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Native Census Coalition Weekly Meeting

Friday, June 19, 2020

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Agenda

▪ Welcome & Introductions ▪ Updates ▪ Executive Director ▪ Tribal Partnership Specialist(s), USCB ▪ Urban Coordinator ▪ Pueblo Coordinator ▪ Media/Communications Coordinator ▪ Announcements ▪ Next Meeting

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Welcome & Introductions

▪ Name ▪ Tribe or Organization ▪ How many siblings? Where are you in

the lineup?

▪ A success this week ▪ A challenge this week

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Executive Director Update

▪ NM Legislative Special Session ▪ Census Coloring Book ▪ Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Tribes ▪ Phone Banking – Begins next week ▪ Sandoval & Bernalillo County ▪ Introductions ▪ Erma Velasquez ▪ Cozetta Jake ▪Tribal Communities

• Commend all for working to spend Census Outreach Funds before June 30
• No guarantee that request for extension will be supported by legislature
• If approved, must be ready to have Tribal Leaders sign documents ASAP -

BEFORE June 30

• During Special session working to protect Election Code
• Employ Native people to work polling locations
• If County Clerks make changes; must have signatures from Governors

acknowledging change(s)

• In past elections, some County Clerks were not open with information; want to

ensure election laws are upheld

• There are 8 districts which have 50% or more Native Americans
• Important to maintain population
• Census will impact re-districting
• Coloring Books
• Being finalized
• If more orders are made, price per coloring book will be lower
• Contact Charlotte, Ahtza, or Kim if interested

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• Broadband
• If interested, please contact your tribal administration

Successfully established WIFI support at: Working on:

• Santa Ana Wellness

Center

• Santa Clara Fire

Department

• Ft. Wingate
• Nambe
• Kewa
• Alamo
• Acoma
• Laguna School
• San Felipe
• Ohkay Owingeh
• Jemez
• Zia
• Picuris
• San Ildefonso
• Mescalero
• Jicarilla
• Zuni

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Tribal Partnership Specialists Census Bureau Updates ▪ Operations on the Ground ▪ Tribal Status ▪ Start and end dates ▪ Census staff on the ground ▪ Challenges being encountered ▪ How can we help?

• Kendra Moore, Mescalero Apache
• 5 Census employees hired
• Community open as of June 7
• Look to set date for operations to begin
• Estimate: 2 weeks
• Amber Carrillo, South and Western Pueblos
• Census Bureau still hiring for NRFU in all tribal communities
• Provided Status of Update Leave Operations in each community

(slide 9)

• Scheduling Q&A Session for CCCs
• Will email invitation
• Provided Response Rate Update

QUESTION: If U/L was completed in an area but a home did not get a form, how would they get one? ANSWER: Amber will contact Operations Manager If others have this experience, please provide name and address. Census Help line is also available: (844) 330-2020.

• Kenneth Pin, Northern Pueblos and Jicarilla Apache
• Jicarilla Apache closed until June 26
• Covid-19 cases increasing
• U/L to be scheduled
• Enumerators to be trained
• Pojoaque Pueblo
• 1 enumerator trained
• No start date for U/L
• Tesuque Pueblo
• Enumerator trained
• Working with Governor to set start date for U/L
• Nambe
• 2 enumerators trained
• Picuris Pueblo
• 1 enumerator trained
• Working with Governor to set start date for U/L

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Urban Coordinator Update

▪ Unsheltered (Homeless) Operations

▪ Service Based Enumeration scheduled for September 22-24 ▪ Census Bureau wants CBOs to connect to ensure contact information is available for Advance contact

▪ Drive-Thru Launch

▪ “Native Realities” will serve as drive-thru location ▪ Date will be determined ▪ Wi-Fi access will be available ▪ Available to join as other events are held

▪ Social Media Calendar Ideas

• Send info for inclusion in Native Census Coalition Newsletters
• Ideas
• June: Reminders for Drive-thru; Respond Now
• July: Tribal Pride; 4th of July Nation-hood
• August: Back-to-school campaign; connect students/parents,

education opportunities such as PELL grants, school lunches

• September: Fall is here – Changing season
• October: Your last chance!

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Pueblo Coordinator Update ▪ Census Response Rates ▪ As of June 17, 2020 (slide 15) ▪ Experiences ▪ Kewa/Santo Domingo

• Questions by respondents:
• Should I include my daughter and her son if they live in Albuquerque?
• What if two separate homes are under 1 roof?
• Which address should I use?
• Many pre-filled Q #9 with “Santo Domingo Pueblo”
• Had them change to “Kewa Pueblo”

▪ Isleta

• Many of the same questions
• Some received more than one form; which to use?
• Use form delivered to household (this week)
• How do we know if we completed the questionnaire?
• Online – Will get confirmation number
• Phone – Call (844) 330-2020

QUESTIONS about Census jobs

• I applied 2 or 3 months ago; have not heard from Census
• “I passed background check. I’m waiting for someone to call me.”

ANSWER

• Census Bureau is now calling people
• Applicants should be getting call
• if not call Recruitment 1-855-562-2020, choose Option 3

▪ 2020 Census Outreach Funds ▪ Congratulations! Money is being spent! ▪ Final report (ending June 30) due July 10 ▪ If there is any danger of having more than $1000 remaining, call

• r email Charlotte for assistance

▪ Phone Bank Training ▪ Communities where Update Leave has started

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Media/Communications Coordinator Update

▪ Photos needed from: ▪ Tiwa-speaking Pueblos ▪ Taos, Isleta, Picuris, Sandia ▪ Families and landscapes ▪ Jicarilla Apache ▪ Mescalero Apache ▪ Complete Media Survey ▪ Available on Facebook, Twitter, NCC Newsletter ▪ Contacts for tribal newsletters and newspapers

▪ How can we help? ▪ Videos ▪ Completed Tewa, Zuni and Navajo ▪ In progress: ▪ Keres ▪ Walatowa ▪ Apache completed but needs photos ▪ Census Coloring Book ▪ Orders being taken ▪ See at nmnativecensus.org ▪ Prices available

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Announcements

▪ Job Openings ▪ US Census Bureau still hiring! https://2020census.gov/en/jobs.html

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HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

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Next Coalition Meeting

Friday, June 26 10:30 am – 11:45 am