Dear Friend,
Even after the Trump Administration decided to exhaust all possible avenues to institute a citizenship question on the 2020 Census,?last night we got word that the?question will NOT be on the final form. We have fully won. The?Trump Administration has agreed to proceed with the print deadline of early July?WITHOUT?the citizenship question being on the census form.?Community members and organizations have been rightfully concerned with the addition of a citizenship question and for months the Arab American Institute (AAI), along with other civil rights organizations, have been fighting to ensure a fair and accurate count. That is why AAI filed?an amicus brief?which argued that adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census was a radical departure from established census procedure. For more information on the executive order click here.?
We know that the only reason the administration wanted this question was to ensure hard to count communities, ours included, were?far less accurately counted. That means it's on us to make sure everyone knows that the question is not on the form and that every household fills out their Census form.
Join us in celebrating this win by promoting the?YallaCountMeIn?campaign with your networks. Become an official campaign?partner?and?pledge?that you will fill out your Census form in 2020 and share your support with your network! You can also follow the campaign on?Twitter,?Facebook, and?Instagram?to share materials and messaging with your network AND use the hashtag #YallaCountMeIn so?we?can promote your work to Get out the Count!
Join AAI for a community update call on?the 2020 Census, what happened these past two weeks and what is to come for the 2020 Census this?TUESDAY, July 16th at 2pm EST//11am PST//1pm CT. To RSVP for the call please click here. You must RSVP in advance for the call in order to be on it.?
Yalla, Can?We?Count You in to Get out the Count!?
Sincerely,