PRESS CALL NOON ET TODAY: Civil Rights Leaders Condemn Politicization of 2020 Census with Citizenship Question

Census and Data Equity News 03.27,18

WASHINGTON –TODAY, March 27 at 12:00 p.m. ET, leading civil rights organizations and census experts will host a telephone press briefing to discuss Secretary Ross’s decision to include a citizenship question in the 2020 Census.

Civil rights leaders held a March 22 press call about the untimely, unnecessary, and unwise request. The same census experts from diverse communities will now discuss how the citizenship question will be detrimental to a fair and accurate census.

RSVP requested to [email protected]

WHEN: TODAY, March 27 at 12:00 p.m. ET

WHO:

  • Vanita Gupta, president and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • Arturo Vargas, executive director, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund
  • John C. Yang, president and executive director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
  • Terri Ann Lowenthal, former staff director, House Census and Population Subcommittee, and policy advisor to The Leadership Conference Education Fund