2020 Census Funding Crucial Step to a Fair and Accurate Count
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference Education Fund, issued the following statement on the census funding included in the Continuing Resolution (CR):
More than 200 Elected and Appointed Officials Push for a Fair and Accurate 2020 Census
LOS ANGELES – The Leadership Conference Education Fund’s Census Counts Campaign and NALEO Educational Fund hosted a press conference today featuring state and local elected and appointed officials who are working to raise public awareness about the importance of the 2020 Census and its impact on the allocation of resources in communities across the country.
The Leadership Conference Education Fund Welcomes Census Counts Communications Director
WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference Education Fund has announced the hire of Tamika Turner as national communications director for the Census Counts campaign. Census Counts is a collaborative campaign involving more than 15 national organizations and dozens of community partners in more than 30 states working together to make sure that the 2020 Census is fair and accurate.
MONDAY: State and Local Elected and Appointed Officials Champion the 2020 Census Nationwide
LOS ANGELES – On September 23 at 11 a.m. PDT, The Leadership Conference Education Fund’s Census Counts Campaign and NALEO Educational Fund will host a press conference with state and local elected and appointed officials to help raise public awareness on how and why the 2020 Census critical to communities as they seek to secure the resources to meet their vital needs. State and local elected officials at the event will lift up their commitment to ensure a fair and accurate count in the 2020 Census.
ADVISORY: Census Advocates, Local Officials Host Summit to Encourage Communities to Get Out the Count
CHICAGO – On August 1, at 12:15 p.m. CT, The Census Counts Campaign, The Leadership Conference Education Fund, and State Voices will host a lunch with state and local elected officials during the Get Out the Count (GOTC) regional summit in Chicago, IL. Both groups bring together the States Count Action Network (S-CAN), a coalition of local census advocates, to discuss and plan 2020 Census GOTC efforts to reach hard-to-count communities.
Civil Rights Advocates Continue to Fight to Ensure a Fair and Accurate 2020 Census
WASHINGTON – Leading civil rights organizations held a telephone press briefing today to discuss Trump’s remarks regarding the citizenship question on the 2020 Census.
Trump Surrenders: Citizenship Question Dropped From 2020 Census
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference Education Fund, issued the following statement on Trump’s announcement to drop the citizenship question from the 2020 Census:
PRESS CALL TODAY: Civil Rights Advocates Committed to Count All Communities on 2020 Census
WASHINGTON – Leading civil rights organizations will host a telephone press briefing on July 11 at 6:30 PM ET to discuss Trump’s announcement on the administration’s attempts to add the citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
Democracy Wins: Citizenship Question Removed From 2020 Census
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference Education Fund, issued the following statement on the U.S. government’s decision to remove the citizenship question from the 2020 Census and begin printing the forms:
Civil Rights Advocates Welcome Supreme Court Decision on Census Citizenship Question
WASHINGTON – Leading civil rights organizations held a telephone press briefing today to discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling in Department of Commerce v. New York, the litigation on the citizenship question in the 2020 Census.