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Counting on them
CB7 civic gurus lay out plan to ensure
area immigrants participate in census
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Sunset Park civic gurus recently
kicked off a grass-roots effort to encourage
area immigrants to participate
in the looming 2020 Census.
Leaders of Community Board 7 on
Jan. 23 held the inaugural meeting of
its newly formed Census Committee,
whose offi cers will work to encourage
members of the district’s large Asian-
American and Hispanic populations to
participate in the survey, despite fears
that it may still include a citizenship
question , and the Trump Administration’s
general hostility towards immigrants.
An accurate count is critical to ensuring
the community continues to receive
its fair share of federal funding
and representation, according to the
chairman of the board’s Immigration
Committee.
“This area needs services, and to
get those services we need to ensure
everyone’s counted,” said Jimmy Li.
Residents, community-board members,
and reps for state Sen. Velmanette
Montgomery (D–Sunset Park)
and Councilman Carlos Menchaca
(D–Sunset Park) — who is heading
up a census task force in Council —
came out for the debut session, where
attendees brainstormed mobilization
plans.
Proposals included hosting workshops
to educate immigrant residents
on their rights and the importance of
the survey, requisitioning computer
labs at local libraries and schools
where locals can complete the largely
online survey, and enlisting faith leaders
to use their pulpits to preach the
necessity of participating in the census.
The Feds rely on information
culled from the national head count to
determine where to invest billions in
annual state funding, and how many
seats each state gets in the House of
Representatives, where New York
State is already expected to lose up
to two pols due to population loss, according
to a 2018 report published by
Election Data Services.
Members of immigrant communities
have traditionally shown more of
a reluctance to participate in the census,
and the lingering threat of a potential
citizenship question — which a
federal judge ruled against this month ,
prompting the Trump Administration
to immediately appeal the decision —
will likely further dissuade those locals
from participating as long as it
hangs over their heads, according to a
Sunset Parker.
“I think the citizenship question is
a part of a larger pattern,” Jorge Muñiz
said at the meeting. “The administration
is trying very hard to spread
fear amongst immigrant communities.
People are understandably skeptical
anytime the federal government is
reaching out and trying to collect information.”
But the CB7 Census Committee is
moving full speed ahead with its organizing
efforts even as that legal
battle plays out in court, because its
members want to be prepared for a fi -
nal ruling that may not go in many of
their neighbors favors, according to its
chairwoman.
“We need to prepare for the worst
case scenario,” said Rovika Rajkishun.
“We can’t wait and then scramble
at the last minute.”
The committee will host monthly
meetings as it continues to shape its
agenda, and encourages all locals in
its district to attend the sessions, Rajkishun
said.
And CB7 members aren’t the only
ones working to ensure an accurate
census count.
Borough President Adams is forging
ahead with his own borough-wide
awareness effort through his recently
formed Brooklyn Complete Count
Committee , which will work with civic
gurus across Kings County to encourage
participation.
For information about upcoming
CB7 Census Committee meetings, visit
the panel’s website at www1.nyc.gov/
site/brooklyncb7.
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