Asian American Institute

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The Asian American Institute (AAI) is a pan-Asian, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization, whose mission is to empower the Asian American (AA) community through advocacy by utilizing research, education, and coalition-building.  The only multi-issue pan-Asian advocacy and policy organization in Illinois, AAI was founded in 1992 by AA community activists, academicians, and business leaders to develop consensus on a pan-Asian agenda and present a unified voice for the diverse AA community.  AAI works to educate both the AA community and mainstream society about underserved AA community issues in order to engage individuals and organizations to address those issues and effect policy change.  AAI’s programs are divided into four areas:  Civic Participation, Community Building & Leadership Development, Promoting Equality & Inclusion and Legal and Policy Advocacy, which all help to support AAI’s mission and three pillars to: Educate, Advocate, and Empower the community. AAI is coordinating, supporting, and funding Census outreach efforts for a number of Asian American service organizations in the greater Chicago area. AAI Census outreach includes maximizing outreach within existing programs, media campaigns, outreach events, mailing campaigns, volunteer training, and planning and coordinating Census Action Week events.

Videos Resources

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Census Commercial- DOORS- Khmer

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The NRFU phase, which stands for “Non-Response Follow-Up,” is the last in the Census process and represents the final push to collect Census information. The NRFU campaign encourages households who have not returned their Census form to welcome and cooperate with the Census taker that may knock on their door. Messaging for the NRFU campaign assures all that Census takers are sworn to secrecy and that they are there to help.

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Census Commercial- DOORS- Mandarin

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The NRFU phase, which stands for “Non-Response Follow-Up,” is the last in the Census process and represents the final push to collect Census information. The NRFU campaign encourages households who have not returned their Census form to welcome and cooperate with the Census taker that may knock on their door. Messaging for the NRFU campaign assures all that Census takers are sworn to secrecy and that they are there to help.

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Census Commercial- DOORS- Vietnamese

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The NRFU phase, which stands for “Non-Response Follow-Up,” is the last in the Census process and represents the final push to collect Census information. The NRFU campaign encourages households who have not returned their Census form to welcome and cooperate with the Census taker that may knock on their door. Messaging for the NRFU campaign assures all that Census takers are sworn to secrecy and that they are there to help.

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Census Commercial- DOORS- Hinglish

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The NRFU phase, which stands for “Non-Response Follow-Up,” is the last in the Census process and represents the final push to collect Census information. The NRFU campaign encourages households who have not returned their Census form to welcome and cooperate with the Census taker that may knock on their door. Messaging for the NRFU campaign assures all that Census takers are sworn to secrecy and that they are there to help.

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Census Commercial- DOORS- Korean

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The NRFU phase, which stands for “Non-Response Follow-Up,” is the last in the Census process and represents the final push to collect Census information. The NRFU campaign encourages households who have not returned their Census form to welcome and cooperate with the Census taker that may knock on their door. Messaging for the NRFU campaign assures all that Census takers are sworn to secrecy and that they are there to help.

What's important today

  1. *** Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) talks about how California will lose funding due to low census response rates.
  2. *** The percentage of households that have mailed back their Census forms could top the 2000 response rate — a major accomplishment in the face of growing suspicion of government, swelling population and increased diversity.
  3. *** Engage Her, a national organization that educates and activates multicultural communities for leadership roles and civic engagement, is offering an iPod Touch as a prize asking people to Text "FREECENSUS" to...
  4. *** When she fills out her 2010 Census form this week, Mei-Ling Malone is looking forward to answering Question #9 ― “the race question.” She’s adamant about documenting her multiracial background. Malone, who studied multiracial politics at UC Irvine and is now pursuing a doctorate at UCLA, has an African-American father and a Taiwanese mother. For Malone, 26, this is her first opportunity to respond to a census and possibly provide a different answer to the race question than what her parents may have noted for her 10 years ago
  5. *** With Census Day, April 1, rapidly approaching, AAJC is pleased with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s recent promise that immigration enforcement will not hinder Census 2010. And for her commitment to maintaining the integrity of the information it collects.
  6. *** A massive outreach effort is underway in Chinatown to inform residents about the importance of filling out the 2010 U.S. Census form. NY1's Rebecca Spitz filed the following report.
  7. *** Call our Telephone Questionnaire Assistance Center or visit our Questionnaire Assistance Center and Be Counted sites. Download a Language Assistance Guide.
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