What You Can Do
- Join the Border Community Counts initiative!
- Stay updated with our Enews & Twitter
- Become a US Census Partner
- Connect with local Complete Count Committee
- Explore existing resources
- Get active
Outreach Strategies
- Put information about the Census in newsletters & Enews
- Place links to US Census & other resources on your web site
- Host information events
- Partner with regional & local groups to get the word out
- Find ways to add Census outreach & education to your existing programs
- Distribute information to all your contacts & clients – email, fliers, paycheck stuffers etc
- Ask volunteers & staff to get the word out
- Talk to local media about covering the Census
- Get involved in big or small ways
Resources for Outreach
Border Communities Count Fact Sheet (pdf)
Census form in English/Spanish (pdf)
Toolkits and other materials for download from the US Census Bureau
Postcard for Outreach to Migrant Workers
Mapping and Data
Hard-to-count counties, USA Today
Messaging
Message manual - Increase Democratic Participation: Motivating Undercounted Populations to be Counted in the 2010 Census. A Resource for Census Activist, Ford Foundation
