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From YouTube: Committee on Census & Redistricting on August 21, 2020
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Docket #0280 - Hearing to discuss ways to promote a complete and accurate count for the 2020 census in the City of Boston.
Docket #0685 - Hearing to discuss and address the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Boston’s low 2020 census response rates and what plans are in place or being formed to improve them moving forward
A
E
E
E
Good
morning,
so
I
think
we're
gonna
go
ahead
and
get
started
because
we
we
have
all
of
our.
Not
all
of
our
panelists
are
here,
but
all
of
our
of
our
lead
sponsors
on
on
both
of
the
hearing
orders
that
we
have
are
here
and
I
think
folks
are
going
to
continue
to
show
up
as
we
go
you
just
actually,
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
get
started
for
the
record.
E
I
thought
I
saw
counselor
kim
janey,
but
I'm
not
actually
sure
she's
here.
Yet
this
hearing
is
being
recorded
in
live
streamed
at
the
boston.gov
city
council
tv
website.
It
will
be
rebroadcast
on
comcast
channel
8,
rcn
channel
82
verizon
channel
1964.,
the
zoom
link
to
provide
public
testimony
for
this
hearing
can
be
found
by
emailing
shane
pack.
That's
s-h-a-n-e,
dot
p-a-c
at
boston.gov.
E
Please
make
sure
that
when
you
come
on
to
the
zoom
that
you
state
your
full
name
when
you're
called
please
state
your
name
in
your
neighborhood
and
limit
your
comments
to
two
minutes
to
ensure
that
all
comments
and
concerns
can
be
heard.
If
you're
unable
to
provide
testimony
today,
you
may
submit
written
testimony
or
a
two-minute.
G
E
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Councillor,
arroyo
arroyo
and
to
all
the
panelists
that
are
here
proud
to
partner
with
council
arroyo,
proud
to
partner
with
council,
will
counselor
janie
on
this
important
matter
as
we.
As
we
know,
a
complete
count
of
the
2020
census
is
critical
in
getting
federal
resources.
We
desperately
need
for
our
communities.
C
C
C
So
it's
very
important.
We
continue
to
promote
the
census.
Among
our
immigrant
communities.
I
see
I
know
sebastian
zabata
is
is,
is
here,
he's
done
an
excellent
job
and
let's
continue
to
work
together
on
reaching
our
immigrant
neighbors.
We
work
closely
with
the
chinese
progressive
association
I
see
my
friend
marco
and
who
works
with
suzanne
lee
and
karen
chen
and
so
many
great
other
leaders
in
the
chinatown,
the
asian
community.
But
you
are
right.
C
Council
royal,
the
the
negative
comments
made
by
the
president
about
possibly
having
a
a
a
sentence
on
the
on
the
census
about
what
your
immigration
status
is,
has
had
a
negative
impact
on
people
filling
them
out,
not
only
this
time,
but
this
goes
back
every
10
years.
It's
always
been
very
difficult
for
the
immigrant
community
to
participate
in
at
times
to
trust
the
federal
government.
C
Many
think
it
impacts
their
immigration
status.
It
could
impact
their.
It
could
impact
their
assistance,
food
assistance
programs
which
it
doesn't,
but
just
that
just
that
perception
that
it
has
an
impact,
does
does
impact
people
completing
it.
So
it's
important
for
us
as
government
leaders
to
to
continue
to
express
that.
Also,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
panelists
and
I
was
listening
to
102.9
this
this
morning
and
cheryl
crawford
from
mass
vote
was
on,
so
I
was
learning.
I
was
learning
a
lot
from
cheryl
about
about
the
census
as
well.
C
D
A
We
know
why
it
matters.
We
know
how
this
is
about,
how
we're
valuing
our
communities
and
that
it's
so
important
for
every
person
to
count.
But
it
is
a
lot
to
overcome
right
now,
especially
during
the
pandemic
and
the
national
situation.
So
looking
forward
to
figuring
out
what
concrete
next
steps
are.
I
know
some
colleagues
that
propose
specific
things
and
then
there
are
ways
to
talk
about
deadlines
and
resources
and
and
other
changes.
So
I'm
here
to
listen
and
very
grateful
for
everyone's
leadership.
Thank
you.
E
B
H
My
district
has
a
large
number
of
residents
who
are
historically
undercounted
students
and
immigrants,
and
I'm
really
hopeful
that
we
can,
even
though
we're
well
into
the
process
that
we
can
write
the
course
of
the
ship
here
and
get
a
good
count
in
in
boston.
If
we
all
figure
it
out.
Thank
you
so
much
despite
all
the
impediments,
and
thank
you
also
for
all
the
the
folks
who
are
going
to
be
on
the
panels.
I
know
they're
working
extraordinarily
hard
under
very
difficult
circumstances,
so
thank
you
all
so
much.
Thank
you.
F
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I'll,
also
be
brief.
I'll
just
say
you
know
we're
very
concerned
about
this.
I've
got
tracks
in
my
district
that
are
at
as
low
as
32
response,
and
it's
just
it's
really
bad
for
the
city,
it's
bad
for
all
our
most
vulnerable
folks,
the
you
know
I
would
just
add
to
the
to
the
normal
hard
to
count.
F
So
you
know:
we've
been
in
my
office
doing
a
lot
of
outreach
on
the
census,
a
bunch
of
multilingual
outreach,
and
I
just
think
that
this
is
like
an
all
hands
on
deck
issue
for
all
of
us,
so
very
grateful
to
the
city
and
nonprofit
partners
and
to
me
this
is
going
to
be
a
top.
You
know
priority
for
all
of
us
for
the
next
six
weeks
and
hopefully
beyond,
because
it's
crazy
that
we've
had
the
period
curtailed
here,
but
but
we're
in
a
in
a
strange
and
hard
time.
I
I
This
critical
issue
there's
been
some
really
great
work
going
on
since
the
very
beginning,
obviously
with
all
the
new
barriers
with
respect
to
the
the
pandemic
economic
loss,
it
is
critically
important,
of
course,
that
we
partner
with
our
community-based
organizations
who
do
the
work
every
single
day,
but
now,
of
course,
are
understand
the
significance
of
the
census
and
have
shown
up
just
remarkably.
So
thank
you
to
all
the
panelists,
but
also
to
all
the
non-profit
partners
who
couldn't
participate
today,
they're
doing
incredible
work.
I
I
also
want
to
thank
the
administration
for
getting
really
creative
with
respect
to
funding
and
granting
these
organizations
resources
to
be
able
to
do
this
work.
It's
one
thing
to
say:
go!
Do
it
it's
another
thing
to
make
sure
that
they
have
resources
to
be
able
to
do
it.
I
also
you
know
represent
largely
my
biggest
neighborhoods
are
dorchester
and
matapan.
I
This
is,
of
course,
where
the
some
of
the
most
hardest,
the
populations
that
are
hardest
to
count,
live
and
reside,
and
work
so,
of
course,
want
to
continue
to
be
a
partner
in
this
work.
I
co-chair
one
of
the
committees
for
the
census
for
the
administration
with
china
tyler,
but
we
know
that
government
officials
can
only
do
so
much
so
again.
Thank
you
to
the
community-based
organizations.
I
Lastly,
I'll
say
it's
not
just
about
making
sure
that
we
get
people
accounted
for
the
monies
and
the
resources
that
will
come
to
the
city
of
boston.
It's
also
so
people
know
they
exist
that
these
cultures
exist.
Different
cultures
exist,
different
popul,
different
immigrant
populations
exist
in
our
city.
They
contribute
significantly
not
just
in
terms
of
our
economics
but
in
terms
of
the
cultural
pieces
that
they
bring
to
the
city
of
boston,
so
just
wanted
to
to
raise
that
up,
because
it's
critically
important
as
well.
J
Good
morning,
mr
chairman,
and
thank
you
and
also
thank
the
the
sponsors,
the
co-sponsors
to
this.
I
know
it's
from
our
perspective.
This
is
an
important
endeavor.
It's
it's!
This
council
fund
outlined
it's
arduous
and
complicated
under
sort
of
normal
circumstances,
let
alone
the
added
impacts
that
covert
have
had
on
on
this
issue.
J
So
every
person
in
the
city
matters
every
family
in
the
city
matters,
and
we
can
make
a
difference
when
we
work
with
folks
to
fill
out
the
appropriate
data
on
these
forms,
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
their
contribution
to
our
city
and
to
our
country
is
is
respected
and
valued.
So
I
look
forward
to
hearing
the
testimony
we
want
to
thank
the
the
partners
that
are
on
on
this
panel
for
the
great
work
that
they're
doing.
J
I
know
they've
been
at
this
morning
noon
and
night
pre
covered,
obviously
of
course,
and
then
then
covert,
hits
and
just
makes
things
that
much
more
difficult.
So
I've
also
joined
council
flynn
who's
led
on
these
efforts
out
there
participating
in
the
census
activities
and
have
also
assisted
in
groups
finding
meetings
bases
during
the
the
covet
experience
as
well
to
make
sure
that
they're
getting
the
information
out
to
the
folks
that
need
it
to
make
sure
that
they're
filling
out
everything
timely
and
getting
it
back.
J
K
Yes
good
morning,
thank
you
to
the
chair
and
to
the
makers
for
this
hearing.
I
just
wanted
to
just
acknowledge
that
the
reason
why
congresswoman
presley
is
in
her
seat
right
now
was
because
we
added
a
seat,
and
so
when
we
talk
about
representation,
when
we
talk
about
people
showing
up
to
be
counted,
that's
how
we're
going
to
get
these
resources
into
our
community
right.
So
we
were
able
to
do
that
10
years
ago.
K
We
need
to
continue
to
ensure
that
people
are
having
access
to
the
information
that
they
need,
so
they
can
fill
out
the
census
form
and
one
of
the
first
things
that
a
counselor
excuse
me
congresswoman
presley
did
when,
when
in
january,
or
so
she
hosted
a
meeting
and
talked
about
the
importance
of
the
census.
So
we've
been
talking
about
this
for
a
long
time.
I
just
wanted
to
just
say
that
it's
not
just
about
getting
people
to
stand
up
and
be
counted
is
like.
K
We
also
need
to
recognize,
as
the
organizations
who
are
doing
their
dual
diligence
and
all
this
hard
work
is
that
there's
a
lot
of
myths
and
it's
not
just
around
immigration
status.
There
are
a
lot
of
folks
who
are
afraid
to
fill
out
the
census
because
some
of
the
benefits
that
they
receive.
They
believe
that
if
they
report
that
they
are
living
with
the
father
of
their
child,
that
that's
going
to
impact
their
you
know
their
benefits.
People
are
also
concerned
about
their
housing.
K
So
when
we
talk
about
education
and
outreach,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
also
helping
people
understand
that
that's
not
going
to
impact
their
their
benefits,
and
I
think
that
that
is
a
conversation
that
we
see
in
dorchester,
roxbury,
mattapan
and
other
low-income
communities.
So,
looking
forward
to
being
a
part
of
this
conversation,
and
thank
you
and
a
big
shout
out
to
all
those
who
already
been
doing
this
amazing
work
to
get
our
people
accounted.
Thank
you
so
much.
G
Thank
you
very
much
chairman
arroyo.
First,
I
want
to
thank
all
the
advocacy
organizations
immigrant-based,
one
and
immigrant
led
ones
for
being
here
today.
I
think
we
all
understand
that
it's
a
matter
of
resources
and
making
sure
everyone
feels
counted.
Unfortunately,
due
to
rhetoric,
I
think
that's
been
coming
from
the
white
house.
For
some
time
there
seems
to
there's
a
counter
narrative
about
people's
value
and
people,
whether
they
should
be
countered
or
where
they
should
stand
up
and
be
seen.
L
G
Have
we're
thinking
about
phone
banking
in
my
office
and
just
going
ahead
and
calling
at
the
low
low
bar
just
calling
up
to
folks
and
identified
areas
in
my
district
where
there's
low
census
turnout?
So
that's
one
thing,
and
I
look
forward
to
hearing
from
my
colleagues
about
other
ideas
about
how
we're
going
to
get
people
to
fill
out.
These
forms
100
agree
about
the
misinformation
and
fear-based
understanding
of
what
the
census
does
and
doesn't
do.
So.
G
E
M
So
good
morning,
chair,
arroyo
makers
of
today's
council
hearing
and
all
of
our
esteemed
counselors
that
are
on
the
call.
My
name
is
sebastian
zapata
and
since
january
of
2019,
I've
been
overseeing
all
the
operations
regarding
census,
outreach
and
engagement
on
behalf
of
mayor
walsh
and
the
city
hall
administration.
M
So,
obviously,
when
you
have
an
under
count,
you
therefore
potentially
lose
representation
down.
In
dc
and
the
impact
in
the
electoral
college,
the
second
would
be
around
legislative
districts,
so
for
the
next
10
years,
based
off
of
the
data
that's
collected
right
now
through
the
2020
census,
it
will
reshape
all
districts
at
the
congressional
state
and
citywide
level,
and
I
think
that
one's
really
critical
as
well,
when
you
think
about
how
do
we
circumnavigate
historically
gerrymander
districts?
M
How
do
we
include
people
that
historically
have
not
been
seen,
and
so
one
of
these
ways
to
be
counted
and
therefore
have
districts
that
accurately
reflect
the
people
that
live
there,
and
the
third
is
typically
one
of
the
ones
that
most
people
find
very
attractive,
as
well
as
the
fact
around
federal
funding,
so
based
off
of
2010.
Massachusetts
receives
about
16
billion
dollars
per
year
over
the
past
10
years,
and
that
goes
towards
a
lot
of
critical
services
and
programming
that
we
do
both
at
the
state
and
at
the
city
levels.
M
So
if
you
care
about
public
schools,
if
you
care
about
our
roads,
transportation
systems,
you
care
about
affordable
housing,
one
of
the
best
ways
to
actually
ensure
that
massachusetts
and
therefore
boston,
will
get
its
fair
share.
Of
federal
funding
is
to
fill
out
the
census,
essentially
based
off
of
2010
for
each
person.
That
goes
candid.
It
equates
to
roughly
2
400
per
person
per
year,
so
over
the
next
decade,
just
by
one
person
being
counted
in
your
household,
it's
about
24
000
in
federal
funding.
M
You're
talking
about
renters
you're,
talking
about
recent
arrival
of
recent
immigrants
or
just
immigrants
in
general,
those
that
have
limit
english
proficiency,
children,
energy,
the
five
and
so
again,
when
you
think
about
in
the
context
of
what
is
the
make
up
of
austin.
That
is
boston.
A
nutshell
of
why
it's
so
hard
to
count
about
two-thirds
of
bostonians
are
renters
about.
29
percent
of
bostonians
are
foreign-born
of
that
29
of
foreign-born
bostonians
37
speak
a
language
other
than
english
at
home.
M
We
have
a
good
amount
of
children
under
five,
so
you
can
see
why,
in
context
why
it
is
difficult.
It
is
to
get
an
accurate
account.
So
in
terms
of
what
we've
been
doing
at
city
hall
again,
specifically
looking
at
it
from
an
equity
perspective
of
where
are
the
most
or
highest
likelihood
of
under
counted
areas
in
boston,
and
so
what
we
ended
up
doing
for
the
first
time.
M
You
can
go
online
over
the
phone,
both
online
or
over.
The
phone
is
available
in
13
languages,
but
even
then
I
do
recognize
the
degree
there
is
a
digital
divide
amongst
ours.
Amongst
our
residents
in
in
city
of
boston,
so
what
we've
been
doing
for
the
past
month
is
putting
forth
events
where
people
can
actually
get
assistance
with
the
census
bureau.
We've
been
partnering
with
them.
M
Obviously
they
they
have
ppe,
they
have
technology,
and
really
it's
just
to
get
folks
some
assistance
that
might
need
that
in-person
help
because
for
whatever
reason,
either
online
or
the
phone
might
not
be
the
best
option
for
them,
but
again
so
p
covid.
A
lot
of
what
we
were
focused
on
was
working
with
these
community-based
organizations
forming
a
plea
count
committee
which,
as
councilor
campbell
had
pointed
out,
she
sits
on
that
committee.
M
How
do
we
contact
folks
that
you
essentially
already
provide
services
to
and
try
to
assist
them
with,
knowing
how
important
the
census
is
and
how?
How
quick
and
easy
it
can
be
in
terms
of
what
we've
been
doing,
post
covid
19,
we
focused
on
how
do
we
purchase
ethnic
media
buys
so
we've
done
ads
in
the
bay
state
banner
sam,
pan
and
mundo
el
panetta
la
mega
radio
really
trying
again
trying
to
meet
people
where
they're
at
to
degree
of
where
are
they
getting
their
information
from
we've
done
massive
amount
of
banking?
M
M
So
there's
probably
a
pretty
good
chance
that
some
of
this
some
of
the
folks
already
on
this
panel,
have
gotten
some
kind
of
notification
from
city
hall,
but
really
at
the
end
of
the
day,
boston
is
responsible
as
it
stands
right
now,
our
self-response
rate
is
54.8
percent
back
in
2010,
our
final
self-response
rate
was
64.4,
so
there's
a
way
to
go.
I'm
not
sure
what
our
total
response
rate
is.
When
you
include
non-response
follow-up,
so
that
is
that
door
knock
on
a
door
knocking
operation.
M
The
census
bureau
has
at
this
point,
but
if
folks,
just
to
remind
people,
there
are
door
knockers
at
this
point,
they've
been
going
out
since
the
beginning
of
august.
So
if
you,
for
whatever
reason
you
do
not
want
a
door
knock
from
the
census
bureau,
the
best
way
to
go
about
avoiding
that
is
simply
respond
either
online
over
the
phone
to
the
2020
census.
M
E
N
You
so
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
share
the
latest
updates
on
the
2020
census
and
our
operations,
but
before
I
begin
with
that,
I
do
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
of
you.
You
know,
while
some
like
to
compare
our
self-response
rates
to
how
we
did
in
2010
to
gauge
how
how
successful
we
are
in
2020.
It's
not
a
fair
comparison.
I
believe
we've
exceeded
expectations,
given
the
challenges
we
face,
that
no
one
could
have
predicted
before
this
census
began.
N
This
is
a
testament
to
all
the
people
I
mentioned
to
all
the
trusted
voices
throughout
the
state
in
the
city
of
boston
who
have
created
the
foundation
of
education
and
trust
over
the
past
two
years.
It's
because
of
you
that
we
have
started
off
so
strong
and
at
a
time
when
all
would
have
understood
if
you
were
to
hit
the
pause
button,
you
kept
going.
You
re-engineered
your
efforts
and
continue
to
lead
with
passion
for
that.
As
a
representative
of
the
new
york
region
responsible
for
data
collection
activities
in
massachusetts,
I
will
always
be
grateful.
N
Thank
you
for
your
tireless
efforts
and
we
know
there's
still
work
to
do.
As
of
yesterday
afternoon,
the
self-response
rate
for
massachusetts
again,
the
number
of
households
that
have
either
gone
online,
called
in
over
the
phone
or
filled
it
out
on
paper.
Is
that
66.4
only
2.4
behind
this,
the
final
self-response
rate
in
2010.,
again
not
a
measure
of
how
many
people
were
counted
rather
the
percentage
of
households
that
have
responded
today
in
suffolk
county,
currently
at
54.9
and
as
sebastian
mentioned
in
boston
at
54.8
percent
and
this
data
these
rates.
N
These
self-response
are
available
to
the
public
update
week,
3
pm
at
2020census.gov,
and
we
know
the
leaders
of
these
communities
and
partners
throughout
their
neighborhood.
Neighborhoods
have
been
amazing
not
due
to
the
lack
of
effort
that
the
rates
are
at
the
current
levels,
rather
an
indication
of
the
challenges
that
exist
from
language
barriers,
high
percentage
of
renters,
lack
of
internet
connectivity
or
access
to
a
community
device,
fear
of
government
or
complex
living
arrangements.
N
These
neighborhoods
have
been
some
of
the
most
active
in
terms
of
events
and
commitments
and
investment
in
the
2020
census,
and
we
must
continue
to
support
them
to
the
fullest
extent.
There
have
been
changes
to
our
operational
schedule
as
a
result
of
coping
19..
I
want
to
mention
the
three
main
operations
first
off
self-response,
originally
scheduled
to
conclude
at
the
end
of
july,
will
now
conclude
september
30th
of
this
year.
N
Every
household
in
boston
will
have
the
ability
to
go
online,
call
one
of
our
toll-free
telephone
numbers
or
if
they
have
their
paper
questionnaire,
they
can
complete
it
and
mail.
It
back
in
non-response
follow-up.
The
operation
which
we
knock
on
the
doors
of
every
household
that
we
have
yet
to
receive
a
census
response
originally
scheduled
to
begin,
may,
13th
and
end
at
the
end
of
july.
N
N
E
E
F
F
So
when
we
started
having
this
conversation,
you
know,
I
think
we
were
all
focused
on
a
whole
bunch
of
hard
to
count
areas
based
on
our
experience
in
the
past,
and
one
thing
I've
seen
in
my
district
is
that
there
are
a
number
of
places
that
I
don't
think
we
had
any
contingency
plans
for
being
massively
undercounted
that
are
so
an
example
in
my
district
would
be
that
the
west
end
is
at
a
32.4
percent
response
rate
right
now,
whereas
for
in
2010
it
was
at
70
percent.
That's
a
37.9
gap.
F
I
think
it's
one
of
the
most
dramatic
ones
in
the
city
and
also,
I
think,
when
you,
when
you
look
at
the
hard
to
count
map
for
boston,
you
see
that
the
the
orange
and
yellow
areas
heavily
overlap
with
our
university
community.
So
I
guess
the
two
questions
I
have
are
this:
one
is:
what
are
we
doing
to
shift
our
plans
to
deal
with
the
places
that
have
turned
out
to
be
hard
to
count
because
of
the
pandemic?
F
That
were
not
part
of
our
original
hard
to
count
action
plan,
and
the
second
is
my
impression
is
that
the
university,
the
group
quarters
counts,
and
maybe
also
the
off-campus
student
counts-
that
some
of
them
did.
I
think
northeaster
and
wentworth
bu
and
my
district
all
did
some
off-campus
counts.
My
impression
is
that
they're,
maybe
not
included
in
the
hard
to
count
map,
and
certainly
it
would
be
helpful
for
my
office
in
terms
of
focusing
phone
banks
and
everything
to
know
what
those
real
numbers
are.
F
So
I'm
wondering
if
there's,
if
there's
any
access
to
data,
that
harmonizes
combines
the
the
group
recorders,
sort
of
university-based
counts
and
the
hard
account
map,
so
we
can
figure
that
out.
So
those
are
my
two
questions.
What's
the
deal
with
those
numbers
from
the
universities
and
what
are
we
doing
to
deal
with
the
areas
we
didn't
expect
to
be
hard
to
count
that
have
these
really
big
gaps.
M
So,
thank
you
counselor
for
that
for
those
questions.
So
in
terms
of
the
colleges
and
universities
throughout
boston,
you
can
kind
of
think
of
the
count
for
those
kind
of
in
two
and
two
spheres.
The
first
would
be
those
students
that
live
on
campus
they're
counted
through
what's
called
fruit
quarters,
so
you
know
any
dorms
or
university
housing
or
college
housing,
and
simply
what
they
have
to
do
is
just
provide
a
roster
of
who
lives
and
their
provided
campus
housing.
M
So,
as
a
reminder,
the
city
of
boston
does
already
have
an
ordinance
on
the
books
where
college
universities
have
to
report
where
off-campus
students
live.
So
fortunately,
what
we
were
able
to
do
is
leverage
that
ordinance
and
work
with
our
subcommittee
on
higher
education,
so
working
through
income
working
through
all
the
different
college
universities.
M
We
have
well
over
20
throughout
the
city
of
austin,
well
over
151
000
college
students.
You
know
roughly
over
33
000
live
in
boston
proper,
so
you
can
imagine
how
difficult
that
might
be
to
count
these
students
but
again.
Fortunately,
what
can
happen
and
that
operation
did
just
end
last
friday
on
the
14th
is
that
college
universities
were
able
to
provide
that
data
for
those
rosters.
If
you
will
of
students
of
off
campus,
I
have
asked
when
and
how
that
data
will
kind
of
land
in
boston's
numbers.
Does
that
count
towards
reporters?
M
M
But
what
I
can
tell
you
is
that,
based
off
of
the
top
three
largest
universities
that
have
the
highest
amount
of
off-campus
students,
you're
looking
at
northeastern
boston,
university,
mass
boston,
they
did
reply
in
an
email
to
me
and
letting
me
know
that
yay.
You
know
we
submitted
this
data.
You
know
thanks
for
presenting
this
opportunity,
so
that's
kind
of
how
we
tackle
the
the
students
that
live
both
on
and
off
campus
and
to
sort
of
get
to
your
question
about.
M
What
we've
been
doing
is
trying
to
work
with
property
managers
and
property
owners
across
the
city
so
again
in
areas
that
tend
to
be
more
affluent,
that
really
just
didn't
exist,
a
degree
which
they
do
today
so
you're
thinking
as
well
as
parts
of
the
back
bay
you're.
Thinking
of
the
seaport,
you're
thinking
of
the
east
boston,
waterfront,
you're,
thinking
along
south
huntington
avenue,
make
a
plane,
you're
thinking
along
forest
hills,
so
anywhere
you've
seen
just
a
massive
influx
of
development
that
tends
to
be
a
little
bit
more
skewed
towards
class,
a
luxury
housing.
M
Those
areas
are
extremely
low
right
now
and
that's
kind
of
why
we've
been
targeting
through
the
through
the
network
at
boston,
public
development
and
cbpda.
How
do
we
partner
with
the
developers?
How
do
we
partner
with
the
owners
to
think
about
how
do
we
message
out
to
the
residents
that
live
there?
You
know
it
might
be
that
they
have
left
boston
when
phobia
19
hit
and
they
might
have
returned
or
they
have
come
back
and
they
haven't
filled
out
the
census.
Yet
for
that
boston
address.
M
So
in
the
past
in
the
next
six
weeks,
again,
what
we're
going
to
be
doing
is:
how
do
we
create
pop-up
events?
If
you
will,
you
know
in
the
lobby
or
right
outside
the
lobby,
that
folks
can
sort
of
drop
in
get
questions
answered,
fill
up
the
census
then
or
at
the
bare
minimum
start
to
do
messaging
towards
tenants
that
live
in
these
large
apartment
complexes.
F
Great,
thank
you
so
much
sebastian.
I
think
my
office
would
love
to
be
involved
in
that.
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
areas
like
that
and
I'm
very
concerned
about
how
we
accelerate
we've,
certainly
been
pushing
things
out
to
property
managers
and
and
neighborhood
associations
too,
but
and
then
I
guess
just
for
jeff.
If
you
could
give
us
some
clarity
on
where
that
the
group
quarters
and
then
also
this
non-traditional.
N
Yeah,
no
absolutely-
and
it's
a
great
point
and
sebastian
raised
this
question
to
me
earlier
in
the
week
and
we're
we're
working
on
trying
to
find
a
way
to
be
able
to
share
data
below
the
state
level.
I
know
recently
the
census
bureau
just
put
out
a
report.
They
updated
at
3
00
p.m.
Every
day
that
shows
you
the
number
of
hubs
counted
via
self-response
and
then
the
number
of
households
that
were
counted
via
non-response
follow-up.
N
So
so
there's
a
couple
of
pieces
here
when
we
talked
about
those
off-campus
students,
we've
never
done
this
before
we've
never
collected
administrative
data
for
students
who
live
off
campus,
so
I
think
they're
still
analyzing
the
data
making
sure
you
know
it
can
be
used.
There's
information
that
some
schools
were
able
to
provide
partial
data
versus
the
full
data.
So
how
there's
basically
three
ways
in
which
we
could
count
an
off-campus
college
student?
N
N
The
second
situation
we
can
get
them
counted
is
non-response
follow-up,
we're
out
there
knocking
on
doors
of
those
apartments
now
granted
they're,
not
there
and
more
than
likely
it's
not
that
if
someone
is
there,
they
didn't
live
there.
On
april
1st
of
last
year,
they
may
have
lived
in
another
apartment
or
lived
on
campus,
but
we
can
get
at
least
partial
data.
If
you
know
from
from
the
apartment
manager
the
landlord
can
we
find
out
how
many
students
lived
in
that
particular
apartment?
N
Can
we
get
breakdown
on
on
race
and
ethnicity
if
possible,
approximate
ages,
sex,
those
types
of
thing
and
then
the
third
way
is
this
off
campus.
So
I
think
what
the
bureau,
with
the
plans
are,
is
to
see.
Can
we
get
self-response
first?
If
we
can't,
can
we
get
some
type
of
response
during
non-repo,
non-response
follow-up
and
then
fill
in
the
gaps.
D
N
N
Our
workload
is
isn't
just
those
households
that
have
yet
to
respond.
Our
workload
deals
with
duplicates
with
people
who
have
self
responded
without
their
id,
and
maybe
they
put
in
an
address
that
doesn't
exactly
match
to
the
address
we
have
on
our
master
address
file.
So
we
are
very
careful
about
flagging
any
records
for
deletion.
What
we
have
to
do
is
we
have
to
go
out
there
in
person
and
visit
that
household
to
determine.
N
N
Can
we
provide
you
with
nerf
completion
rates,
so
you
can
at
least
see
those
communities
in
which
you
know
we
have
a
lot
of
non-response
follow-up
left
to
do
and
in
some
communities
that
may
make
sense,
for
instance,
if,
if
there's
a
lot
of
second
homes
in
a
community
or
vacation
homes,
then
it
doesn't
make
sense
to
put
a
lot
of
resources
into
that.
We
will
verify
those
are
second
homes
or
vacation
homes
and
that
they're
vacant
get
them
counted
and
and
move
forward.
E
C
C
N
Yeah,
so
let
me
mention
a
couple
of
things
that
just
recently
were
done
throughout
our
region
that
I
think
provided
some
great
gain.
We
had
a
council
member
in
new
york
city.
We
also
had
a
an
elected
official
from
new
jersey.
We
all
know
food
brings
people
together,
so
they
they
got
an
ice
cream
truck
another
one
got
a
pizza
truck,
they
went
into
the
neighborhood
where
they
had
the
lowest
self-response
and
they
offered
pizza
for
individuals
who
would
come
out
and
fill
out
the
census
right
then,
and
there
so
what
they
did.
N
N
We
speak
over
100
languages
throughout
our
region
and
what
we
do
is
we
bring
those
individuals
to
support
that
event.
So
we
have
staff
there
who
are
actually
enumerating
households
right
then,
and
there
you
know
in
the
language
or
whatever
may
be
needed,
another
popular
thing.
That's
that's
currently
being
done
again
with
our
mobile
questionnaire.
Assistance
are
food
distribution
sites.
O
C
But
if
you're
interested
in
joining
us
would
love
to
would
love
to
have
you
if
you
wanted
to
set
up
a
booth,
you
know,
please
let
me
know
we'll
make
sure
it
happens
and
I
think
would
be
a
great
way
to
reach
some
people
I
know
mark
mark
would
support
that
as
well
cpa,
and
so
hopefully
we
can
see
some
people
tomorrow
in
chinatown
we're
doing
a
cleanup
and
I'm
I'm
gonna.
I
might
even
bring
some
bagels
and
juice
for
everybody
too.
M
I
mean
the
nice
thing
about
mqa
or
pop-up
events
is
that
they
can
also
be
held
online.
So
if
you
wanted
to
do
a
zoom,
for
example,
you
could
also
do
an
mqa.
That
way
I
mean,
I
think,
it's
just
incredibly
difficult
right
now,
given
the
realities
that
we're
in,
but
I
would
say
something
else,
that's
very
beneficial
to
try
to
just
let
people
know
is
again
just
the
confidentiality
aspect
behind
it.
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
are
very
concerned
with
this
particular
administration.
M
Right
now,
at
the
federal
level,
what's
gonna
happen,
if
I
respond
and
so
just
trying
to
demystify
what
is
on
the
census
again,
it's
ten
basic
questions
and
it
should
take
no
longer
than
ten
minutes
and
it's
gonna
decide
to
future
our
communities
for
the
next
ten
years,
they're
just
trying
to
capture
some
basic
demographic
info
around
self-identifying
race,
ethnicity,
sex.
You
know
how
many
folks
live
in
your
household.
If
you
feel
uncomfortable,
you
can
skip
a
question.
M
Do
you
not
want
to
answer
it,
and
and
again
you
know
that
there's
responses
at
individual
level
will
not
be
shared
until
72
years
have
passed.
So
no
elected
official,
no
government
agency
outside
the
census
bureau,
your
landlord.
No
one
will
see
your
individual
responses
until
72
years
have
passed.
So
I
think,
that's
also
a
critical
piece
to
inform
people
about
as
well.
J
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
through
the
chair
flynn
still
has
his
communion
money,
so
make
sure
he
springs
for
coffee
and
munchkins
as
well
to
to
sebastian.
Obviously,
a
nice
presentation.
I
appreciate
going
into
detail
as
to
to
what
the
census
means
in
terms
of
the
federal
funding
that
comes
to
to
our
city.
A
lot
of
folks
take
it
for
granted
and
that's
obviously
always
been
a
concern
of
mine.
It
seems
like
sort
of
every
10
years
we
go
through
this
exercise
and
again
it's
an
arduous
task.
J
Our
numbers
from
the
last
census,
which
obviously
was
was,
was
sidetracked
or
derailed.
If
you
will,
because
of
covid
a
couple
quick
questions,
what
else?
What
do
I
guess?
What
else
can
we
do?
What
are
we
not
doing,
and
and
how
can
we
or
me
personally
or
the
council,
help
you
guys
coming
down
the
home
stretch?
J
J
Can
we
also
to
get
that
segment
of
of
our
city
to
sort
of
take
this
seriously
boston
is
now
their
host
city
and
in
neighborhood,
and
how
can
we
get
them
to
to
spend
a
little
time
and
fill
these
things
out
and
work,
maybe
with
our
letter
carriers
in
some
capacity?
So
that's
it
a
nutshell.
Just
what
else
is
left
on
the
table
that
we're
not
doing
that?
We
can
do.
How
can
I
or
we,
as
a
council,
support
you
guys
coming
down
the
home
stretching?
M
So,
on
behalf
of
city
hall,
we
have
not
engaged
with
letter
carriers.
I
think
that's
something
we
can
look
into,
but
in
general
how
can
you
as
a
city
counselor
as
I
like
the
official
help?
Well
counselor?
If
you
want
to
be
our
census
cowboy,
you
know
a
la
chicago,
we
can
definitely
get
you
some
spurs
and
a
neon
green
hat.
But
all
jokes
aside,
I
think
the
reality
is
that
you
are
an
elected
official.
M
You
have
a
platform
which
you
can
use
so
to
the
extent
of
which
you
can
use
it,
whether
that's
going
through
your
newsletter
or
doing
out
social
media.
I
think
a
lot
of
engagement
at
this
point
really
is
focused
on
social.
So
as
much
as
you
can
pump
out
notifications,
that
would
be
extremely
appreciated,
as
well
as
thinking
through.
How
can
you
host
these
these
mqa
these
pop-up
events
and
spaces
throughout
your
district?
M
I
think
that
also
be
critical,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
neither
myself
nor
nor
jeff
and
the
census
bureau
team
they're
not
going
to
know
the
community
as
best
as
you
do
right.
That's
the
reason
you
are
elected
to
lead
is
to
take
charge
and
let
people
know
what
are
the
resources
available
to
them.
So
both
myself,
jeff
and
his
team
were
all
here
to
be
a
resource
as
well
as
the
communities
organizations
throughout
the
city
of
austin.
M
So
I
would
highly
suggest
just
reaching
out
to
us
as
well
and
think
through,
like
if
you're
some
absolute
bona
fide
location,
whether
it's
a
farmer's
market,
whether
it's
a
mail
site,
really
anything
that
you
think
would
be
a
good
location
to
set
up
an
mqa
in
person
or
again
try
to
host
one
online
as
well.
So
if
you
wanted
to
drum
up
attention,
we're
going
to
have
a
an
online
zoom
meeting
where
we
talk
census
and
we
get
people
assistance
there
and
then
that's
another
great
opportunity
as
well.
N
N
Let
them
know
how
easy
it
was
talk
about
how
safe
the
date
is
and
what's
at
stake
for
the
next
10
years,
you're
going
to
hear
some
really
cool
things
from
vancity
and
beth
and
the
other
amazing
partners,
some
great
things
that
they're
doing
as
well,
and
it's
so
important.
Now,
it's
not
too
late
to
be
using
your
voice,
because
one
of
the
things
we
see
in
every
census,
as
soon
as
we
start
knocking
on
doors,
people
decide
it's
time
to
self-respond
right.
N
They
don't
want
us
coming
back
one
of
the
things
every
census
taker
does.
After
we
knock
on
the
door
if
no
one's
there,
we
leave
a
notice,
a
visit
and
on
that
notice
of
visit
we
write
their
unique
census
id
they
have
the
website
where
to
go
online.
We
give
them
the
english
and
spanish
toll-free
telephone
numbers
and
we
tell
them
sorry.
E
H
H
That
is
largely
russian
and
chinese
population.
They
basically
aren't
allowing
anyone
in
so
I
don't
know.
Are
we
working
with
groups
like
true
life
and
covenant
house
to
bonne
bris
to
to
help
with
that?
If
we
can't
get
in
if
census
workers
can't
get
in
it's,
it's
going
to
be
very
difficult.
Sebastian,
that's
a
question
for
you.
I
think.
M
Yeah
I'll
let
jeff
kind
of
speak
to
you,
because
that
might
fall
under
group
quarters,
I'm
not
entirely
sure,
but
in
terms
of
what
we've
been
doing
so
we've
been
working
with
the
austin
bryant
account
committee
and
yes
across
the
city.
Multiple
company
count
communities
and
obviously
we
formed
one
at
city
hall,
but
they're
individual
across
neighborhoods.
They
have
their
own,
so
in
particular
the
austin
brighton
ccc
has
been
great
to
partner
with
the
also
brighton
health
collaborative
runs
that
and
so.
F
M
M
I'm
happy
to
provide
any
technical
resources
in
particular
sort
of
giving
people
how
to
demystify
the
census,
but
in
general
I
you
know
we
always
just
follow
the
lead
of
whatever
it
is
that
the
local
community
groups
think
is
going
to
resonate
the
most
in
terms
of
messaging,
as
well
as
what
are
the
best
ways
to
tackle
some
of
these
historic
intercounty
communities.
Yeah.
H
So
I'm
I'm
in
current,
I'm
in
communication
with
the
complete
con
committee
at
them,
nelson
brighton,
health
collaborative
so
two
universes
bu
and
harvard
seem
to
have
done
a
pretty
good
job.
How
do
we
do
we?
Do
we
have
data
on
on
how
how
far
we're
behind
with
this
with
the
specifics
colleges
in
the
neighborhood,
because
it's
about
17
000
students
live
in
the
neighborhood?
So
it's
it's
not!
It's
not
insignificant.
M
Yeah
jeff,
I
don't
know
if
you
want
to
speak
a
little
bit
more
to
this,
but
again
we've
never.
We've
never
been
able
to
access
data
in
general
with
when
school
is
actually
provided
to
the
bureau
again
because
it
is
confidential.
We'll
never
know
unless
you
work
at
the
census
bureau,
when
you
select
people
that
have
the
access
to
those
data
files.
But
again
this
time
around
is
the
first
time
the
bureau's
ever
accepted
administrative
records
for
off-campus
count.
N
Well,
we'll
have
to
check
I'll
reach
out,
have
staff
reach
out
to
your
office
to
check
on
the
specific
question
regarding
the
the
senior
housing
it
depends
if
it's
the
group
quarter,
if
it's
a
group
quarter,
we
work
directly
with
the
administrator
there
and
in
most
cases
they
just
send
us
an
administrative
file
for
all
the
the
residents
that
live
in
that
building.
If
it's
just
an
apartment,
complex
that
houses,
older
adults,
then
they're
free
to
come
and
go,
and
it's
not
really
a
nursing
home
type
festivity.
N
Then
we
would.
We
would
reach
out
typically
what
we
do
and
how
everyone
on
this
call
can
also
help
is
when
we
have
access
issues.
We'd
like
to
reach
out
to
our
partners
to
see.
Is
there
a
way
we
can
get?
Those
people
who
live
in
that
building
counted-
maybe
it's
not
having
census
takers,
knock
on
each
apartment
that
hasn't
filled
it
out.
Maybe
it's
setting
up
a
mobile
questionnaire
assistance
in
the
in
the
yeah
with
those
who
speak
russian
and
some
of
the
other
languages
you
mentioned.
H
This
this
particular
facility
has
done
an
incredible
job,
keeping
the
covent
infection
out.
They
basically
have
their.
Everyone
is
like
it's
locked
down
and
and
and
they've
managed
to
keep
the
infection
out
very
well.
I
will
contact
like
it.
It
really
is
like
more
of
a
level
and
like
an
independent
living
facility.
It's
like
senior
housing,
it's
not
a
nursing
home.
So
would
an
administrative
file
for
all
the
residents
work
in
this
case.
N
In
this
case,
no
more
than
likely
it's
probably
in
the
non-response
follow-up
universe,
so
each
address
or
each
department
would
be
its
own
housing
unit.
So
certainly
we
can
get
the
word
out
that
that
people
can
still
self-respond,
they
can
go
online
or
they
can
call
the
toll-free
telephone
number.
We
also
have
the
ability,
if,
if
they
would
prefer,
we
can
have
one
of
our
census
takers
call
them.
N
E
E
That
we
got
nine
other
panelists
to
hear
from
so
I'm
going
to
try
and
make
this
brief
in
terms
of
the
door
knocking
operation.
That's
going
on
right
now
it
started
in
august.
So
just
what
are
our
resources
there?
How
many
folks
do
we
actually
have
in
our
door
knocking
operation
in
the
city
of
boston
right
now,.
N
So
I
don't,
I
don't,
have
the
ability
to
get
down
to
the
city
of
boston
and
it'll.
Take
me
some
data
mining
to
do
that,
because
we
do
things
that
collection,
geography
for
in
so
far,
we
have
over
a
thousand
people
that
are
hired
today
and
then,
of
course,
our
employees
they
choose
what
days
and
what
hours
they
can
work.
N
Today
we
had
over
600
staff
who
put
in
hours
that
received
an
assignment
that'll,
be
out
there
today
knocking
on
doors
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
hire
through
the
end
of
next
week.
So
if
there
are
people
who
are
interested
in
supporting
the
census,
their
community
by
working
as
a
census
taker,
they
can
go
to
2020census.gov
forward.
Slash
jobs
apply
online
for
a
position.
E
N
E
Thank
you
and
then
my
final
question
is
to
sebastian,
who
I
think
would
probably
know
this
better.
I
know
the
city
of
boston's
used
the
covid
text
message
line
for
things
like
register
to
vote
or
what
the
vote
day
is.
I've
seen
it
use
it.
I
think,
on
saturday
it
said
you
you
know
for
the
census.
Do
we
know
what
the
operational
plans
are
in
terms
of
using
those
kinds
of
resources
for
the
census,
moving
forward.
M
Yeah,
so
I
mean
again,
we
only
have
six
weeks
about
41
days
at
this
point
until
the
30th,
so
we're
just
going
to
be
exploring
every
and
all
options
that
we
can
do.
I
think
in
particular
having
the
covetex
alert
system
be
one
of
them,
but
also
how
do
we
individually
look
at
partnering
with
organizations
like
mass
voter
table,
for
example,
to
try
to
do
a
large
text,
banking
operation
specific
to
just
boston
residents?
E
K
Thank
you.
So
I
just
have
a
few
questions.
You
know
I'm
just
curious
about.
I
always
bring
into
the
space
that
there
are
a
lot
of
folks
who
may
not
know
how
to
read
or
write
in
their
home
in
their
native
language
and
or
any
other
language
to
for
that
matter,
and
so
I'm
just
curious
about
what
efforts
are
being
made,
or
in
that
front
I
mean
I'll
I'll,
just
speak
for
myself.
K
You
know
my
mom
didn't
even
finish
third
grade,
and
so
whenever
the
census
is
up,
I'm
the
one
who
I
mean
she
knows
how
to
read
but
struggles
with
it
and
also
writing,
and
so
I'm
just
curious,
and
that
is
the
case
for
a
lot
of
our
immigrants.
So
I'm
just
curious
about
what
supports
are
being
provided
for
those
folks
who
are
struggling
to
read
or
write
in
their
own
in
their
native
language.
N
So
a
couple
of
things
regarding
knocking
on
doors,
the
the
first,
the
way
we
hire
staff
first,
we
hire
those
who
speak
a
language
other
than
english.
That
was
our
priority,
make
sure
we
have
enough
staff
who
speak
as
many
languages
as
possible,
and
then
we
backfilled,
where
we
had
additional
vacancies
with
with
english.
Only
speakers
when
they're
knocking
on
doors,
they
do
show
a
language
card.
N
If
there
is
a
language
barrier,
and
then
we
have
the
ability
to
reassign
that
case
to
someone
who
speaks
that
language,
the
other
important
thing
I
can
remember
is
there
are
proxies
who
do
help
people
fill
out,
so
a
family
member
can
help
another
family
member
fill
out
the
census
by
going
online
or
calling
it
over
the
phone.
That's
that's
absolutely.
Okay
to
do
again,
there's
a
relationship
there
that
it's
a
trusted
person.
K
K
So
then,
and
probably
these
language
cards
have
already
been
produced,
but
I
would
just
consider
maybe
utilizing
their
flag
instead
of
actually
writing,
though
the
name
like,
if
you
say
spanish,
because
if
you
don't
know
how
to
read
or
write
in
your
native
language,
you
could
show
them
something
and
it
might
just
look
like
numbers
to
them
right.
So
it's
just
something
to
consider
in
the
future.
K
And
then
for
sebastian,
you
talked
about
debunking
the
myths
for
census.
It
seems
like
every
time
we
have
this
conversation.
The
public
just
has
more
mis
distrust
of
the
government
with
things
like
the
post
office
even
being
made
political
at
this
point,
how
can
we
work
on
the
local
level
to
address
some
of
these
concerns
in
our
community?
What
do
you
guys?
What
are
we
doing
around
that.
M
Yeah
I
mean,
I
think
you
get
you
nailed
it
counselor
in
terms
of
just
the
multiple
attempts
to
try
to
skew
results,
whether
it
was
to
try
to
get
a
citizenship
question
on
there
back
in
2019.
That's
you
know,
fortunately
not
on
there.
That,
I
would
say,
has
had
a
chilling
effect.
I
don't
have
the
the
hard
numbers
on
that,
but
I
think
anecdotally,
you
know
going
specifically
in
east
boston.
I
was
I
was
with
manlio,
for
example,
from
noaa.
M
I
know
he's
up
next
with
a
nurse
panel,
but
it's
been
really
difficult
to
get
particular
immigrants
to
want
to
respond
to
this
because
they
are
so
fearful
of
what
might
happen
just
again
based
off
of
the
current
administration.
You
know.
Last
month
they
announced
a
memo
to
try
to
exclude
non-citizens
from
the
enforcement
count.
That's
obviously
highly
contested
at
this
point.
You
know
I
don't
really
see
a
legal
standing
for
it,
but
I'm
not
a
legal
scholar
myself,
but
obviously
aclu
has
filed.
M
Two
common
causes
filed
to
the
state
of
new
york
is
leading
a
charge
as
well.
That
massachusetts
is
included
on.
You
know
local
groups,
like
brazilian
women's
group,
lord
for
civil
rights
that
are
followed
suit,
as
well
in
boston
in
particular,
but
in
terms
of
how
we
consider
demystified
right
again
like
I,
I
say
that
to
degree
the
onus
is
on
all
of
us
to
just
as
folks
that
might
have
a
little
bit
more
time
to
be
sophisticated
on
the
issue
or
just
have
this
sophistication
in
the
first
place
right.
M
So
you
pointed
to
your
mom
and
I'll
point
to
my
parents,
they're
also
immigrant.
I
have
immigrant
parents.
So
as
a
kid
I
was
often
times
a
translator
for
any
official
document
that
came
through
the
home
and
I
think
that's
often
the
case
for
a
lot
of
boston,
public
school
students
today
as
well,
and
so
how
do
we
work
with
class
public
schools?
How
do
we
work
through
trusted
messengers?
How
we
work
with
community
based
organizations
to
sort
of
have
them
be
the
trusted
mentors
as
well
as
amplify?
Just
again,
there's
no
question
about
citizenship.
M
It's
very
basic
questions
that
don't
really,
I
would
argue,
don't
intrude
in
people's
privacy.
I
I
often
joke
that
if
you
have
a
youtube
or
a
facebook
account,
you
have
much
more
privacy
already
at
disposal
than
you
would
through.
The
census,
bureau
form
itself,
and
so
really,
I
think,
that's
what
it
comes
down
to
just
letting
people
know.
M
You
know
it's
again:
it's
less
than
10
minutes
for
most
households
to
do
this
here,
specifically
the
questions
you're
going
to
be
asked
if
you're
not
comfortable
with
one
of
them,
you
can't
skip
it
and
you
know
if
you
care
about
having
representation
in
dc.
That
starts
with
the
census.
If
you
care
about
having
accurate
districts
that
reflect
the
people
that
live
here,
that's
the
census,
if
you
care
about
having
federal
funding
for
our
schools,
roads,
affordable,
housing,
healthcare
and
food
access,
that's
the
census!
M
M
It's
you
know:
how
do
we
self-identify
these
communities
so
again,
they're
represented
in
the
eyes
of
the
federal
government,
because,
unfortunately,
if
you
don't
participate
in
the
census,
you're
essentially
not
counted
by
the
federal
government,
but
we
know
very
much
so
in
boston
that
you
do
exist
and
you're
welcome
here.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
you
get
counted.
So
we
have
the
appropriate
resources
to
help
you
out
moving
forward.
K
So
I'm
just
going
to
say
one
last
thing,
because
I
definitely
want
to
be
mindful
of
time,
and
one
thing
that
I
just
like
to
offer
is
that
what
we've
been
doing
is
working
with
folks
who
are
undocumented,
to
help
kind
of
be
engaged
in
the
conversation.
So
they
become
the
peer
leaders,
the
peer
mentors
around
this,
so
that
they
own
the
mess
such
they
understand
it,
and
then
they
are
organizing
in
their
communities.
K
So
I
think
that
if
we're
tapping
into
people
who
are
living
the
realities
and
and
creating
space
for
them
to
kind
of
help,
drive
the
message
and
that's
something
that
has
been
really
helpful
for
us
in
terms
of
our
advocacy
efforts
on
this
behalf,
so
I
think
tapping
into
the
most
the
communities
that
have
most
to
gain
to
be
the
ones
who
are
promoting
the
messages
is,
is
really
important.
So
I'll
I'll,
I
know
chairman
ricardo
arroyo.
I'm
done
you
happy
now.
Okay,
so.
E
E
E
Q
We've
been
involved
in
city,
boston,
2020,
census,
efforts
for
more
than
a
year.
Definitely
remember.
Last
summer
we
have
a
block
party
and
starting
to
do
our
census.
Pledge
cards
also
last
fall
part
of
our
voter
education
and
door
knocking
campaign.
We
knocked
over
1500
doors,
also
introducing
people
about
the
importance
of
the
census.
We
also
work
very
closely
with
councillor
flynn
and
the
mayor's
office
u.s
census
bureau.
Q
We
did
a
half
year
to
census,
kickoff
in
chinatown
census,
poster
contest
with
with
the
youth
program,
posting
posters
for
census
and
a
bunch
of
chinatown
businesses
and
business
buildings
and
sending
out
education
materials
to
thousands
of
community
members
before
the
pandemic.
We're
also
doing
a
lot
of
lunar
new
year
banquet,
presentations
and
and
distributing
materials
through
that
as
well.
Obviously,
like
all
of
us,
the
pandemic
changed
our
whole
program.
Q
We
moved
completely
to
phone
banking,
so
I
mean
I
think
a
lot
of
people
have
talked
about
it,
but
I
think
this
integration
of
outreach
around
the
pandemic
and
people's
day-to-day
lives
and
issues
that
they're
facing
and
with
the
census
makes
a
lot
of
sense.
So
when
we
were
checking
in
on
our
elderly
see
how
they
were
doing
their
pandemic,
we
were
also
talking
to
them
about
the
census
we
trained
up.
You
know,
20
volunteers,
to
help
us
do
census
calls.
Q
In
early
july,
we
held
a
three-day
census
telethon,
where
people
were
calling
everyone
in
their
phone
book.
We
were
calling
our
members
lists.
We
were
working
with.
You
know,
beth,
on
with
the
voter
table,
with
pulling
from
lists
of
names
through
through
our
voter
database
stuff
as
well,
and
we
were
joined
by
the
mayor
and
councillor
flynn
for
that
and
we
made
over
close
to
2000
calls
and
helped
200
people.
Almost
200
people
fill
out
the
census
through
that.
I
want
to
particularly
emphasizes
this
piece
about.
Q
You
know
calling
people
that
we
know
that
are
in
our
social
networks,
and
you
know
people
we
have
a
relationship
with.
You
know,
particularly
now:
we've
we've
known
that
a
lot
of
our
our
folks
are
getting
more
and
more
scam
calls
on
their
phone
and
so
that
people
are
even
more
suspicious
answering
the
phone
and
so
hearing
from
people
that
they
trust
or
or
organizations
that
they
trust
is
is
even
more
important.
Q
We
also
you
know
very
grateful
for
the
city
for
for
their
support
and
want
to
see
continued
expanded,
multilingual
outreach.
You
know
many
as
people
mentioned,
people
still
face
considerable
language,
technological
barriers.
You
know
to
counselor
mejia's
point,
you
know
so
there's
the
language
people
speak
this
language.
Q
That's
that's
needed
over
the
phone
and
I
think
that's
that's
basically
it
for
me.
I
think
everyone
cover
why
this
is
so
critically
important
for
our
neighborhood,
especially
now
people
are
so
reliant
on
on
the
services
and
the
benefits
that
that
come
through
the
city
and
and
it
impacts
all
parts
of
our
lives,
and
I
hope
the
city
I
think,
has
done
a
great
job,
integrating
it.
I'm
glad
to
hear
the
food
distribution
centers
like
as,
as
was
mentioned
before
the
wang
y
there's
a
line.
Q
Q
R
R
So
ava,
our
ceo
and
president
of
mira,
who
many
of
you
are
familiar
with
with
is
the
chair
of
the
statewide
committee.
So
I
just
want
to
first
thank
the
team
thank
sebastian
and
mayor
wash
for
your
commitment
and
your
investment
into
the
outreach
here
in
boston
together,
along
with
local
ccc,
such
as
the
boston
cc
and
regional
cc's,
mass
counts
coalition,
and
also
local
grassroots
organization
and
service
organizations
such
as
rosie's
place.
R
Statewide
agencies
such
as
deci,
the
department
of
education
and
secondary
department
of
elementary
and
secondary
education,
and
in
the
census
bureau.
We
have
worked
with
over
700
partners
across
the
state
and
growing.
Even
today,
amira
has
been
working
with
mass
counts
partners
and
also
funders
from
the
massachusetts
census
equity
fund
since
2018,
and
trying
to
build
a
this
collective
outreach
and
the
established
establishment
of
the
statewide
complete
count
committee.
R
Our
main
goal
is
to
work
with
trusted
voices
who
know
their
communities
very
well
and
have
built
these
relationships
for
many
many
years,
because
they
are
the
one
and
you
are
the
one
that
can
really
give
that
message
out
to
the
community
members,
despite
the
many
challenges
that
we're
facing
currently
and
the
many
challenges.
Historically,
that
are
immigrant
and
in
communities
that
struggle
to
live
every
single
day
and
to
be
able
to
maximize
their
potential.
R
R
These
places
where
people
are
are
receiving
support
and
gathering
some
of
the
support
materials
that
we
have
available
to
you
and
to
many
of
our
organizations
and
and
partners,
are
our
digital
toolkits,
which
do
have
digital
graphics,
not
only
for
posting
on
social
media
but
ads
and
bay
state
banner
ads
and
cnpn.
We
also
have
social
media
ads
that
you
can
also
use
and
anyone
can
use.
R
As
of
8
20.,
here
in
boston,
that's
74
tracks,
that's
a
large
amount,
you
know,
and
if
you're,
if
you're
curious
about
it,
we
are
happy
to
share
with
you
what
those
tracks
are
and
and
also
dig
deeper
into
some
of
the
demographics
in
these
in
these
tracks
and
other
tracks
and
again.
That
is
why
we
are
keeping
track
of
the
daily
response
rates
internally
and
happy
to
share
that
with
you.
R
E
S
Hi
awesome.
Can
everyone
hear
me?
Oh
all
right.
I
just
wanted
to
flag
that
also
cheryl
joined
us
a
couple
minutes
ago
for
this
panel.
She
just
wanted
to
lift
her
up,
because
I
know
she's
excited
to
speak
awesome,
so
I'll
just
get
right
into
my
testimony,
so
hi
everyone.
Thank
you
so
much
for
giving
me
and
others
who
have
been
advocates
for
the
census
and
opportunity
to
speak
about
it
and
thank
you
so
much
counselors
for
bringing
up
this
opportunity.
S
I
submit
this
testimony
on
behalf
of
the
eclu,
as
well
as
hard
to
count
communities
in
boston
and
across
the
state.
My
connection
with
the
census
goes
back.
10
years
ago
I
was
16
years
old,
the
child
of
jamaican
immigrants
living
in
hartford
connecticut,
like
many
immigrant
parents.
My
mom
would
ask
me
her
child
born
in
the
u.s
who's
more
fluent
in
english
and
accustomed
to
american
culture
to
fill
out
forms
and
surveys
for
her.
S
Some
of
the
counselors
and
speakers
here
can
relate
to
that
and
have
mentioned
that
you
know
as
part
of
the
first
generation
american
experience
imagine
going
to
school
and
your
teacher
asking
you
to
fill
out
a
form
and
you
return
it
back
with
your
handwriting
and
your
parents
signature.
You
know
just
a
key
experience,
but
10
years
ago
I
filled
out
a
survey
that
I
did
not
yet
comprehend
the
importance
of
the
2010
census
as
a
16
year
old.
I
thought
this
was
just
like
any
other
form
that
I
filled
out
before
little
did.
S
I
know
that
I
played
a
part
in
making
sure
that
my
jamaican-american
household
was
counted
in
a
city
struggling
to
uplift,
its
immigrant
communities.
If
you
told
me,
then
I
would
be
an
advocate
for
filling
out
this
form.
I
would
not
believe
you
now.
I
live
in
the
grove
hall,
neighborhood
of
dorchester,
the
location
of
one
of
the
lowest
response
rates
in
the
state
from
the
2010
census,
and
currently
my
census
track
response
rate
is
about
49.
S
10
years
later,
I
tell
my
story
to
amplify
the
voices
of
other
immigrant
families
in
relation
to
the
census.
I
didn't
know
what
was
at
stake
then,
but
it
could
not
be
clear.
Now,
every
10
years
the
federal
government
conducts
the
census
to
count
all
the
people
in
the
united
states.
This
is
so
fundamental
to
our
democracy.
You
can't
have
a
government
by
the
people
of
the
people
and
for
the
people,
unless
you
know
who
you
are
serving
at
the
core.
The
census
is
about
amplifying
our
voice,
the
voices
of
our
family,
friends
and
neighbors.
S
The
data
from
the
census
is
also
critical
to
determine
resources
and
political
representation
for
our
communities,
as
many
folks
here
have
mentioned
here
in
massachusetts,
there's
about
16
billion
in
funding
for
child
care,
affordable
housing,
hospitals,
senior,
centers,
language
access
and
so
much
more.
In
summary,
this
funding
determines
the
livelihood
of
our
communities
from
the
youth
to
the
older
community
for
the
next
decade.
S
The
census
also
determines
the
political
voice
of
our
community
from
city
hall
to
the
state
house
and
congress.
The
demographic
data
from
the
census
influences
redistricting
or
the
process
of
drawing
districts
in
which
communities
elect
their
local
and
national
officials.
The
more
accurate
the
census
count,
the
more
we
are
ensuring
that
people
of
color
immigrants
and
other
marginalized
communities
who
have
been
historically
excluded
from
political
participation
have
the
opportunity
to
elect
officials
who
represent
their
needs.
S
S
Last
year,
the
trump
administration
attempted
to
add
a
citizenship
question
to
the
census
that
the
national
aclu
defeated
the
question
in
the
courts
this
past
month,
the
administration
continued
to
create
obstacles
for
immigrants
and
hard
to
count
communities
by
shortening
the
census
by
month
and
issuing
an
unconstitutional
memo
to
prevent
the
count
of
undocumented
immigrants.
These
are
the
same
communities
that
are
hit
hard
by
copen
19,
like
folks,
have
talked
about
and
need
the
resources
that
are
determined
by
the
census
to
recover
from
this
pandemic
for
the
next
decade.
S
As
we
continue
to
fight
against
these
intimidation
tactics,
we
know
that
our
communities
deserve
an
accurate
count
and
a
representative
government.
This
is
a
classic
example
of
what
happens
when
our
communities
and
our
needs
are
not
represented
by
elected
officials.
This
is
important
now,
more
than
ever,
as
we
emerge
from
a
summer
protest
where
black
and
brown
communities
are
demanding,
accountability
for
police
and
law
enforcement,
whose
tough
on
crime
approach
does
not
address
community
needs.
S
Meanwhile,
police
unions,
chiefs
and
variety
of
law
enforcement
are
attempting
to
water
down
police
reform
and
accountability
in
our
state
legislature,
but
our
community
doesn't
want
more
police
or
lack
of
accountability.
We
want
access
to
housing,
child
care,
hospitals,
language
access,
elderly
care,
schools
and
fair
political
representation.
S
All
resources
determined
by
the
census
so
consider
this
a
call
to
action
to
our
city
council
to
uplift,
the
census
of
the
message
of
the
census
and
its
connection
to
your
diverse
communities
that
you
serve
all
the
community
community
organizations
here
can
be
a
resource
to
you
and
your
colleagues
to
reach
out
to
your
districts
and
keep
them
informed.
The
trump
administration
wants
to
instill
fear
and
increase
mistrust
in
the
government
to
prevent
an
accurate
count,
but
it
is
time
that
our
communities
reclaim
a
new
narrative
through
the
census
that
we
are
here.
L
As
we
know,
this
is
a
once-in-a-decade
opportunity
for
our
communities
to
share
who
they
are
and
what
they
need.
The
data
from
the
2020
census
will
determine
what
levels
boston's
world-class
research
hospitals
are
funded.
How
many
families
will
get
section
8
vouchers
that
provide
a
stable
foundation
for
economic
mobility
and
how
many
kids
will
receive
free
and
reduced
lunch?
This
data
will
inform
how
many
representatives
boston
has
in
the
state
house
delegation
and
the
lines
of
political
districts
and
school
committees
to
congressional
districts.
L
This
portrait
of
our
communities
may
be
incomplete
even
before
the
pandemic.
Boston
has
the
second
highest
proportion
of
its
population
and
hard
to
count
census
tracts
after
philadelphia.
We
have
a
large
number
of
renters
immigrants
and
students.
Our
demographics
that
make
boston
a
vibrant
place
to
live
also
makes
boston
a
challenging
city
for
a
complete
count.
L
As
we
all
may
remember,
governor
baker
declared
the
state
of
emergency.
On
the
afternoon
of
tuesday
march
10th.
The
census
self-response
began
began
on
thursday
march
12th.
Our
plans
to
turn
multiple
bpl
bpl
branches,
bcyf
locations
and
community
based
organization
offices
into
questionnaire
assistance
centers
were
absolutely
no
longer
feasible.
L
Congregations
plans
to
reach
out
to
parishioners
and
hard
to
count
census
tracts
were
thrown
out,
as
churches
tried
to
stay
afloat.
A
community-based
organizations
that
ran
major
outreach
programs
for
previous
central
censuses
were
fielding
hundreds
of
calls
each
day
to
assist
workers
file
unemployment
claims
on
a
ui
website.
That
was
only
in
english
and
still,
we've
still
managed
to
make
201
517
calls
to
residents
of
low
response
census,
tracts
and
sent
40
085
texts.
L
Since
march,
we've
had
18
982
conversations
with
residents
about
the
2020
census,
and
that
includes
sixty
five
thousand
and
one
calls
fourteen
thousand
five
hundred
ninety
texts
and
six
thousand
one
hundred
thirty
six
conversations
with
boston
residents
that
those
numbers
include.
So
many
of
the
efforts
of
community-based
organizations
that
the
city
of
boston
funded
today.
The
response
rate
in
boston
is
54.8
percent
about
10
percentage
points
behind
the
64.4
response
rate
in
2010..
L
As
of
the
beginning
of
non-response
follow-up
on
august
11th,
the
median
census
response
rates
of
municipalities
in
massachusetts
is
71.5
percent,
but
the
median
response
rate
for
municipalities
in
massachusetts,
with
the
greatest
number
of
covid19
cases
per
hundred
thousand,
was
only
47.8
percent.
That
is
a
huge
difference
and
these
patterns
between
higher
income,
lower
covenant,
neighborhoods
and
lower
income
coven
19
hot
spots
are
absolutely
reflected
in
the
response
rates
in
neighborhoods
of
boston.
L
Without
a
complete
count,
the
the
portrait
of
boston
will
be
incomplete.
I
have
two
specific
requests
for
city
councillors
today,
so
the
first
is
based
off
of
an
open
records
request
from
early
august.
We
found
that
the
secretary
of
the
commonwealth
still
has
yet
to
allocate
nearly
1.3
million
dollars
from
the
complete
grant
fund.
This
fund
was
supposed
to
provide
2.9
million
dollars
to
community-based
organizations
and
1
million
dollars
to
municipalities
for
census
outreach.
L
After
we
made
this
information
from
the
open
records
request,
public
secretary
of
galvan
secretary
gelvan
finally
dispersed
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
the
city
of
boston
earlier
this
month,
just
five
percent
of
the
funds,
despite
having
nearly
thirty
percent
of
the
hard
to
count
census,
tracts
the
median
census
response
rate
for
the
86
cities
and
towns
eligible
for
this
state
funding
is
56.9
that
is
considerably
lower
than
the
71.5
percent
median
in
the
state.
We
estimate
that
there's
still
280
000
in
funds
for
municipalities
and
over
980
000
for
non-profits.
L
L
My
second
request
is
similar
to
many
others.
It's
to
integrate
the
2020
census
into
all
of
your
communications
with
constituents.
I
really
wanted
to
extend
a
thank
you
to
counselors
woo
flynn
and
mejia
for
kicking
off
phone
banks.
I'm
sorry
if
it's
missing
anyone,
we
have
we've
run
weekly
phone
banks
and
have
since
march
12th,
and
we've
run
those
on
tuesdays
from
11
to
1,
wednesdays
and
thursdays
from
five
to
seven.
We
also
run
text
banks
on
wednesdays
from
four
to
five.
L
If
you
have
any
of
those
super
volunteers
from
your
city,
council
campaigns
who
can
pitch
in
like
it's
geotv
all
over
again,
we
would
really
appreciate
the
help.
Also.
We
we
really
second
all
of
these
suggestions
to
stop
by
food
pantries
and
request
mobile
questionnaire
assistance
operations
from
the
census
bureau.
Their
partnership
specialists
have
been
excellent
throughout
this
entire
effort.
L
Please
send
out
information
about
the
census
in
your
newsletters
and
any
other
digital
communications,
and
I
was
really
impressed
by
the
knock
across
boston
for
covid19
in
the
spring.
I
don't
know
whether
that's
possible
to
do
for
the
2020
census.
We
have
just
40
days
to
get
out
the
count.
We
need
every
dollar
every
volunteer
and
more
thanks
so
much
for
your
work
and
attention
to
this
issue.
It's
really
time
to
accelerate
our
efforts
and
we
look
forward
to
your
continued
partnership
thanks
so
much
for
having
us
today.
E
Thank
you
so
much,
and
with
that
I'm
going
to
open
up
some
questions
from
the
counselors.
We
have
another
panel
right
after
this
with
six
folks
on
it.
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
folks
know
that
we're
probably
gonna
only
do
one
round
here.
So
if
you
do
have
questions,
please
raise
your
blue
hand.
I
see
counselor
braden
has
her
hand
raised,
and
so
I'm
gonna
go
to
counselor
braden.
H
C
Flynn
yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
council
arroyo
and
thank
you
to
the
panelists
for
your
outstanding
work
on
this
important
issue.
As
I
was
listening
to
the
debate,
a
friend
of
mine
from
the
fort
point,
neighborhood
tom
reddy
asked
me
a
question
and
I
just
wanted
to
see
if
anyone
would
want
to
take
a
take
a
chance
at
answering
it.
You
know
listening
to
the
census
hearing.
C
Is
there
anything
to
prevent
pop-up
census
teams
in
identified
undercounted
census,
tracts
at
polling
locations
on
september
1st,
basically,
could
they
set
up
a
a
team
outside
of
a
voting
voting
location
to
encourage
people
as
they
leave
the
voting
location
to
complete
the
census
in
in
certain
areas
just
wanted
to
throw
that
out
there?
If
anyone
had
any
had
any
comments.
R
C
Okay
and
then-
and
then
finally,
I
just
wanted
to
highlight-
I
know
I
mentioned
it
before
at
the
start,
but
cheryl
crawford.
I
was
listening
to
you
on
the
radio
this
morning.
102.9
talking
about
this
important
issue
and
the
advice
you
had
to
the
residents
that
were
listening
was
was
was
very
good,
just
an
outline
of
why
it's
it's
so
important
to
complete
the
census,
especially
for
our
immigrant
neighbors
low
in
low-income
families,
our
seniors
communities
of
color
persons
with
disabilities.
C
What
happens
in
washington,
you
know
is
critical,
but
having
an
accurate
census
count
really
determines
how
much
federal
funding
we
are
getting
into
our
city
and
state,
especially
helping
people
and
family
families
in
need.
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
cheryl
for
her
work
on
this
issue
for
for
many
years,.
E
E
I
appreciate
it
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
think
every
counselor
would
open
their
their
doors
to
you
if
you
wanted
to
call
and
ask
for
any
resources
in
our
particular
districts
or
any
kind
of
support.
So
thank
you
again
and
with
that
I'm
going
to
go
to
the
next
panel,
which
is
comprised
of
gerald
crawford
who's.
E
T
Thank
you,
council,
chairman
arroyo,
for
calling
this
hearing
today,
as
well
as
the
rest
of
city
council,
for
offering
your
insight
into
this
pivotal
issue.
I
am
cheryl
clyburn
crawford,
the
executive
director
of
mass
vote,
a
voting
rights
and
issue
advocacy
organization
with
the
mission
to
increase
voter
turnout,
modernize
election
laws
and
engage
the
next
generation
of
leaders,
64.4
percent-
that
is
the
response
rate
to
the
2020
census
for
the
state
of
massachusetts
that
stands
above
the
national
rate
of
about
64
percent.
T
Yet,
as
many
have
already
noted
today,
the
response
rate
remains
much
lower
in
boston
about
just
about
55
percent.
The
downward
trend
does
not
end
there,
though.
In
parts
of
dorchester,
for
example,
the
rate
is
about
42
percent
and
matapan
48
and
in
parts
of
roxbury
it's
36
36
with
just
over
one
month.
Until
the
census
bureau
ceases
operations,
we
have
no
shortage
of
work
to
do.
We
need
to
do
absolutely
everything
in
our
power
to
get
out
the
count
in
boston.
A
year
ago.
T
We
would
have
told
you
that
doing
this
getting
out
the
count
would
be
difficult.
The
anxiety
and
uncertainty
around
whether
or
not
there
would
be
a
citizenship
question
on
the
senses,
distracted
from
all
the
benefits
that
will
come
from
completing
the
senses,
but
we
never
would
have
expected
the
level
of
difficulty
we
face
now,
because
we
did
not
expect
the
one
thing
that
has
impacted
every
single
one
of
us:
the
covet
19
pandemic.
T
The
pandemic
has
limited
our
ability
and
the
ability
of
advocacy
organizations
from
across
the
state
to
hold
in
person
get
out
the
count
events.
It
has
limited
the
ability
of
the
census
bureau
to
to
conduct
in-person
counting.
It
has
limited
our
ability
to
help.
Everyone
understand
why
the
census
matters.
T
T
T
We
need
to
make
sure
that
the
count
is
as
accurate
and
inclusive
as
possible
because
of
the
immense
impact
that
the
census
has
on
our
everyday
lives
as
a
result
of
its
census.
Count
boston
receives
as
much
as
120
million
in
federal
aid
that
includes
title
1,
school
funding,
special
education
grants
head
start
funding
and
community
development
grants.
These
programs
prove
critical
during
normal
times,
whatever
normal
means,
but
are
especially
crucial.
Amid
the
covet
19
crisis,
students
must
continue
receiving
reliable
food
sources
as
well
as
sound
education
residents
must
receive
affordable
housing
protections.
T
Everyone
must
be
able
to
travel,
safe,
reliable
roads.
Getting
the
census
count
right
is
crucial
to
all.
Of
these.
Any
under
count
can
jeopardize
these
resources,
but
that
is
not
the
only
reason
that
the
count
must
be
as
accurate
and
inclusive
as
possible
for
those
that
stand
to
gain
the
most
from
such
accounts,
then
to
lose
the
most
if
the
count
remains
low
in
the
one
dorchester
neighborhood
we
mentioned
earlier,
where
the
census
self
response
rate
stands
at
about
42
percent.
T
Approximately
83
percent
of
residents
are
people
of
color
in
that
same
neighborhood
about
50
percent
of
residents,
live
below
or
near
the
poverty
line.
In
that
same
neighborhood
about
76
percent
of
the
residents
are
renters
communities
of
color,
low
income
communities
renters.
All
these
communities
suffered
inequalities
and
inequities
prior
to
the
covet
19
outbreak,
and,
as
we
well
know,
the
covet
19
outbreak
has
exacerbated
these
inequalities
and
inequities.
T
It
may
not
be
a
big
step,
though
it
is
necessary,
a
step
that
we
have
to
take
again.
I
wish
to
thank
the
counselor
for
discussing
this
issue
today
and
know
that
you
will
join
us
in
making
the
census
count
as
accurate
and
inclusive
as
possible
with
only
40
days
remaining.
We
have
no
time
to
waste.
Thank
you.
T
U
Good
morning,
thank
you
so
much
chairman
arroyo,
my
district
councilor
and
all
the
counselors,
and
thank
you
also
all
the
distinguished
advocacy
groups
that
are
here
to
talk
about
this
crucial,
an
important
issue
which
is
the
census.
I'm
sorry,
just
my
phone
ringing,
I'm
at
work.
So,
as
you
can
understand,
I
just
want
to
also
thank
the
city
of
boston's
about
sebastian
was
here
for
providing
summer
resources
through
their
resiliency
fund
in
order
to
allowing
us
to
deliver
some
food
to
our
elderly.
U
At
the
same
time,
we're
able
to
push
also
the
education
and
the
outreach
for
the
census.
We
want
to
thank
also
elected
officials,
also
that
showed
up
into
our
town
halls
on
a
weekly
basis,
basically
to
promote
the
census
and
all
our
partners
mira
coalition,
that
stand
with
us
in
that
effector.
As
you
know,
just
ethnic
communities
basically
facing
difficult
situations,
as
you
know,
kovid
present
its
unique
challenges,
but
we
also
have
immigration.
U
U
She
is
the
board
member
for
heu,
as
well
as
also
the
executive
director
for
immigrant
family
service
institute
she's,
the
one
who's
collaborating
with
all
haitian
organizations,
not
only
in
boston,
but
only
throughout
the
greater
boston,
as
a
matter
of
fact
with
throughout
the
new
england
area,
because
she's
connecting
with
haitian
pastors
association
of
new
england
to
promote
the
census
and
all
the
other
haitians
organizations
we're
so
thrilled
last
year.
Basically
to
continue
talking
about
the
census.
U
We
know
the
benefits
and
the
resources
that
our
communities
will
be
benefited
from
it
where
are
presents
at
all
galas
concerts
revivals.
But
you
know
kavit
knighton
had
to
put
a
stop
into
this,
but
that
did
not
stop
us
from
continuing
on
during
the
outreach.
We
have
several
coordinators
that
work
with
us
in
that
aspects
going
into
the
haitian
media
and
haitian
radio,
because
this
is
how
our
community
gets
their
news
through
haitian
radio
and
haitian
media.
U
So
every
weekend
we
organize
a
town
hall
and
it
goes
through
since
may
throughout.
Our
haitian
heritage
month
is
going
through,
but
the
challenge
is
that
we
are
still
facing
the
fear
among
those
undocumented
immigrants,
because
we
have
people
making
phone
calls
when
I'm
making
phone
calls
where'd.
My
information
be
shared
and
thank
you
sebastian.
U
We
just
trying
to
informing
them
and
educating
them
this
information,
their
informations,
will
be
kept
confidential
and
the
second
challenges
that
we
are
facing
that
we
want
the
counselors
to
be
part
of
it.
I
believe
that's
the
best
alluded
to.
It
is
the
financial
resources.
As
you
know,
the
first
resources
we
had
went
through
the
month
of
june
and
the
fact
that
we
had
to
continue
on
to
do
the
outreach
as
at
the
same
time,
also
going
into
the
radio
as
well
as
haitian
tvs.
U
That's
created
hurdles
for
us
to
be
able
to
continue
to
do
the
work,
but
it
is
essential
for
community
of
colors
to
continue
to
educate
the
immigrants
about
the
benefits
of
the
census,
because
it
seems
that
some
of
them
are
still
don't
quite
understand
and
aware
why
it
is.
It
is
so
important,
especially
the
undocumented,
knowing
that
their
votes
might
not
be
counted.
But
I'm
glad
that
you
organized
this.
U
D
One
of
the
challenges,
of
course,
the
biggest
one
has
been
the
pandemic,
and
what
happened
is
that
I
myself
it's
just
the
sheer
number
of
people
that
have
passed
away.
I
myself
know
25
people
who
passed
away
from
the
virus
and
there
are
others
who
have
similar
stories,
but
in
spite
of
that,
the
challenge
physically
not
being
able
to
meet
with
people,
because
we
had
spaces
public
spaces
to
which
we
were
able
before,
and
we
had
set
up
with
groups
who
actually
were
the
demographics
of
hard
to
count.
D
People
who
young
people,
people
who
were
from
lower
income
households
to
actually
do
the
work
we
were
going
to
hire
them.
As
such
we
had
to
do
a
shift.
We
were
still
able
to
right
now
in
this
last
40
days.
What
we're
doing
is
that
we
were
able
to
use
our
funding
in
order
to
get
some
handmade
mask,
to
which
one
side
has
the
grey
matapan,
neighborhood
council
logo
and
then
the
other
side.
The
u.s
census,
we've
gone
and
talked
about
them.
D
D
One
thing,
though,
that
we
did
do
is
actually
have
a
sit-down
session
online
with
young
people
to
actually
show
them,
because
they
didn't
believe
it,
even
though
they
were
told
when
we
went
through
every
question
in
order
to
show
them
that
there
was
no
question
about
citizenship
and
it
came
up
because
a
teenager
said
well,
I
just
don't
believe
you
and
we
had
to
go
through
and
actually
show
them
walk
through
this.
Oh
well.
D
E
O
O
O
We
produce
local
videos
with
a
message
from
councillor
edwards,
este,
rep,
madaro
and
veronica
robles,
promoting
the
census
with
the
community
and
also
for
two
months.
We
were
at
the
radio
program
with
veronica
robles
and,
at
the
same
time,
facebook
live
with
different
community
activists,
giving
the
message
about
the
census
and
how
important
it
is.
O
We
also,
I
know
I've
been
working
very
close
in
coordinating
efforts
with
pedro
angel
from
the
census.
Bureau
he's
been
a
big
help
here
in
boston,
he's
been
like
couple
of
times
working
with
us
in
a
table
and
and
and
we've
been
using
tablets,
so
we
have
in
our
tables.
We
have
tablets
to
make
people
to
ask
people.
If
they
haven't
filled
the
senses,
they
can
do
it
right
there
on
site
and
that's
that's
a
big
thing.
O
O
The
sensors,
the
food
distribution,
the
different
in
east
boston,
there's
like
probably
five
or
six
food
distribution,
centers
and
we've
been
in
those
lines
talking
to
people
promoting
with
people
giving
them
little
gifts
like
like
you
know,
bandanas,
we
have
little
bags,
so
people's
been
happy
working
with
us
and
a
lot
of
depends
how
you
approach
them.
How
do
you
know
them
and
understand
them
that
you
know
so
you
have
to
really
get
into
them
to
trust.
O
O
O
You
know
so
so
that's
another
thing
that
so
do
you
feel
is
the
family
in
charge
of
the
apartment
feel
the
senses
and
they
counted
you
or,
if
not,
can
do
you
feel
the
senses
by
yourself
as
a
renting
a
room?
That's
another
situation
that
we
encounter
a
a
lot
of
people
are
living
in
a
room
by
themselves
and
don't
know
if
they
were
counted
already
with
the
family.
O
That's
a
very
hard
work
to
do
he
at
least
in
this
bottom.
Maybe
in
this
area
of
boston,
but
in
east
boston.
We
really
need
census
takers
to
be
legal,
and
you
know
at
least
understand,
don't
know
a
little
the
area
or
our
culture,
the
of
the
of
the
community,
because
that's
you
break
the
barrier,
you
know,
that's
how
you
break
the
barrier
and
let
the
community
come
to
you
and
talk
to
you,
trust
you
to
feeling
the
defenses.
V
Yes,
thank
you
hi
all
I'm
jelena
suggs
director
of
networks
at
union
capital,
boston.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here
this
morning.
I
want
to
introduce
union
capital
boston
briefly
and
then
also
give
a
summary
of
our
work
over
the
past
few
months,
so
founded
in
2014
union
capital.
Boston's
mission
is
to
transform
social
capital
into
opportunity
by
awarding
community
engagement.
V
The
ucb
mobile
app
aggregates
hundreds
of
cross-sector
resources
into
one
searchable
calendar
over
2250
members
use
our
tool
to
find
new
opportunities
log
their
engagement
in
the
app
and
earn
financial
awards
for
the
time
they
commit
now
totaling
over
1
million
dollars
and
earned
rewards
we
partner
with
schools,
health,
centers,
housing
programs
and
community
organizations
to
sign
up
their
members
and
stipend
network
leaders
from
these
institutions
to
support
their
members.
We
train
leaders
to
host
over
75
community
network
nights
a
year
now
on
zoom.
V
Our
original
plan
was
to
begin
our
census
phone
banking
at
urban
edge,
along
with
outreach
at
the
jackson
square
t
station
on
march
16th,
the
monday,
the
city
shut
down
through
the
help
of
our
partners,
urban
edge,
nuestra,
comunidad,
noah,
common
square,
ndc,
east
boston,
neighborhood
health
center
and
the
east
boston
social
center.
We
quickly
shifted
online.
V
I
worked
to
coordinate
contact
spreadsheets
and
send
call
lists
to
over
75
ucb
volunteers,
who
then
returned
notes
to
me
of
confirmed
census
completions
to
be
entered
into
our
tracking
spreadsheet.
We
also
sent
frequent
census
information
blasts
through
our
thousands
of
members
and
shared
on
our
social
media
platforms
in
order
to
dispel
miss
myths.
V
Sorry,
a
message
of
the
power
of
census
completion
between
march
and
now
we
have
been
able
to
confirm
over
2
200
boston,
households
completed
the
census,
which
we
can
say
translates
to
over
8
000
individuals
being
counted
and
over
20
million
dollars
of
federal
funding
allocated
to
our
boston
neighborhoods.
Some
challenges
we
faced
in
the
process
were
being
remote
and
distant
having
to
exchange
information
with
volunteers
via
email
and
the
coordination
it
takes
to
do
so.
V
Knowing
that
email
isn't
everyone's
preferred
form
of
communication,
but
with
scripts
census,
outreach
protocols,
practices
the
best
way
to
share
that
information
and,
in
general,
the
fear
and
response
folks
being
hesitant
to
respond
to
volunteers,
giving
them
a
call.
What
they're
going
to
be
doing
with
this
information,
as
many
have
mentioned
tonight
or
this
morning-
sorry
whoa.
Oh,
I
just
switched
so
many
different
languages
there.
Over
time,
I
was
able
to
focus
on
working
with
our
consistent
cohort
of
volunteers,
excited
to
be
cranking
out
lists,
so
I
was
really
thankful
for
that.
V
One
volunteer
confirming
over
250
census,
household
completions
herself,
so
a
champion
in
that
we'll
continue
to
share
important
census
information
with
our
membership
in
the
weeks
to
come,
especially
as
more
mqas
become
available,
as
many
of
us
have
asked
for
and
called
for
their
importance
in
being
visible
and
present
in
different
community
spaces,
and
we
learned
we'll
have
to
be
creative
with
how
to
out
orchestrate
voter
outreach
calls.
As
we
look
towards
the
fall
and
doing
that
outreach
and
that
civic
engagement,
so
thank
you
all
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today.
W
Hello,
everyone.
Thank
you
again,
I'm
b
very
briefly,
I'm
president
bernard
magellan
from
the
brazilian
women's
group.
It's
a
non-profit
organization
celebrating
25
years
this
year
and
basically
the
goal
is
to
help
any
immigrant
who
comes
to
boston
and
especially
brighton,
where
we
are
located
and
we've
been
working
with
census
since
last
year,
trying
to
explain
and
educate
people
about
how
important
it
is
and
the
main
problem
was
the
language.
W
So
it's
a
way
to
engage
and
people
are
getting
very
used
to
that,
and
that
is
being
very
helpful
and
you
are
sharing
to
them
the
questionnaire
and
how
easy
it
is
and
the
importance
of
that.
The
main
the
the
biggest
challenge
was
from
the
beginning
was,
and
still
it
is,
is
the
fear
to
answer
it,
and
I
should
not
answer
that.
I'm
invisible,
I
don't
have
a
voice
in
this
country,
basically
that
those
are
the
the
things
that
you
heard
so
since
july.
W
We
start
to
do
food
donation,
and
you
found
that
very
it's
sad,
because
people
are
very
willing
to
have
food
and
money
and
they
come
and
at
the
time
you're
starting
to
talk
about
the
senses,
to
the
people
giving
masks
and
we
invite
the
mobile
questionnaire.
The
the
question
are
the
census
taker
to
the
the
food
donation.
It
was
very
helpful.
A
lot
of
people
start
to
answer
after
that
on
the
line,
and
it's
sad
because
you
have
the
food
as
like,
a
the
main
source
suit.
W
You
know
to
talk,
but
it
was
good
because
you
give
more
education
and
information
to
the
people
when
they
feel
more
comfortable
answering
and
we
all
you
also
have
all
the
data
and
phone,
and
so
you,
the
people,
are
not
comfortable
answering
at
the
time
or
say
that
you
already
answer
it.
So
we
call
them
later
and
ask
if
they
already
signed
the
the
census
and
give
the
numbers
and
all
the
information.
W
E
P
E
F
C
Yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
chiara
royal
and
I
I
wanted
to
ask
cheryl
crawford
if
she
could
respond
or
provide
a
little
bit
of
background
information
on
on
the
importance
of
the
census,
but
also
kind
of
reflecting
on
the
upcoming
redistricting
re-precincting,
and
what
impact,
if
any,
of
the
census
has
on
redrawn
legislative
districts
or
redrawn
congressional
districts
as
well.
That
information
might
be
helpful
just
wanted
to
see.
If
there's
any
any
information
you
knew
about
that
cheryl.
T
Absolutely
the
census
is
really
critical.
We
always
talk
about
the
resources
that
it
brings
to
our
community,
but
what
it
also
does
is
it
informs
the
redistricting
right
like
this
is
about
population
and
how
do
we
build
communities
of
of
color
and
build
power
within
those
communities
how
to
write,
and
so
with
the
sense?
T
This
is
why
it's
just
absolutely
critical
that
we
get
a
complete
count
on
the
census,
so
that
we
know
where
folks
are
so
when
they
start
drawing
the
lines
we're
able
to
draw
out
communities
like
communities
right
people
that
with
language
barriers
or
or
not
just
language
barriers.
But
you
know
they
want
to
be
together
because
of
their
language
or
because
of
some
of
the
sources
and
things
that
they're
doing
in
their
neighborhoods
right.
But
the
census
absolutely
informs
those
numbers
we're
talking
about
building
power
within
communities.
T
The
same
way,
we
were
able
to
build
the
congressional
district
seven,
because
that
was
a
direct
result
of
census.
The
way
they
drew
the
lines
redistricting
representing
all
of
that
matters-
we've
been
pushing
for
representing
for
a
while
now,
because
we
really
really
feel
like,
and
we
really
want
a
full
representing
we've,
been
able
to
split
wards,
not
wards
but
precincts,
so
that
we
don't
have
overcrowdedness
and
things
of
that
nature
happening.
But
what
we
really
need
honestly
is
to
take
a
look
at
the
wards.
T
Right
like
I
don't
know
why
we
we
have
this
issue
about
re-precincting
and
drawing
outside
the
woods.
Maybe
it's
time
for
us
to
take
a
look
and
redraw
the
wards
so
that
they
better
reflect
the
way
that
the
population
is
shifting
right
like
in
census,
helps
us
identify
where
people
are.
People
are
being
forced
out
of
the
city
of
boston
because
they
can't
afford
it,
but
we
still
need
to
know
where
people
are
going.
The
census
helps
us
track
folks
as
well,
but
it
is
absolutely
critical.
C
E
H
I
keep
it
very
brief.
Thank
you
so
much
to
all
of
the
folks
who
came
and
testified
this
morning,
some
really
useful
and
valuable
information.
We've
got
40
days
left.
Hopefully
we
can
mobilize
and
increase
the
account
number
in
the
next
40
days.
Thank
you.
This
is
a
critical
time
and
a
hugely
important
issue.
So
thank
you
all.
E
Thank
you
again
for
all
the
work
you're
doing
and
please
do
reach
out
to
our
offices
if
you
need
help
on
any
any
resources
or
any
kind
of
drive
that
you're
trying
to
do.
Please
do
reach
out
to
us
and
make
sure
that
we're
engaged
and
involved,
because
I
know
all
of
us
know
how
important
this
census
is
so.