The 2020 Census is in full swing! We bring you important dates you should know, and new resources including a hotline, updated factsheets and toolkit, and new website material.
March 12 - 20: Households will begin receiving official Census Bureau mail with detailed information on how to respond to the 2020 Census online, by phone, or by mail.
March 30 - April 1: The Census Bureau will count people who are experiencing homelessness.
April 1: Census Day is observed nationwide. By this date, every home will receive an invitation to participate in the 2020 Census.
April: Census takers will begin visiting college students who live on campus, people living in senior centers, and others who live among large groups of people. Census takers also begin conducting quality check interviews.
May - July: Census takers will begin visiting homes that haven't responded to the 2020 Census to help make sure everyone is counted.
New Census Hotline
Our census language hotline with APIAVote is live. Call the hotline at 844-2020-API (844-202-0274) for answers to your questions in English, Mandarin (普通話/普通话), Cantonese (廣東話/广东话), Korean (한국어),Vietnamese (tiếng Việt), Tagalog, Urdu (اردو), Hindi (हिंदी), and Bengali/Bangla (বাংলা)!
Updated 2020 GOTC Community Engagement and Communications Toolkit: Download it Today!
Our newly-updated 2020 GOTC Community Engagement and Communications Toolkit is available on CountUsin2020.org! Download it here. You can use this toolkit to build and implement GOTC campaigns in your communities for the 2020 Census.
Our full list of 2020 Census webinars, including two upcoming webinars, is below. Don't have time to watch a full webinar? Our census blogs provide another opportunity to learn and share with your community about different aspects of the 2020 Census.
NHPI Census Campaign is Live on CountUsIn2020.org/NHPI
Asian Americans Advancing Justice partnered with Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC), to produce outreach and education materials tailored for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. Go to CountUsIn2020.org/NHPI for GOTC resources in eight NHPI languages: Chamorro, Chuukese, Native Hawaiian, Marshallese, Palauan, Samoan, Tongan, and Vakaviti.
We will release our final three episodes of "Count On Your Census" in early March. Six episodes of our podcast series are already out! We cover everything about the census and how to get out the count in the AANHPI community and beyond. Our episodes have featured guests from organizations like CASA, the New York Immigration Coalition, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and more.
APIAVote will be holding a census training on Sunday, March 1 in Columbia, Maryland. Register here.
The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) is holding census workshops in Orlando, Florida, Washington, D.C., and New York City in the coming weeks. Register here.
