Latino civil rights organizations join forces with the country’s largest tech and telecomm companies to combat misinformation and encourage participation in the digital census.
As the economic engine of the American economy, the Latino community has the potential to catalyze political power with our participation in the census.
A full and accurate count will help ensure vital safety-net programs are available to our communities. And, despite the Trump administration's efforts to disenfranchise black and brown communities by threatening to include a citizenship question in this year’s survey, nonprofit organizations nationwide have joined forces with some of the country’s largest technology and telecommunications companies to combat misinformation to ensure that no one is left behind.
HTTP encourages everyone to raise their hand and be counted in the first ever digital census.
Whether you are looking for bilingual resources to better understand the census and what is involved, or want to take advantage of the new low cost broadband options that have been made available to subscribe to at home internet, below is a resource library to help you choose the option that best suits your needs.
NALEO Education Fund
Bilingual website, toolkits, and a digital platform dedicated to providing you and your family the information you need to complete this year’s census and advocate within your community to do the same.
“2020 es un momento critico para los Latinos. Un Censo completo y preciso reconoce nuestra presencia en este pais a traves de la asignacion justa de recursos y representacion politica” -Arturo Vargas, CEO, NALEO
Comcast/NBCUniversal/Telemundo
Hazte Contar! Campaign: A robust campaign across all of Telemundo’s broadcast, cable and digital platforms aimed at educating and empowering Latinos to participate in the 2020 Census. Visit www.HatzeContar.com to learn more.
Internet Essentials is a program for families and other low-income households who currently do not subscribe to Internet at home and offers a $9.95 a month broadband option.
Comcast Public Service Announcements: Comcast produced and will air Census 2020 PSAs on Telemundo and NBC stations.
Newsmakers and Partner PSAs: In addition to our PSAs, Comcast has partnered with community organizations and leaders to create and air PSAs to help individuals understand the significance of being counted, including PSAs translated into Spanish
Community Impact Grants – We are also supporting local nonprofit partners who are working within cities to educate communities on the importance of completing the census and providing the training necessary to allow community members to complete the census forms online.
Xfinity X1 Census Destination - Recognizing that communities across the country may have questions about the 2020 Census, Comcast will launch a Census 2020 Destination on our Xfinity X1 platform. X1 customers will simply say, “Census” into their voice remote to access the latest Census web clips, news segments, and more.
Learn more about Comcast’s 2020 Census efforts here
“In these moments of uncertainty, our responsibility to communities nationwide is more important than ever. A number of Comcast’s responses to COVID-19 make it easier than ever for disenfranchised and low-income communities to get connected and participate in the 2020 Census via the Internet. These efforts include offering new, low-income Internet Essentials customers 60 days of free Internet and raising the speed of that program’s service to 25/3 Mbps; opening the Xfinity WiFi network nationally for free; offering unlimited data for free; and modifying our broadband billing policies for customers who cannot pay their bills during this period.” --Dalila Wilson-Scott, Senior Vice President, Community Investment, and President of the Comcast Foundation at Comcast NBCUniversal
VotoLatino
Bilingual answers to important questions about the census along with an opportunity to plug into Voto Latino’s grassroots network focused on educating and empowering a new generation of Latinx voters, as well as creating a more robust and inclusive democracy.
AT&T
As part of their partnership with Sesame Street in anticipation of the 2020 Census, Sesame Workshop is launching a campaign to help families understand the importance of including all the children in their home on the census. The kit is FREE and features materials in English and Spanish that include 6 Video PSAs and 1 audio PSA emphasizing the need to count all kids, and how the census brings resources to communities, 24x36 color poster encouraging everyone to Make Your Family Count!, and 8.5x11 flyer for caregivers describing how to complete the census.
LULAC
Census resource hub including information about how to get a job as a census enumerator, along with comprehensive info and bilingual information for community leaders across the country.
To support the new online option, Google is working to connect people with useful and high-quality information about the census. Building upon their ongoing work to protect the integrity of information and civic processes, this past March they established their 2020 U.S. Census Taskforce, a team to support the operations and security of the 2020 Census across Google and YouTube. Its primary objective is to prevent bad actors from abusing our services to spread misinformation, or to conduct fraudulent activity around the census such as phishing or other scams.
Hispanic Federation
Take the pledge and join Hispanic Federations nationwide efforts to empower and advance the Hispanic community, support Hispanic families, and strengthen Latino institutions through work in the areas of education, health, immigration, civic engagement, economic empowerment, & the environment.
Verizon
Verizon is taking steps to ensure communities are connected nationwide through reliable cell service, wifi and at home broadband as well as providing relief for households who may be financially impacted by Covid19
Flyer here - English
Flyer here - Spanish
Mi Familia Vota
Bilingual resources to understand and participate in the decennial census along with opportunities to join Mi Familia Vota’s grassroots network to promote social and economic justice for Latinos through citizenship workshops, voter registration, and voter participation.
Facebook announced it will ban posts, photos and other content including misleading information about the U.S. census in an attempt to stop interference in the once-a-decade count. Their new census interference policy bans misleading information about when and how to participate in the census and the consequences of participating.
They are also introducing a new advertising policy that prohibits ads that portray census participation as useless or meaningless or advise people not to participate in the census.
Updated community standards to curb census interference
Twitter partnered with the US Census Bureau to launch a new tool so when someone searches for certain keywords associated with the Census, a prompt will direct individuals to the official Census site: https://2020Census.gov
The plan represents an expansion of Twitter's existing election integrity policy. The site already allows users to report suspected misinformation regarding the 2020 presidential election.