Partnership And Promotion

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Suggested Activities for Your Organization

Name a Champion!

Identify a Census 2000 coordinator to develop and implement a
partnership plan of action to promote participation in the census among
employees and throughout your community.

Call a Meeting!

Call public and in-house meetings to help constituents and the
community-at-large to increase awareness of the census and promote
its benefits to the community.

Issue a Proclamation!

Make a public statement supporting the census.  Publicize it.  Post it.
Explain how the census benefits your community.  Emphasize confidentiality.

Get Others Involved!

Establish a Complete Count Committee comprised of community,
business and civic leaders to develop and implement local activities
to promote the census.  Identify people of influence to record public
service announcements, appear on local television and radio shows
about the census.  Encourage the use of census educational materials
in schools.  Encourage local businesses to post census materials and
sponsor local events.

Spread the Word!

Produce messages and promotional materials tailored to your community.
Insert census flyers, articles and announcements in newsletters and
other publications.  Put information about the census in mailings/
paychecks/utility bills to your members /employees/customers.  Print
census messages on products, bags, envelopes and sales bulletins.
Display promotional materials everywhere.  Recruit community leaders
for a "telephone campaign," stressing the importance of the census and
requesting that forms are filled out promptly.

Call a Press Conference!

Call periodic press conferences for your highest official or other
influential community leaders to talk about the importance of the census.

Encourage the quick return of census questionnaires.
Census information helps your community get financial assistance for
roads, hospitals, schools and more.

Make It an Event!

Include census information and other promotional efforts in agency
sponsored community events, such as parades, fairs, ethnic festivals
and other gatherings.  Include Census 2000 on the agendas of meetings
and community events.  Provide exhibit booths.  Invite census staff
to make presentations.

Identify Special Needs!

Identify areas that are likely to be most difficult to enumerate and
1) develop a contingency plan of action that can be used if initial
mail returns are low and 2) assist the Census Bureau by confirming
or revising its planned procedures for enumeration.  Provide the
Census Bureau with a list of places (soup kitchens, shelters, food
pantries) where people without a usual residence obtain services.
Help translate promotional materials into languages represented
in your area.

Be Innovative!

Include census messages on your Internet sites and create links
to the Census Bureau's Internet site at <http://www.census.gov>.
Surprise us with great ideas which we never thought of.

Mid-March to Mid-April 2000

Get Organized!

Hold a ceremonial kickoff to publicize delivery of census forms.
Organize community groups to conduct a "Quick Response" campaign.
Have materials encouraging questionnaire return distributed at
all government and community agencies that have public contact
services and programs.

Get Moving!

Intensify outreach and promotion campaign focusing on importance
of the census to your community.  Identify local sports and
entertainment personalities to appear on local TV and radio
stations urging quick response to the census.  Publicize that
answering the census is safe, and it is important that everyone
in the household is counted.

Encourage people to open their doors to census takers.
Help dispel myths about the census.  Reassure everyone that
answering the census is safe.

Lend a Hand!

Establish, publicize locations of, and recruit volunteers to
operate Questionnaire Assistance Centers for persons who need
assistance in completing their census questionnaire.  Publicize
the "Census Help Line:'our toll-free number for questionnaire
assistance.

Focus on Community!

When mail return rates are publicized, launch a campaign in low
response areas stressing "it is not too late to respond" to the
census.  After census questionnaires have been delivered, publicize
sites where people can obtain blank census questionnaires if 1) 
they think they were not included on the questionnaire that was sent
from their household, 2) lost their questionnaire, or 3) did not
receive a questionnaire.  Encourage churches, ministerial alliances
and other religious organizations to motivate participation in the
census among their members and congregations by using census developed
materials for religious organizations.  Encourage tenant and
homeowner associations officials to distribute materials encouraging
return of the questionnaire.  

After April 15, 2000

Alert the Media!

Schedule press conferences for highest elected officials and other
influential leaders to alert community that census takers will be visiting
homes of persons who have not responded; show how enumerators
can be identified; and encourage cooperation.  Schedule other media
opportunities to encourage participation.  Continue publicity and promotion
of the benefits of the census and the importance of a complete count.

Get Out the Help!

Mobilize gatekeepers and community leaders to assist census takers
in areas that are difficult to enumerate or where danger may be apparent.
Assist local census staff in identifying tenant and homeowner association
representatives who can facilitate gaining access to gated and high
security communities and buildings.

Thank You!

For more information on promotion, materials available, census jobs,
and census speakers.  Call your regional partnership coordinator
at the numbers listed on this page.

If you represent a NATIONAL organization and need additional information
about partnership opportunities, contact Laura Sewell on 301-457-2989,
e-mail at Laura.A.Sewell@ccmail.census.gov, or mail to U.S. Census Bureau,
Partnership and Data Services Staff, Room 1210-2, Washington, DC 20233.

If you represent a local organization and need information, call one of
the numbers below.

If you live in:         

Alabama, your Partnership Coordinators are Mary Love Sanford and Danielle
Jones at the Census Center in Atlanta.  Call 404-331-0573.

Alaska, your Partnership Coordinator is Bob Clingman in Seattle.  Call
206-553-5882.

Arizona, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero in Denver.  Call
303-231-5029.

Arkansas, your Partnership Coordinators are Ben Arzu and Tom Beaver in
Kansas City.  Call 816-801-2020.

California(if you reside in Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings,
Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, Orange, Riverside,
San Benito, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare or
Ventura counties), your Partnership Coordinators are Reina Ornelas
and Monica Sandoval in Los Angeles.  Call 818-904-6522.

California(if you reside in a county OTHER THAN Fresno, Imperial, Inyo,
Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, Orange,
Riverside, San Benito, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare
or Ventura counties), your Partnership Coordinator is Bob Clingman in
Seattle.  Call 206-553-5882.

Colorado, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero in Denver.  Call
303-231-5029.

Connecticut, your Partnership Coordinator is Tia Costello in Boston.
Call 617-424-4977.

Delaware, your Partnership Coordinators are Lyn Kirshenbaum and Juanita
Britton in Philadelphia.  Call 215-597-8312.

District of Columbia, your Partnership Coordinators are Lyn Kirshenbaum
and Juanita Britton in Philadelphia.  Call 215-597-8312.

Florida, your Partnership Coordinators are Mary Love Sanford and
Danielle Jones in Atlanta.  Call 404-331-0573.

Georgia, your Partnership Coordinators are Mary Love Sanford and
Danielle Jones in Atlanta.  Call 404-331-0573.

Hawaii, your Partnership Coordinators are Reina Ornelas and Monica
Sandoval in Los Angeles.  Call 818-904-6522.

Idaho, your Partnership Coordinator is Bob Clingman in Seattle.
Call 206-553-5882.

Illinois, your Partnership Coordinators are Marilyn Stephens and
Joyce Marks in Chicago.  Call 312-353-9759.

Indiana, your Partnership Coordinators are Marilyn Stephens and
Joyce Marks in Chicago.  Call 312-353-9759.

Iowa, your Partnership Coordinators are Ben Arzu and Tom Beaver
in Kansas City.  Call 816-801-2020.

Kansas, your Partnership Coordinators are Ben Arzu and Tom Beaver
in Kansas City.  Call 816-801-2020.

Kentucky, your Partnership Coordinators are Victoria Burke and
William Ward in Charlotte.  Call 704-344-6624.

Louisiana, your Partnership Coordinator is Marisela Lopez in
Dallas.  Call 214-655-3060.

Maine, your Partnership Coordinator is Tia Costello in Boston.
Call 617-424-4977.

Maryland, your Partnership Coordinators are Lyn Kirshenbaum and
Juanita Britton in Philadelphia.  Call 215-597-8312.

Massachusetts, your Partnership Coordinator is Tia Costello in
Boston.  Call 617-424-4977.

Michigan, your Partnership Coordinator is Vince Kountz in
Detroit.  Call 248-967-9524.

Minnesota, your Partnership Coordinators are Ben Arzu and Tom
Beaver in Kansas City.  Call 816-801-2020.

Mississippi, your Partnership Coordinator is Marisela Lopez
in Dallas.  Call 214-655-3060.

Missouri, your Partnership Coordinators are Ben Arzu and Tom
Beaver in Kansas City.  Call 816-801-2020.

Montana, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero in
Denver.  Call 303-231-5029.

Nebraska, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero in
Denver.  Call 303-231-5029.

Nevada, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero in
Denver.  Call 303-231-5029.

New Hampshire, your Partnership Coordinator is Tia Costello in
Boston.  Call 617-424-4977.

New Jersey(if you live in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex,
Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union or Warren counties),
your Partnership Coordinators are Alice Chin and Martha
Butler in New York.  Call 212-620-7702.

New Jersey(if you live in a county OTHER THAN Bergen, Essex,
Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union
or Warren counties), your Partnership Coordinators are Lyn
Kirshenbaum and Juanita Britton in Philadelphia.  Call
215-597-8312.

New Mexico, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero
in Denver.  Call 303-231-5029.

New York(If you reside in a county OTHER THAN Bronx, Kings,
Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk or
Westchester counties), your Partnership Coordinator is
Tia Costello in Boston.  Call 617-424-4977.

New York(If you reside in Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York,
Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk or Westchester counties),
your Partnership Coordinators are Alice Chin and Martha
Butler in New York.  Call 212-620-7702.

North Carolina, your Partnership Coordinators are Victoria
Burke and William Ward in Charlotte.  Call 704-344-6624.

North Dakota, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero
in Denver.  Call 303-231-5029.

Ohio, your Partnership Coordinator is Vince Kountz in
Detroit.  Call 248-967-9524.

Oklahoma, your Partnership Coordinators are Ben Arzu and
Tom Beaver in Kansas City.  Call 816-801-2020.

Oregon, your Partnership Coordinator is Bob Clingman in
Seattle.  Call 206-553-5882.

Pennsylvania, your Partnership Coordinators are Lyn
Kirshenbaum and Juanita Britton in Philadelphia.  Call
215-597-8312.

Rhode Island, your Partnership Coordinator is Tia Costello
in Boston.  Call 617-424-4977.

South Carolina, your Partnership Coordinators are Victoria
Burke and William Ward in Charlotte.  Call 704-344-6624.

South Dakota, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero
in Denver.  Call 303-231-5029.

Tennessee, your Partnership Coordinators are Victoria
Burke and William Ward in Charlotte.  Call 704-344-6624.

Texas, your Partnership Coordinator is Marisela Lopez
in Dallas.  Call 214-655-3060.

Utah, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero in
Denver.  Call 303-231-5029.

Vermont, your Partnership Coordinator is Tia Costello
in Boston.  Call 617-424-4977.

Virginia, your Partnership Coordinators are Victoria
Burke and William Ward in Charlotte.  Call 704-344-6624.

Washington State, your Partnership Coordinator is Bob
Clingman in Seattle.  Call 206-553-5882.

West Virginia, your Partnership Coordinator is Vince
Kountz in Detroit.  Call 248-967-9524.

Wisconsin, your Partnership Coordinators are Marilyn
Stephens and Joyce Marks in Chicago.  Call 312-353-9759.

Wyoming, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero
in Denver.  Call 303-231-5029.

Puerto Rico, your Partnership Coordinator is Hector
Feliciano in Puerto Rico.  Call 787-771-3660.

U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Commonwealth of
Northern Mariana Islands and Guam, your Partnership
Coordinator is Idabelle Hovland at the Census Bureau
in Suitland, Maryland.  Call 301-457-8443.

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