The Census Impacts Financial Aid
April 30, 2020 | Valerie Johnson | UC Berkeley I am a junior transfer student at UC Berkeley studying Political Science and Public Policy. I am serving on the UC Student Association Census 2020 Outreach Team to help make sure that as many UC students get counted in the census as possible, because getting counted […]
Responding to COVID-19 with Census Outreach
April 30, 2020 | Alisha Saxena | UC San Diego When the initial word of the Coronavirus entered the news cycles, I remember being not too bothered by it, thinking that a quick cure would be developed to reduce the number of cases. Two weeks later, I was moving out of my dorm and was […]
Making the Census Accessible for Students
April 30, 2020 | Emily Castelazo | UC Los Angeles Before this year, I had personally not known too much about what the Census was and why it was critical for everyone to fill it out. Understanding how to fill out the Census and why it is important can be quite complex, especially for college […]
Underrepresentation and the 2020 Census
April 30, 2020 | Gabriel Pineda | UC Riverside In California, almost 40% of the population lives in “hard-to-count” areas, or counties with low Census response rates. My main reasoning behind my advocacy efforts around Census education was because many students and community members who are living in the Inland Empire, home to many historically […]
The Census, Housing, and Securing Services
April 30, 2020 | Jennifer Velazquez | UC Irvine With previous Census outreach experience, I wanted to go ahead and advocate for Census participation within the UC community through UCSA. I have previously attended 2020 Census workshops that educated me on how to engage public organizations with local residents to promote and create awareness. I […]
Apply for a remote Census Outreach position!
Thank you for your interest! The deadline for this position has passed. //// We are offering remote internships to current university students to do remote outreach to other students around the 2020 Census. In light of displacement from COVID-19, it is more important than ever to educate each other about why and how to fill […]