Carolina Newswire
Asian community leaders meet about Census in Charlotte
03-16-2010
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- On March 17, Asian and Pacific Islander community leaders in Charlotte will have an unprecedented opportunity to network and unite efforts towards a Complete Count in the 2010 Census. Hosted by the Charlotte chapter of the National Association of Asian American Professionals and the Carolinas Asian American Chamber of Commerce, the evening meeting will explain the timing, importance, simplicity, and safety of the Census forms that are arriving in every mailbox in North Carolina and across the country this week. The meeting is scheduled for 6:00-7:30 , in the Asian Library, located at 1339 Baxter Street in Charlotte.
Confirmed speakers include Sue Breckenridge and Melanie Sizemore, Co-Chairs of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Complete Count Committee, Lisa Crawford and Angeles Ortega-Moore , U.S. Census Bureau, Cyndy Yu Robinson and Margaux Escutin, who manage the Asian and Pacific Islander education and outreach project in North Carolina.
“North Carolina is the tenth most populous state in the nation, with an estimated 176,000 Asians making up 1.4% of the state’s population,” stated Cyndy Yu Robinson, project manager for the outreach effort. “In Charlotte and other metropolitan areas of North Carolina, the concentration of Asians and Pacific Islanders is closer to 5%.”
In order to achieve an accurate assessment of the number and location of the people living within the nation’s borders, the U.S. Constitution mandates a census of the population every 10 years. The Census results determines Congressional district lines, number of representatives per state, and the amount of state and federal funding communities receive over the course of the decade. 2010 Census data will directly affect how more than $4 trillion is allocated to local, state and tribal governments over the next 10 years. In order for this funding allocation to be accomplished fairly and accurately, the goal of the decennial census is to count everybody, count them only once, and count them in the right place. The facts gathered in the census also help shape decisions for the rest of the decade about public health, neighborhood improvements, transportation, education, senior services and much more.
To help ensure the nation’s increasingly diverse population can answer the questionnaire accurately and completely, about 13 million bilingual Spanish/English forms will be mailed to housing units in neighborhoods identified as requiring high levels of Spanish assistance. Additionally, questionnaires in Spanish, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, Vietnamese and Russian ⎯ as well as language guides in 59 languages ⎯ will be available on request.
For more information, please contact info@naaapcharlotte.org or call (919) 625-1207.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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