The Fourth National Phone Briefing in Our Co-sponsored Series
Philanthropy’s Role in Ensuring a Fair and Accurate 2010 Census Count
And, FCCP’s April First Monday Call
This Monday, April 6th, 3-4pm ET/ 12-1pm PT
Register Today!
Speakers:
Terri Ann Lowenthal, Consultant, Funders Census Initiative
Nina Perales, Southwest Regional Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund [bio]
Anita Earls, Executive Director, Southern Coalition for Social Justice [bio]
Moderator:
Thomasina Williams, Program Officer, Governance and Civil Society Unit, Peace and Social Justice Program, The Ford Foundation
Recommended Resources on Redistricting: A Citizen’s Guide to Redistricting, Brennan Center,
And, from 2000, The Impact of Redistricting to Your Community: A Guide to Redistricting, MALDEF, NAACP LDF, and AAJC, and Redistricting for Inclusive Democracy, Advancement Project
Note: Participation is limited to representatives of grantmaking institutions, individual donors and philanthropic advisors.
Join us for Census and Redistricting: Power by the Numbers to hear experts and advocates discuss the importance of the 2010 Census to redistricting and the importance of redistricting to representative democracy. This fourth phone briefing in the series Philanthropy’s Role in Ensuring a Fair and Accurate 2010 Census Count will provide participants with an update on recent census developments and a 101 introduction to the redistricting process, timeline and issues. Subsequent dedicated calls and sessions at convenings will provide the FCCP membership with additional opportunities to go deeper on selected redistricting issues.
The data gathered from the 2010 Census will provide a comprehensive snapshot of thousands of local communities across the United States and will be used to determine the yearly distribution of over $400 billion dollars in federal funding. Additionally, government agencies, the private sector and non-profit groups will assess trends and develop programs based on the Decennial Census numbers, and these same numbers will underlie the reapportionment of political representation, helping determine everything from Congressional and state legislative district boundaries to school board districts and voting precincts.
As a snapshot, however, the decennial census has historically undercounted marginalized populations, specifically people of color and low-income communities, as well as children, especially those under the age of 10. And for the 2010 Census, the challenges of achieving a complete and accurate count are particularly daunting -- from an increase in hard to count populations, due to both migration trends as well as current economic conditions, to the current underfunding of 2010 Census preparation at the federal, state and local levels.