should make sure they are fully counted.
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National Urban League Sues to Stop Trump’s Rushed Census Timeline
[2020 Census\National Urban League]
Morial: The American people are about to be cheated out of a fair and accurate Census count…We will not accept a count that has been manipulated to deprive communities of color of their rightful share of resources and political representation.”
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Is Trump using Postmaster General DeJoy to try to Steal 2020 Election?
[2020 Elections\Postmaster General Louis DeJoy]
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: “Post Master General DeJoy’s sacking of postal leadership may be remembered as August’s Friday Night Massacre.”
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NYC Public Advocate: Trump is Undermining 2020 Census
[New York City\2020 Census]
Williams: “The Trump administration has been transparent, blatant, and shameless in its efforts to undermine the 2020 census, particularly by discounting metropolitan areas and disregarding Black, Brown, and immigrant communities.”
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Lawyers Group Condemns Trump’s Plan to Shorten Census Outreach
[2020 Census\Trump]
Kristen Clarke: “In no uncertain terms, we condemn any attempt by the Trump administration to make 11th-hour changes to policies that Census experts deem necessary for ensuring a complete and accurate Census count.”
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NAACP JOINS FORCES WITH TELEVISION BROADCASTERS TO PROMOTE 2020 CENSUS
[NAACP\2020 Census]
Joining forces with WeTV, CBS, and a host of notable influencers to push out PSAs that highlight the importance of the Census, the NAACP is taking a robust approach to reach audiences that have historically been overlooked and undercounted.
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PACIFIC ISLANDERS PROMOTING THEIR PARTICULAR IDENTITY FOR 2020 CENSUS
[2020 Census\Pacific Islanders]
Speaker after speaker addressed the battle to distinguish Pacific Islander identity and “disaggregating” it from its current place as a subset of the Asian American population in the census.
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NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: URGENT PHASE OF 2020 CENSUS FOR BLACK AMERICA STARTS ON MARCH 12TH
[2020 Census\African-Americans]
Urban League’ Morial: If Black people are undercounted by 1.7 million, as many forecasts predict, it will cost states 3.4 billion dollars a year…I can’t overstate how important it is for Black Americans to participate in the Census.”
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BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES THE #BRONXCOUNTS CHALLENGE YOUTH COMPETITION TO PROMOTE 2020 CENSUS
[#BronxCounts Challenge\2020 Census]
Bronx Borough President Diaz: “We want to get our youth involved, so that they can help to educate their families and their community about why The Bronx needs to have a strong showing in the Census.”
Photo: Alina Suriel
