**This program is hosted by our partner, Funders' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.**
On March 26, at around 9 p.m., Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced his decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 decennial census, in response to a request from the Department of Justice. The Secretary noted that he received more than 50 letters on the subject, and he interviewed more than two dozen people. That included a letter from roughly 120 foundations opposing the addition of the citizenship question.
In his memo, Secretary Ross concluded that asking the question will help the government gather currently unavailable data on the population of people who are actually eligible to vote, thereby helping to enforce the Voting Rights Act. He added, “The Department of Commerce is not able to determine definitively how inclusion of a citizenship question on the decennial census will impact responsiveness. However, even if there is some impact on responses, the value of more complete and accurate data derived from surveying the entire population outweighs such concerns.”
Explore
- The implications of adding the question
- How to respond to the new question
Speaker
- Vanita Gupta, President and CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human
- Arturo Vargas, Executive Director, NALEO Educational Fund
- John Yang, President and Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
- Gary Bass (Moderator), Executive Director, Bauman Foundation
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All interested funders
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