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Census Canvassing Goals Reached Ahead of Schedule
Exciting update on the canvassing efforts in Visitacion Valley: as of April 12, CAA has not only reached, but exceeded, its goal of 2,000 commitments from residents stating they will turn in their census forms. Specifically, CAA canvassers contacted 3,444 residents and confirmed 3,090 commitments. The overall census return rate for Visitacion Valley is pretty [...]
CAA is Official 2010 Census Questionnaire Assistance Center
CAA has joined US Census to officially serve as a Questionnaire Assistance Center (QAC) during the 2010 Census. Anyone who has questions about their census form or need assistance filling them out can come to our office Monday-Friday, 9:30am-12:30pm to request help from Census staff members on-site. The Census staff member is bilingual in English [...]
60,000+ Households is the Goal for Citywide Census Outreach (Press Release)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 18, 2010) – A citywide effort to get all San Francisco residents to participate in the 2010 Census began today, with thirteen community organizations and their volunteers knocking on doors and talking to residents about the Census, just as the forms are arriving in people’s mailboxes. Continue reading
Kick-off Rally for Door-to-Door Census Canvassing Begins Tomorrow (Media Advisory)
[ March 18, 2010; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] On Thursday, March 18, over 100 community volunteers and organizers will begin knocking on doors and talking to neighbors about the 2010 Census, just as the Census forms are arriving in people’s mailboxes. Teams of canvassers recruited and trained in Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog, and English will visit low-income neighborhoods of color and encourage their full participation. Continue reading
San Francisco CBO 2010 Census Training
[ March 3, 2010; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] San Francisco CBO Census Training
Co-Hosted by Asian Law Caucus
Wednesday, March 3
10:00am –12:00pm
Chinese For Affirmative Action, Community Room
17 Walter U. Lum Place
San Francisco, CA
This training will cover:
Available in-language resources for the Asian Pacific American community
Overview of APA national media campaign by the US Census Bureau
Different messaging strategies to reach Hard-To-Count communities
This training is open to any [...]
Legal Training on the Confidentiality of Census Information (San Jose Training)
[ February 26, 2010; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ] The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund will be conducting two workshops for immigrant service providers, attorneys, and community organizers interested in knowing the rights and responsibilities for immigrants regarding confidentiality in the 2010 Census. The workshops will be held on two separate days in San Francisco and San Jose. Continue reading
Legal Training on the Confidentiality of Census Information (San Francisco Training)
[ February 25, 2010; 6:00 pm; ] The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund will be conducting two workshops for immigrant service providers, attorneys, and community organizers interested in knowing the rights and responsibilities for immigrants regarding confidentiality in the 2010 Census. The workshops will be held on two separate days in San Francisco and San Jose. Continue reading
Census workers urge people to be counted (San Francisco Chronicle)
At the Chinatown event, local leaders characterized filling out the 10-question form as an act of cultural pride, an opportunity to gain political power. Surrounded by posters in Chinese that read, “It’s in our hands,” speakers told the crowd that if Chinatown residents were counted correctly, their elders would receive better health care, schools would have better materials, and playgrounds would be cleaner. Continue reading
Scarcity of Nonprofits in Neediest Communities Will Hinder 2010 Census (New America Media)
California is counting on its nonprofits for outreach in the 2010 Census. But a widespread shortage of community-based organizations in the state’s poorest communities, which have historically been toughest to count, could spark undercounts even in cities that appear best equipped to tackle census outreach, organizers say. Continue reading
CAA Secures Census Policy to Aid Hard-to-Count Communities
After months of negotiation, CAA helped win a policy change from the US Census Bureau that will provide in-language outreach in hard-to-count communities in the 2010 Census. The policy change stipulates that census advance letters – notifications sent to each household alerting them of the upcoming census questionnaire – would be provided [...]
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