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NEW JERSEY COUNTS 2020: MORRIS COUNTY

Wind of the Spirit At Wind of the Spirit, we aim to insure justice and inclusion for immigrant communities through community organizing and advocacy, legal services, and health and safety initiatives.

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OVERVIEW

• A fair and accurate 2020 Census is essential for

Morris County and ALL of New Jersey

• When you fill out the Census, you help:
• Determine how many seats NJ gets in

Congress

• Collect data as many NJ programs rely on

census data for planning

• Guide how billions of dollars in federal

funding are distributed to our NJ communities

• In FY2016, NJ received $22.7 billion in

federal aid

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OVERVIEW

• NJ has high numbers of “hard-to-

count” groups:

• Black/African Americans
• Hispanic/Latino
• Asian
• Immigrants
• Non-English speakers
• Young children
• Seniors
• Renters
• Veterans

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OVERVIEW

• Government, non-profits, social service
• rganizations, schools, colleges and

universities, businesses and community

• rganizations can help NJ have a fair and

accurate 2020 Count

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GOALS FOR TODAY

• 1. Understand and explain why the Census is

so important for New Jersey

• 2. Define “hard-to-count” groups and our
• utreach strategies to reach them
• 3. Commit to action to support our Morris

County Hard-to-Count populations and statewide Immigrant Communities insure a complete count for 2020

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CENSUS 101

Why every New Jersey resident counts

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WHAT IS THE CENSUS?

• Constitutional requirement every 10 years
• Counts every living person in the

United States

• Run by the federal Census Bureau

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WHY DOES THE CENSUS MATTER?

• Funding: $675 billion in federal funds depend on

Census ($22.7 billion in New Jersey in FY2016)

• Planning Data: Number of hospital beds or

school classrooms; housing needs; new business branches; roads/highways (infrastructure)

• Representation: Census data determines district

boundaries and how many representatives states get in Congress and how state legislative and school districts are drawn

• Community: Census tells us who is in our

communities

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HOW DO PEOPLE FILL OUT THE CENSUS?

• Four ways to fill out Census in 2020
• Online self-response (new digital and

preferred method for 2020)

• Will be formatted for smartphones
• Phone
• Mail
• In-Person Interview (“door-knocking”)

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CENSUS LANGUAGE SUPPORT WILL BE CRITICAL

• 31% of New Jersey residents speak a language other

than English at home

• Online and phone will be available in 12 languages
• Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese), Vietnamese,

Korean, Russian, Arabic, Tagalog, French, Haitian Creole, Polish, Portuguese, Japanese

• Hard-copy mail form only available in English and

Spanish

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WHAT CENSUS ASKS FOR

• Basic identification information
• Who lives here (name, age, gender)
• Housing arrangement (owner, renter, etc.)
• Racial/ethnic or national origin
• Family relationships of residents
• Data is confidential
• Census will never ask for Social

Security numbers, credit card info, tax ID numbers

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WHY WE HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT

• If we do not count every New Jersey resident,

we could lose out for the next ten years

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• Funding
• Representation
• An accurate, fair distribution of political power
• New Jersey needs a reliable, fair Census in

2020- insure our democracy works for all of us

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FUNDING FOR NJ PROGRAMS

NJ Programs receiving the greatest amount of Federal Assistance dollars:

• Medicaid
• Federal Direct Student Loans
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance

Program (SNAP)

• Medicare Suppl. Medical insurance (Part B)
• Highway Planning and Construction
• Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers
• Federal Transit Formula Grants

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SPECIAL CHALLENGES IN 2020

• First primarily digital Census
• Access: 15% of NJ residents have no

internet or dial-up only

• Privacy and cybersecurity concerns
• Distrust of government and polls/surveys
• Citizenship question
• Fear and distrust of government and

current climate expected to hinder participation in immigrant communities

• Fewer Census Bureau resources for its field
• perations

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HARD-TO-COUNT POPULATIONS

If the Census is so important, why doesn’t everybody fill it out?

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HOW CAN PEOPLE BE MISSED BY CENSUS?

• “Hard-to-count” populations are groups that are often

missed by the Census Homeless persons Young children (under age 5) Black/African American Asians or Asian- Americans Hispanic/Latino Renters Low-income households Those who speak limited English No internet access Veterans Immigrants, Highly Mobile Groups, Asylum Seekers, Refugees Males ages 30-49

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MANY REASONS FOR UNDERCOUNT

• Address not listed
• Multi-unit buildings
• People not included on questionnaire
• Complex households
• Highly mobile populations
• Fear and distrust of government
• Language issues

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WHY IS IT A PROBLEM FOR NEW JERSEY?

• NJ has high #s of hard-to-count

groups

• Extremely diverse state (45% non-white,

#11 in nation)

• High immigrant population (#3 in nation)
• Concentrated low-income communities

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WHERE ARE NJ’S HARD TO COUNT POPULATIONS ( OUTSIDE MORRIS COUNTY)?

• Newark, Trenton, Lakewood, Atlantic

City, Pleasantville, Galloway, Salem City, Bridgeton, Vineland, Paterson, Perth Amboy & Woodbridge, New Brunswick, Asbury Park, Long Branch, Jersey City, Bayonne, Union City, West NY, Kearny,

• N. Bergen, Hackensack, Elizabeth, Passaic

City & Clifton, Plainfield, Orange, E. Orange, Irvington, Camden, Fort Dix

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WHERE ARE MORRIS COUNTY’S HARD- TO-COUNT POPULATIONS?

• Hard-to-count populations

are throughout the county

• Tier One: Dover, Mine

Hill, Morristown, Parsippany, Victory Gardens, Wharton

• Tier Two: Boonton,

Chester Boro, E. Hanover, Florham Park, Mendham Boro,

• Mt. Arlington,

Pequannock

• Tier Three: All other Morris

County communities

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MORRIS COUNTY MUNCIPAL PROFILES- HARD TO COUNT POPULATIONS

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Census 2020 Worksheets-Municipal Profiles-Morris County Source: US Census ACS 5-year Estimate 2013-2017 (except last three columns- Mayor, NJ Legislative and US Congressional Districts) Wind of the Spirit Municipality Black/African American Asian Hispanic/Latino Seniors More than 30% More than 30% % below Children aged Total Mayor NJ Legislative US Congressional population population population % over 65 income goes to income goes to poverty 0-5 population District District rent mortgage level (2017)

Boonton 2.90% 8.50% 14.30% 12.90% 41.00% 39.30% 6.90% 7.90% 8354 Matthew DiLauri 25 11 Butler 0.00% 4.70% 15.40% 15.10% 48.30% 34.70% 3.80% 6.40% 7774 Robert Alviene 26 11 Boonton Twp. 0.80% 9.40% 2.50% 15.40% 80.70% 36.10% 2.30% 3.90% 4350 Michele Rankin 25 11 Chatham Boro 1.30% 8.50% 9.80% 10.60% 33.50% 21.90% 1.50% 6.40% 8928 Bruce Harris 21 11 Chatham Twp. 2.00% 10.30% 3.10% 16.10% 56.70% 22.80% 2.60% 4.80% 10435 Tayfun Selen 27 11 Chester Boro 0.80% 2.10% 10.20% 21.00% 45.00% 36.20% 7.00% 5.30% 1665 Janet Hoven 25 7 Chester Twp. 0.80% 4.40% 6.90% 13.80% 0.00% 30.50% 3.30% 5.10% 7915 Marcia Asdal 25 7 Denville 2.00% 8.30% 6.60% 17.90% 44.50% 27.70% 3.00% 5.10% 16941 Tom Andes 25 11 Dover 5.90% 2.70% 69.70% 9.80% 50.60% 41.00% 11.20% 5.00% 18232 James Dodd 25 7

• E. Hanover

0.80% 12.90% 14.40% 21.20% 53.20% 34.50% 4.40% 6.10% 11234 Jospeh Pannullo 27 11 Florham Park 4.00% 10.80% 6.60% 20.30% 47.40% 37.60% 7.90% 4.50% 11765 Mark Taylor 27 11 Hanover 1.30% 13.60% 8.70% 17.70% 45.50% 33.30% 2.40% 5.00% 14661 Ron Francioli 27 11 Harding 0.00% 5.20% 2.60% 25.20% 37.40% 20.50% 2.60% 3.30% 3873 Chris Yates 27 11 Jefferson 1.70% 5.50% 8.70% 14.20% 49.00% 37.00% 5.20% 3.90% 21638 Eric Wilsusen 26 11 Kinnelon 0.40% 5.60% 12.30% 15.30% 32.60% 35.50% 2.60% 6.40% 10213 James Freda 26 11 Lincoln Park 2.00% 5.30% 11.60% 18.20% 35.60% 38.80% 3.40% 4.90% 10468 David Runfeldt 26 11 Long Hill 0.80% 4.80% 4.30% 16.10% 51.70% 36.90% 2.90% 3.60% 8711 Matthew Dorsi 21 7 Madison 3.20% 6.70% 9.60% 14.00% 46.00% 31.50% 6.20% 4.90% 16033 Robert Conley 27 11 Mendham Boro 0.60% 1.80% 5.50% 22.00% 48.50% 32.80% 3.70% 3.10% 4978 Christine Serrano Glassner 25 11 Mendham Twp. 0.60% 4.00% 6.80% 12.50% 21.10% 40.10% 2.50% 3.10% 5845 Warren Gisser 25 11 Mine Hill 3.80% 6.60% 22.50% 13.90% 59.60% 44.60% 6.50% 7.20% 3593 Sam Morris 25 7 Montville 0.80% 19.00% 4.90% 16.20% 27.60% 33.80% 3.30% 5.00% 21681 Richard Conklin 26 11 Morris Plains 2.20% 4.70% 9.10% 16.60% 54.80% 27.20% 1.10% 5.90% 5581 Jason Karr 26 11 Morristown 8.70% 6.10% 32.70% 12.70% 40.90% 35.00% 7.40% 4.00% 190.37 Tim Dougherty 25 11 Morris Twp. 4.30% 5.10% 7.30% 20.20% 38.00% 28.30% 5.50% 5.20% 22489 Jeff Grayzel 25 11

• Mt. Arlington

5.50% 3.90% 8.60% 24.10% 70.70% 35.70% 0.80% 1.60% 5868 Michael Stanzilis 25 7

• Mt. Olive

6.50% 8.30% 12.80% 11.50% 41.90% 36.80% 6.40% 5% 29253 Rob Greenbaum 24 7

• Mtn. Lakes

0.40% 15.10% 2.40% 12.20% 0.00% 33.50% 3.50% 3.40% 4345 Laureen Barnett 25 11 Netcong 5.40% 4.10% 11.40% 17.40% 56.30% 36.20% 11.50% 3.70% 3229 Jospeh Nametko 25 7 Parsippany-Troy H 4.30% 32.80% 9.60% 15.50% 32.10% 37.00% 4.40% 5% 53201 Michael Soriano 26 11 Pequannock 0.10% 1.10% 8.30% 25.00% 58.80% 31.50% 4.80% 3.40% 15410 David Kohle 40 11 Randolph 2.30% 10.60% 10.00% 12.60% 35.70% 29.30% 2.90% 6% 25893 James Loveys 25 11 Riverdale 0.00% 4.60% 10.50% 17.50% 34.90% 30.40% 7.40% 6.60% 4247 Paul Carelli 40 11 Rockaway Boro 4.10% 7.70% 17.10% 19.40% 41.70% 38.60% 3.40% 2.90% 6474 Russell Greuter 25 11 Rockaway Twp. 3.50% 6.40% 12.00% 16.70% 60.40% 32.90% 3.20% 6.10% 25494 Michael Puzio 26 11 Roxbury 4.60% 5.10% 10.20% 17.40% 57.90% 31.50% 5.40% 5.30% 23342 Rob DeFillippo 25 7 Victory Gardens 10.70% 3.00% 63.20% 6.50% 67.80% 50.30% 25.00% 8.10% 1516 David Holeman Jr. 25 11 Washington 1.40% 3.80% 3.90% 14.10% 40.60% 33.10% 2.80% 3.80% 18726 Matt Murello 25 7 Wharton 1.10% 10.00% 50.50% 13.20% 57.90% 52.90% 4.10% 4.90% 6571 Wlliam Chegwidden 25 7

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP US MAKE NEW JERSEY COUNT IN 2020

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YOU HAVE A BIG ROLE TO PLAY

• You play a critical role in ensuring an accurate

Census count in 2020!

• There’s less trust in “official” sources and more trust in

local COMMUNITY messengers

• A fair 2020 Census for NJ needs all hands on deck
• Missing a household in any town affects that town, and it

also affects the statewide totals and the federal dollars that are distributed based on those calculations. An inaccurate count in one municipality or county affects the resources and representation for the entire state.

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• 1. PARTICIPATE IN OUR LOCAL

COMPLETE COUNT EFFORTS

• Wind of the Spirit is a member of the NJ Counts

Coalition OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT LEADERS

• WotS is coordinating Census 2020 efforts on its

behalf in Morris County communities for ALL Hard-to-Count groups

• Partnering with Census Bureau and NJ State

Complete Count Commission to educate and

• rganize outreach efforts around the state
• Also partnering with the states key immigrant rights

groups to develop a statewide Immigrants Communities Census 2020 outreach plan

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• 2. CENSUS PROMOTION and

ENGAGEMENT

• Spreading the word on Census to local

networks in hard-to-count communities is essential

• Building Census outreach and engagement

into existing programs such as health clinics, religious, community and social service activities and government outreach is included

• Needing financial support and funding for
• ur Census outreach will be part of our

work

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• 3. COMMUNICATE IMPORTANCE OF

CENSUS

• “Surround-sound” education and outreach
• Multiple sources and multiple points
• Social media, local newsletters
• Non-English media (newspapers, radio)
• Earned media (news stories, op-eds)
• Engaging local and state elected officials and

agencies to amplify Census messaging in their networks

• Engaging not-for-profits, social service

agencies and organizations, faith based

• rganizations, libraries, and other trusted

sources to educate and spread our messages

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SOME IDEAS OF HOW WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO HELP

• Faith-Based and Not-for-profit: include

information on the importance of Census in announcements, newsletters, activities, meetings, and from the pulpit

• Social service agencies, libraries or child

care: integral to our outreach efforts; serve as a Census kiosk with staff to help people fill out Census forms

• Immigrant groups: help us to develop outreach

plans and encourage members who speak native languages to join our team

• Higher education: train student volunteers to

help with our outreach and education efforts

• Local government: ensure that nursing homes,

apartment complex owners, child care referral agencies, senior services, etc., communicate importance of Census

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SOME IDEAS OF HOW WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO HELP

• Public Information Workshops and

Trainings

• Census Solutions Workshops-begin

dialogues to develop trust

• Includes not for profits and community

groups who know the communities and residents who will need to be engaged and to be counted

• Due to potential citizenship question, it

will be important for local efforts to include trusted resident voices

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SOME IDEAS OF HOW WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO HELP

• Geographically strategic-focused: on the places where

residents will be harder to count

• Demographically strategic-focused: on the diverse

populations that are themselves hard to count

• To provide tools, messages and materials to educate and

inform in various formats, media and venues

• Goals:
• Demonstrate to participants the importance of the

census for their communities

• Demonstrate to participants the importance of

being counted themselves and helping their neighbors to be counted

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SOME IDEAS OF HOW WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO HELP

○ Educating about the census ■ Focus on helping people understand their

• wn connection to the census and how

census participation affects funding for state and local programs that benefit participants, the state and their communities

■ Provide clear guidance on how to

participate and what happens in the case

• f partial or no response

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SOME IDEAS OF HOW WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO HELP

○ Fear and Safety ■ It is important that families make their own decisions about whether to participate

• Ideally everyone will decide to

be counted

• However, in the current

climate many communities will feel marginalized and targeted

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SOME EXAMPLES OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE

Census bureau research “indicates that a citizenship question is highly likely to scare households with noncitizens, including unauthorized immigrants, from participating in next year’s constitutionally mandated count of every person living in the United States.” (National Public Radio, Inc. 5/22/19) “About 1 in 4 respondents were concerned about the confidentiality of answers to the 2020

• Census. Racial and

ethnic minorities were significantly more concerned about that than whites” (US Census Bureau, May 17, 2019)

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CITIZENSHIP QUESTION

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CITIZENSHIP QUESTION

• JUNE 2019- US

CENSUS BUREAU- predicts “the addition

• f a citizenship question

will have an 8% larger effect on self-response rates in households that may have non-citizens relative to those with

• nly US citizens”
• 28.1% of housing

units potentially have at least one non- citizen resident

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CITIZENSHIP QUESTION

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AN EXAMPLE OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE

○ Financial Support ■ As of today, $500,000 has been set

aside to fund Census 2020 in NJ

■ NJ A-5056 requests increased

appropriation to $9,000,000

■ Last week we learned that the

Legislative Budget includes $9mm for the census

■ We need financial support to

sponsor this important work

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OUTREACH PLAN FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES

• Advocacy to strike the citizenship

question from the Census - the most important indicator of whether immigrant communities will be counted is whether the citizenship question is included on the 2020 census.

• Organizations must continue to rally

about the citizenship question as we await the SCOTUS decision

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OUTREACH PLAN FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES

• Statewide Coordination among immigrant

groups: because of the particular sensitivities and questions that impact immigrant communities in Census 2020, it will be important to convene immigrant stakeholders, leaders and organizations statewide to discuss strategy, messaging and rapid response to the citizenship question.

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OUTREACH PLAN FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES

• Outreach planning: coordination of
• utreach in immigrant Hard to Count

areas with local partner organizations

• Messaging and Promotion: it will be critical

to develop a messaging strategy in multiple languages through social media/videos, ethnic media ads, earned media in ethnic media

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WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Will you or your organization commit to

helping in our Census outreach efforts?

• How will you help?

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PLAN OUTLINE AND NEXT STEPS

• Information gathered on Morris County’s

Hard-to-Count Communities

• Met with Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill’s

Office

• Identifying Potential Resource

Organizations- trusted community sources-tonight and going forward

• Identifying Volunteers and Volunteer Plan
• Planning Events to Spread the Word

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PLAN OUTLINE AND NEXT STEPS

• Developing messaging, website,

facebook and twitter social media plan

• Developing traditional media plan
• Developing outreach strategies and

plans

• Developing fundraising campaign
• Educating and Spreading the Word

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CONCLUSION, RESOURCES AND CONTACT INFO

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CONCLUSION

• An accurate 2020 Census is essential for New Jersey
• Funding: $22 + billion relies on the Census
• Data: Programs rely on Census data for planning
• Representation: Political districts determine by Census data
• NJ has high numbers of “hard-to-count” groups,

such as young children, renters, racial/ethnic minorities and immigrant households

• You are a critical partner to Get Out The

Count in the 2020 Census in New Jersey!

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CONCLUSION

The Supreme Court decision on the citizenship questions has increased the challenges of getting a fair and accurate count in the 2020 Census significantly. It is now more important than ever that we all unite, work together and manifest our best human potential to find ways to decrease the expected undercount, an undercount that will deprive each and every one of us who resides in New Jersey – you, me, our communities, neighbors, co-workers, friends and families—of critical services, funding, and data.

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CONCLUSION

We must build community trust strategies and develop outreach models to address the triggers arising from mental health issues and emotional and psychological traumas and fears of cybersecurity breaches and distrust of government. We must find ways to overcome the fears and empower our hard- to-count communities, in this case in particular our immigrant, refugee, and asylum seekers, to want to be counted—and to do so we must insure their lives and their privacy will be protected by the strictest confidentiality protections and from unlawful and harmful enforcement processes by any government

• fficial or agency.

The stakes are very high, and our moral obligation is too.

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SOME RESOURCES

• WotS Website: www.windofthespirit.net
• WotS Twitter: @windofspiritnj
• WotS Facebook: www.facebook.com/Windofthe

Spirit

• Fund for New Jersey Fact Sheets:

https://fundfornj.org/census

• U.S. Census Bureau:

https://www.census.gov/partners.html

• Information on Hard-to-Count areas:

https://www.census.gov/roam

• Leadership Conference materials:

https://civilrights.org/census/

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CONTACT US

• Brian Lozano
• brian@windofthespirit.net
• 862-812-4472
• Melissa (Missy) Elias
• organizing@windofthespirit.net
• census@windofthespirit.net
• 201-220-4495

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