This fact sheet produced by AALDEF’s 2010 Census Project provides basic information about the census and instructions on how to obtain inlanguage assistance. For more information go to www.aaldef.org
State: National
Language: Gujarati
Description: With funding from the State of New York, the Asian American Federation adapted the messaging from the bus ads of the APICOUNT campaign for use in New York State. These ads were scheduled to be up for 4 weeks starting March 8, 2010. The telephone hotlines run through the Federation’s partners were included on the ads. The partners in this ad were the Council of Peoples Organization and the NYC South Asian Task Force (Adhikaar, Chhaya CDC, SEVA Immigrant Advocacy Project, South Asian Council for Social Services, South Asian Youth Action). The ads were place on bus lines in Brooklyn and Queens boroughs. The ads were designed by Fresh Concentrate.
State: National, New York
Language: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Nepali, Punjabi, Urdu
The Chinese Christian Herald Crusades, Council of Peoples Organization, Indochina Sino-American Community Center, Japanese American Social Services, Inc., MinKwon Center for Community Action, and the NYC South Asian Task Force (Adhikaar, Chhaya CDC, SEVA Immigrant Advocacy Project, South Asian Council for Social Services, South Asian Youth Action) established local telephone hotlines in 15 languages. The Asian American Federation provided funding support for these hotlines and place transit ads (found elsewhere on fillinourfuture.org) to promote the hotlines.
State: National, New York
Language: Bengali, Burmese, Chinese - Traditional, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Nepali, Punjabi, Tamil, Urdu, Vietnamese
SAALT’s factsheet provides FAQ’s and instructions on filling out the form. We encourage you to hand out these factsheets at your school, organization, house of worship, community center, etc. http://www.saalt.org/pages/Census-2010.html
State: National
Language: Gujarati
This newly developed brochure provides information on the importance of filling out the 2010 Census, answers to some frequently asked questions, and a timeline on Census 2010 activities to promote and encourage census response rates for Asian Americans. It will be provided in over 25 Asian and Pacific Islander languages.
Provide in-language help for answering the English census form.
For more information visit: http://2010.census.gov/partners/materials/inlanguage.php
PSA featuring Niyanta Spelman, urging all to participate in the US 2010 Census
Print 