Don't Let Them Leave Us Out...Be Counted!

Make sure you and all your friends and family fill out your U.S. Census Form 2010 and turn it in. Everyone needs to be counted. Go tell your neighbors. Go help your grandparents and other senior citizens fill it out. Make sure every person living in every household is counted. Even a person who does not have a permanent residence needs to be counted. The Census is how the federal government decides how much money will be given to state and local governments for schools, community centers, senior programs, hospitals, etc. It determines where shopping centers and new housing developments will be built. It also determines how many Congressional Representatives each state will get. The Census is completely confidential. So don't be afraid to be listed. The African American community can benefit greatly from all of these resources. However, we are hugely underrepresented in the count. In other words, our communities don't get what they should get because we don't let the government know how many of us are really here. So be counted!