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Race Forward, part of the Racial Equity Anchor Collective, is part of a
new national effort to build power in our communities by making sure
we're all counted in the upcoming 2020 Census, through the My Family
Matters, My Family Counts
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campaign. Census Day is April 1, 2020, and the stakes are higher than
ever. The count will determine resources for our communities for years
to come, such as federal funding for programs, hospitals, fire
departments, new schools and roads, as well as representation in
Congress.
From now until Census Day
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, every household will receive an invitation to participate in the 2020
Census. That's why we've teamed up with nine organizations from the
Racial Equity Anchor Collaborative to develop a toolkit
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for you to help us get the word out about Census 2020. Our robust
outreach toolkit
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contains: branding materials, with variations of Census 2020 and Anchor
Collaborative logos, social media images and assets, and digital
elements for print to create event promotion materials, t-shirts,
sticker designs, and posters.
Here are three ways to complete the census:
Online: Complete your census directly online
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(for the first time, the Census form will be available in 13 languages)
By Phone: The Census can be completed by phone
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in 13 languages.
By Mail: Request a paper Census form
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in English or Spanish that can be mailed back to the U.S. Census Bureau.
You can even sign up for Census email updates
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, view a Census timeline
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, apply for Census jobs
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, or learn about how to get counted in special circumstances
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like people who live in Puerto Rico
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, in U.S. Islands, in RVs
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, in shelters
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, or who are incarcerated.
To follow along with the conversation, use the hashtags #MyFamilyCounts
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and #Census2020
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, tag Race Forward
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, and make sure to be counted on April 1st!
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Angela Glover Blackwell and Kenrya Rankin on Momentum
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Stream the latest episodes from our podcast today!
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This month we bring you two brand new episodes of Momentum: A Race
Forward Podcast
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!
On Episode 4, Angela Glover Blackwell
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, founder in residence at Policylink, and host of the new Radical
Imagination
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podcast, talks about her longtime work as a leading voice in the
movement for equity and racial justice. In the conversation, Angela
talks about the "racial moment" we are currently living, and challenges
us to think radically in creating narratives that will lead to concrete
solutions.
In Episode 5, Kenrya Rankin
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, former Colorlines
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Senior Editorial Director, joins us to talk about everything from
‘freedom dreaming' to Black love and sex in books and podcasts. Kenrya
talks about her beginnings in Cleveland and her move to New York, what
her book How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide To White Resistance
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means to her one year later, and her own journey as co-host of The Turn
On
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, a podcast about sex and literary erotica.
Stream the latest episodes of
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Momentum
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on Apple Podcasts
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, Spotify
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, and Google Play
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and make sure to subscribe today!
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WATCH: "What Is Energy Democracy?"
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Check out our new video lifting up Energy Democracy work
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Energy Democracy
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is defined as "a way to frame the struggle of working people, low-income
communities, and communities of color, and their allies, to take control
of energy resources and decision-making from the corporate energy
establishment and use those resources to empower their communities".
Race Forward produced "What Is Energy Democracy?"
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, a video that uplifts the events of the 2019 Strategic Energy Democracy
Convening
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. Thirty-six energy democracy leaders from across the nation convened to
build collective power around the mission of advancing the movement to
democratize energy, while placing an important emphasis on the
centrality of race to energy issues.
Learn more by visiting energydemocracy.us
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, and if you'd like to know more about the book that spurred the
national movement around developing renewable energy sources based on
community empowerment, we encourage you to take a look at Energy
Democracy
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from Island Press Books.
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Staff Picks
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Credit: Thirft Books
Find out what art & culture is attracting the attention of our staff!
This month we hear from our Director of Strategic Communications &
Public Engagement, Melissa Franqui
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!
"I just finished reading Mean
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by Myriam Gurba. The book is a collection of vignettes that detail
searing and sometimes comical coming-of-age moments intersecting with
racism, misogyny, and sexual violence. Sharp and clever in the way it
draws on feminist artist Ana Mendieta, the narrative validates those of
us that have had to develop a mean firewall to try and block or process
societal cruelty."
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