Take action now to boost confidence that census data will remain confidential.

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Join Us and Sign the Census Data Confidentiality Protection Pledge!

For more than 200 years, the United States Constitution has required an enumeration of all persons residing in the United States every ten years. The decennial Census required by the Constitution can only succeed if all households participate by completing accurately the census questionnaire.

A number of factors today, including high levels of distrust in government, has reduced confidence in the census and may lead to unprecedented levels of undercounts in these communities that are historically missed. Research shows that as a group, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders are the least likely to participate.

This is why the Asian Americans Advancing Justice affiliation created a central campaign and resource, www.CountUsIn2020.org, and why we are working together with other civil rights organizations on a confidentiality protection pledge ([link removed]) .

Signing onto the pledge means you commit to:

1) monitor for any breach of census data confidentiality;
2) use our collective power and influence to prevent, block, and/or bring an end to any breach of the currently-established guarantee and understanding of the confidentiality of data collected as part of the 2020 Census, and;
3) emphasize publicly the critical importance of continued census safety and security

When you sign the pledge ([link removed]) , you are joining a nonpartisan coalition of prominent and respected individuals and organizations who commit to use their power and influence to address, deter, and end any breaches of census data confidentiality. Together, we can boost confidence among historically undercounted populations that census data will remain confidential.
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Communities, such as AANHPIs, are consistently undercounted and missed during the census historically, resulting in our communities not getting their fair share of resources or political power.

In 21st century America, households must be confident that information provided to the Census Bureau as part of the census is confidential and will not be used for any purpose other than producing anonymous statistics. They must be assured that the Census Bureau will not share any data pertaining to a specific individual or household with any other government agency, court of law, or private entity for any purpose, or release any date that could undermine the confidentiality of personal information.

Thank you for working toward a successful 2020 Census,

Terry Ao Minnis
Senior Director of Census and Voting Programs
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC

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If you have any questions about the census, call our census language hotline at 844-2020-API for assistance in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali. For more resources, go to CountUsIn2020.org.

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