Sept. 29 Teleconference: Ensuring A Fair And Accurate Count: Philanthropy's Role In The 2010 Census

Tuesday, September 29th from 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (Eastern)

This edition of the Neighborhood Funders Group Teleconference Series is co-sponsored by the Council on Foundations, the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation, and the Funders Census Initiative. The data gathered from the 2010 Census will provide a comprehensive snapshot of thousands of local communities across the United States and will be used to determine the yearly distribution of over $400 billion dollars in federal funding. Additionally, government agencies, the private sector and non-profit groups will assess trends and develop programs based on the Decennial Census numbers, and these same numbers will underlie the reapportionment of political representation, helping determine everything from Congressional and state legislative district boundaries to school board districts and voting precincts.

As a snapshot, however, the decennial census has historically undercounted marginalized populations, specifically people of color and low-income communities, as well as children, especially those under the age of 10. And for the 2010 Census, the challenges of achieving a complete and accurate count are particularly daunting -- from an increase in hard to count populations, due to both migration trends as well as current economic conditions, to the current underfunding of 2010 Census preparation at the federal, state and local levels.

Join NFG, COF, FCCP and FCI on Tuesday, September 29th, to hear the latest update on the state of the 2010 Census and its implications and to learn more about the collaborative state-based and national efforts of the Funders Census Initiative, as well as non-profits across the country to ensure a fair and accurate 2010 Census count.

Sponsored by:
Neighborhood Funders Group
Council on Foundations
Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation
Funders Census Initiative

Moderator:
Cristóbal Joshua Alex, Program Officer, Democracy and Power Fund, Open Society Institute

Speakers:

• Dr. Robert Groves, Director, U.S. Census Bureau
• Terri Ann Lowenthal, Obama Presidential Transition Team Member, Consultant to the Census Project and Funder Census Initiative
• Dr. Kenneth Prewitt, Census Bureau Director from 1998 – 2001, senior adviser to Census Director Robert Groves and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, and Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs, Columbia University
• Arturo Vargas, Executive Director, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials
• Gihan Perera, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Miami Workers Center, and Co-founder of Right to the City Alliance

For more Information on the 2010 Census:
• The Funders’ Census Initiative

• Nonprofits Count, a project of the Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network