Native Census Coalition Weekly Meeting · 6/19/2020 · •Commend all for working to spend Census Outreach Funds before June 30 •No guarantee that request for extension will be

Native Census CoalitionWeekly Meeting

Friday, June 19, 2020

A NAVA Education Project



Agenda

▪ Welcome & Introductions

▪ Updates

▪ Executive Director

▪ Tribal Partnership Specialist(s), USCB

▪ Urban Coordinator

▪ Pueblo Coordinator

▪ Media/Communications Coordinator

▪ Announcements

▪ Next Meeting


Welcome & Introductions

▪ Name

▪ Tribe or Organization

▪ How many siblings? Where are you in

the lineup?

▪ A success this week

▪ A challenge this week


Executive Director Update

▪ NM Legislative Special Session

▪ Census Coloring Book

▪ Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Tribes

▪ Phone Banking – Begins next week▪ Sandoval & Bernalillo County

▪ Introductions▪ Erma Velasquez▪ Cozetta Jake

▪Tribal Communities

• Commend all for working to spend Census Outreach Funds before June 30

• No guarantee that request for extension will be supported by legislature

• If approved, must be ready to have Tribal Leaders sign documents ASAP -

BEFORE June 30

• During Special session working to protect Election Code

• Employ Native people to work polling locations

• If County Clerks make changes; must have signatures from Governors

acknowledging change(s)

• In past elections, some County Clerks were not open with information; want to

ensure election laws are upheld

• There are 8 districts which have 50% or more Native Americans

• Important to maintain population

• Census will impact re-districting

• Coloring Books

• Being finalized

• If more orders are made, price per coloring book will be lower

• Contact Charlotte, Ahtza, or Kim if interested


• Broadband

• If interested, please contact your tribal administration

Successfully established WIFI support at:

Working on:

• Santa Ana Wellness

Center

• Santa Clara Fire

Department

• Ft. Wingate

• Nambe

• Kewa

• Alamo

• Acoma

• Laguna School

• San Felipe

• Ohkay Owingeh

• Jemez

• Zia

• Picuris

• San Ildefonso

• Mescalero

• Jicarilla

• Zuni


Tribal Partnership SpecialistsCensus Bureau Updates

▪ Operations on the Ground▪ Tribal Status▪ Start and end dates

▪ Census staff on the ground▪ Challenges being encountered▪ How can we help?

• Kendra Moore, Mescalero Apache

• 5 Census employees hired

• Community open as of June 7

• Look to set date for operations to begin

• Estimate: 2 weeks

• Amber Carrillo, South and Western Pueblos

• Census Bureau still hiring for NRFU in all tribal communities

• Provided Status of Update Leave Operations in each community (slide 9)

• Scheduling Q&A Session for CCCs

• Will email invitation• Provided Response Rate Update

QUESTION: If U/L was completed in an area but a home did not get a form, how would they get one?

ANSWER: Amber will contact Operations Manager If others have this experience, please provide name and address. Census Help line is also available: (844) 330-2020.

• Kenneth Pin, Northern Pueblos and Jicarilla Apache• Jicarilla Apache closed until June 26

• Covid-19 cases increasing• U/L to be scheduled• Enumerators to be trained

• Pojoaque Pueblo• 1 enumerator trained• No start date for U/L

• Tesuque Pueblo• Enumerator trained• Working with Governor to set start date for U/L

• Nambe• 2 enumerators trained

• Picuris Pueblo• 1 enumerator trained• Working with Governor to set start date for U/L


Urban Coordinator Update

▪ Unsheltered (Homeless) Operations▪ Service Based Enumeration scheduled for September 22-24

▪ Census Bureau wants CBOs to connect to ensure contact

information is available for Advance contact

▪ Drive-Thru Launch▪ “Native Realities” will serve as drive-thru location

▪ Date will be determined

▪ Wi-Fi access will be available

▪ Available to join as other events are held

▪ Social Media Calendar Ideas

• Send info for inclusion in Native Census Coalition Newsletters

• Ideas

• June: Reminders for Drive-thru; Respond Now

• July: Tribal Pride; 4th of July Nation-hood

• August: Back-to-school campaign; connect students/parents,

education opportunities such as PELL grants, school lunches

• September: Fall is here – Changing season

• October: Your last chance!


Pueblo Coordinator Update

▪ Census Response Rates

▪ As of June 17, 2020 (slide 15)

▪ Experiences

▪ Kewa/Santo Domingo

• Questions by respondents:

• Should I include my daughter and her son if they live in Albuquerque?

• What if two separate homes are under 1 roof?

• Which address should I use?

• Many pre-filled Q #9 with “Santo Domingo Pueblo”

• Had them change to “Kewa Pueblo”

▪ Isleta

• Many of the same questions

• Some received more than one form; which to use?

• Use form delivered to household (this week)

• How do we know if we completed the questionnaire?

• Online – Will get confirmation number

• Phone – Call (844) 330-2020

QUESTIONS about Census jobs

• I applied 2 or 3 months ago; have not heard from Census

• “I passed background check. I’m waiting for someone to call me.”

ANSWER

• Census Bureau is now calling people

• Applicants should be getting call

• if not call Recruitment 1-855-562-2020, choose Option 3

▪ 2020 Census Outreach Funds

▪ Congratulations! Money is being spent!

▪ Final report (ending June 30) due July 10

▪ If there is any danger of having more than $1000 remaining, call

or email Charlotte for assistance

▪ Phone Bank Training

▪ Communities where Update Leave has started


Media/Communications Coordinator Update

▪ Photos needed from:

▪ Tiwa-speaking Pueblos

▪ Taos, Isleta, Picuris, Sandia

▪ Families and landscapes

▪ Jicarilla Apache

▪ Mescalero Apache

▪ Complete Media Survey

▪ Available on Facebook, Twitter, NCC Newsletter

▪ Contacts for tribal newsletters and newspapers

▪ How can we help?

▪ Videos

▪ Completed Tewa, Zuni and Navajo

▪ In progress:

▪ Keres

▪ Walatowa

▪ Apache completed but needs photos

▪ Census Coloring Book

▪ Orders being taken

▪ See at nmnativecensus.org

▪ Prices available


Announcements

▪ Job Openings

▪ US Census Bureau still hiring!

https://2020census.gov/en/jobs.html

https://2020census.gov/en/jobs.html


HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!


Next Coalition Meeting

Friday, June 26

10:30 am – 11:45 am

Native Census Coalition Weekly Meeting · 6/19/2020 · •Commend all for working to spend Census Outreach Funds before June 30 •No guarantee that request for extension will be

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