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CENSUS 2020
Census data is used to apportion seats and draw district lines for the U.S. House of Representatives, state legislatures, and local boards; to target more than $800 billion annually in federal assistance to states, localities, and families; and to guide community decision-making affecting schools, housing, health care services, business investment, and much more. Failure to count all populations fairly and accurately can lead to unequal political representation and unequal access to vital public and private resources for these groups and their communities. Undercounting also results in being denied a full voice in policy decision-making and federal funding allocated to states and localities.
GENERAL RESOURCES:
- Webinar, Getting Ready to Get Out the Count for the 2020 Census. February, 2020. Find recording and slides from webinar here.
- LWVUS Census Action Kit
South Carolina Census Resources
US Census 2020
This toolkit has resources for use by partners on their social media platforms or other media and outreach activities. It contains folders:
- Social Media Graphics: graphics ranging from SIS, Faith Based, Seniors and Hispanic to Act Now to be used in social media messaging
- Drop in Messages: Contains scripts and graphics for government and elected officials to use during their press conferences, media interviews etc.
- Official 2020 Census PSAs: These videos can be downloaded and used (a complete list can be found in the table of contents).
- PSA Scripts: Scripts that can be used by government and elected officials to record videos for use in social media or other platforms.
LOCAL CONTACTS: in every SC county, the United Way office and the County Library are probably looking for partners with whom to work in promoting the 2020 Census
- Count Me In, with SC influencers: here
- From Greenville Complete Count Committee: here
- From Clemson University Tigervision: (appropriate for college students): here
- From: US Census2020; featuring Sesame Street and Count von Count to highlight the importance of counting young children: here English version here Spanish version (additional USCensus 2020 videos listed at bottom of page under “Other electronic resources”)
FLYERS / HANDOUTS:
From LWV Beaufort: A flyer made by LWV Beaufort was sent through the Beaufort County school distribution list to all parents. Contact lwvbeaufort [at] gmail.com to request a copy.
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3 Ways to Get involved in the 2020 Census here
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Many items in “outreach materials” are translated into Spanish: here
LESSON PLANS: From Jo Watson Hackl; this South Carolina author has created 4 lesson plans and other census-themed activities that could be utilized by teachers and students via e-learning, as well as families. These plans, as well as 2 videos and 2 badges to celebrate completing your census, can be found: here
- “Frames” from LWVUS for use on FaceBook: here here
- Web badges and banners from 2020census.gov: here
- LWVUS Census Action Kit for graphics in Spanish and English such as:
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- From 2020Census.gov: to look up response rate by county, city or congressional district: here
- From 2020Census.gov: to look at neighborhoods where residents are being missed: here
- South Carolina-oriented resources: here
- From 2020census.gov: here here — from these pages you can see an interactive map of all SC Complete Count Committees, and you may also subscribe to 2020 Census News.
Census HQ recommended this list of videos for our use:
Video Links: here here here here here here
Spanish Language Version Video Links: here here here here
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