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From YouTube: July 22, 2020 Minneapolis 360 - KMOJ 89.9 FM
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July 22: Census: Andrew Virden, director of census operations and engagement for the State of Minnesota, talks about the importance of completing the census and where people can go to get help with it.
A
B
B
I
kind
of
lost
my
voice
last
couple
days,
so
some
of
y'all
used
to
the
smooth
baritone
bass
might
not
get
all
of
that
might
not
get
all
of
that
today,
but
playing
hurt,
I'm
gonna
always
play
so
it's
good
to
be
with
you
today
wanted
to
get
into
some
information
as
we
go
along
these
entire
last
few
months,
we've
really
been
focusing
on
a
lot
of
different
things
and
a
lot
of
it's
been
around.
You
know
community,
and
how
can
we
heal?
B
How
can
we
try
to
get
past
covert
or
at
least
deal
with
covert,
and
just
really
some
great
suggestions
and
information
on
covert
and
and
and
all
the
things
that
surrounding
with
george
floyd's
murder
and
everything?
One
of
the
things
that
we
had
talked
about
earlier
in
the
year
before
kind
of
covert
hit
was
the
senses
right
and
how
important
that
was,
that
we
talk
about
the
senses
and
now
it's
really
more
important
than
ever
to
talk
about
senses
and
and
what
a
the
census
does
for
our
community.
B
The
importance
of
filling
out
the
senses
and
being
able
to
bring
those
resources
into
our
community
by
numbers.
Because
really
since
this
tells
the
story-
and
those
stories
that
are
told,
is
what
the
allocation
of
money
is
to
communities-
and
I
won't
get
into
it
much
more
because
I
have
a
great
guest
to
come
on
and
talk
about
it
if
we
all
remember
alberta,
gillespie
who's,
a
project
manager
for
the
census
here
in
minneapolis,
she's,
been
on
the
show
lots
of
times
talking
about
the
senses.
B
But
today
I
have
somebody
else
that
I
wanted
to
bring
on
to
the
show
to
talk
about
census,
and
he
is,
as
alberta,
is,
an
expert
on
everything
since
it.
So
I
want
to
bring
on
my
guest
and
welcome
to
360..
His
name
is
andrew
verdin,
he's
the
director
of
census,
operation
and
engagement
for
the
state
of
minnesota.
C
B
Thank
you
thank
you
and
it's
great
that
you
can
be
on
and
and
I
want
to
get
straight
to
it
with
you,
because
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
we
need
to
talk
about
in
sentences,
and
I
know
you
have
a
lot
of
information
to
really
give
to
minneapolis
about
census,
but
before
that,
just
kind
of
tell
us
what
you
do
for
the
state
of
minnesota.
What's
your
role
with
operations
and
engagement.
C
C
What
that
means
is
I'm
the
liaison
between
the
states,
the
state's
official
interaction
with
the
federal
census,
bureau
and
all
of
our
wonderful
partners
around
the
state.
Now
some
of
those
partners
might
be
cities
or
counties
or
individual
neighborhoods
churches
and
schools,
and
mosques
and
other
wonderful
community
organizations
around
the
state.
So
we
are
all
part
of
this
together.
The
federal
government's
job
is
actually
running
the
census.
C
B
And
absolutely
because
what
we're
really
talking
about
is
three
months
left
to
get
this
kind
of
census
done
right,
I
mean
we're
really,
if
you
look
at
it
in
a
in
a
football
game,
we're
really
much
at
the
fourth
quarter
of
getting
the
census
completed.
So
to
talk
to
us
and
and
what
do
folks
need
to
know
about
the
census.
C
Well,
that
that's
that's
a
terrific
question:
what
people
need
to
know
is
that
it's
important,
very,
very
important
and
it
impacts
us.
I
say
from
the
moment
you
wake
up
in
the
morning
to
the
moment,
go
to
bed
at
night
and
it
affects
you
in
lots
of
ways
that
you
might
not
even
know
or
understand,
good
place.
To
start,
let's
start
with
some
good
news,
and
that
is
that
minnesota
is
currently
leading
the
country
in
our
self-response
rate.
A
C
C
C
They
have
operators
standing
by
from
6
a.m,
till
1am
seven
days
a
week,
and
you
can
speak
to
it
to
an
agent
in
english
or
12
other
languages.
You
can
mail
back
your
form
before
those
census.
Takers
start
going
door
to
door,
but
the
the
kind
of
the
final
deadline
is
halloween,
so
you
have
until
halloween
to
fill
it
out
by
yourself
or
for
someone
from
the
census
bureau
to
come
to
your
come
to
your
home.
Come
to
your
apartment,
come
to
where
you
live
and
help
you
complete
that
form
before
before.
B
Yep-
and
I
want
to
touch
on
that
a
little
bit
more
too,
and
I'm
glad
you
actually
said
that,
so
I
just
want
to
kind
of
folks
to
understand
that
if
you
don't
fill
the
form
out
census
takers
will
will
come
to
you
to
to
either
help
you
figure
out
or
help
you
fill
out
the
senses
or
make
sure
that
they
that
you
know
about
the
senses.
Is
that
correct?
But
this
is
not
something
that
that
is
not
going
to
happen.
It
will
happen.
Correct,
andrew.
C
C
B
Yep
and
to
piggyback
on
that
one
more
time,
so
I'm
assuming
that
those
census
takers
are
a
taking
all
precautions
right
with
ppe's
when
they're,
when
they're
coming
to
folks
homes
and
b,
just
touch
on
really
a
little
bit
about
confidentiality
when
they
do
so.
You
kind
of
speak
on
both
of
those
points.
Andrew
yes,.
C
Absolutely
so,
yes,
it
is
very
important
to
know
that
the
census
takers
will
be
following
the
cdc
guidelines
with
respect
to
masking
and
social
distancing
and
such
so
they're
going
to
do
their
best
to
make
sure
that
that
they
don't
get
sick
or
they
don't
make
you
sick.
If
that
was
if,
if
that's
a
concern,
so
that
is
very
important.
The
other
point
that
you
mentioned
is
actually
very
interesting
as
well,
which
is
to
say
that
any
information
that
you
provide
the
census
bureau,
any
information
you
provide
on
your
census
form.
C
This
is
this
is
confidential
information.
Your
personally
identifiable
information
cannot
be
released
for
72
years,
and
that
means
to
anyone.
Two
census
workers
themselves
can't
share
that
information.
Let's
say
they
were
walking
down
the
street
together
and
you
see
something
at
one
house
or
one
apartment.
You
can't
tell
the
person
you're
with
hey
guess
what
I
just
saw
right:
they're
sworn
to
secrecy
for
life
for
census,
workers
and
the
information
that
they
gather
is
not
able
to
be
shared
with
anyone.
For
any
reason.
That
means
government
agency
right.
C
It
can't
go
to
the
minnesota
department
of
revenue
or
the
irs
or
the
or
or
or
ice
or
anyone
for
any
reason
right.
So
there's
the
census
is
literally
made
for
everyone.
Everyone
is
supposed
to
fill
this
out
and
there
will
be
no
repercussions
about
you,
filling
it
out.
You're
behind
on
your
taxes,
you
with
child
support,
whatever
it
is,
what
any
any
issues
that
someone
might
have.
C
C
Be
because
the
family's
too
big,
as
far
as
the
city
of
minneapolis
as
well
a
two-bedroom
apartment,
you
can
only
have
so
many
people
living
in
there.
You
could
have
multi-generational
families
living
in
that
house
right
or,
if
you're,
let's
say
it's
a
public
housing
or
section
8
or
something
there
might
be
a
cap
on
how
much
income
the
household
can
earn
in
order
to
be
able
to
keep
that
apartment
now,
people
say
well
gosh.
C
If
I,
if
I
admit
that
my
adult
working
age
children
also
live
in
this
apartment,
that
means
I'm
going
to
get
evicted.
Well,
your
landlord
can't
find
out
that
information
either
how
many
people
actually
live
in
that
apartment.
So
it's
important
for
people
to
understand
that
you
need
to
be
honest
about
this.
You
need
to
provide
this
information
and
there
will
be
no
negative
repercussions
for
you.
Having
done
so.
A
People,
you
know
whether
they
can't
afford,
or
you
know
some
one
of
their
family
members
or
whatever
is
out
of
their
home,
for
whatever
reason
they
can't
afford
to
be
there,
maybe
they're
temporarily,
standing
there
anything,
but
anything
that
could
jeopardize
that
person
living
in
their
home.
It's
like,
oh
well,
I
don't
want
to
you,
know,
create
any
trouble
for
myself.
So
I
do
feel.
A
Right
so,
of
course,
a
lot
of
people
decide
to
shy
away
from
filling
up
these
things,
but
again
community.
If
you're
listening
it's
important.
First
and
foremost,
there
are
no
repercussions,
they
can
and
is
it
against
the
law
I
mean
like
if,
for
some
reason
somebody
came
back
to
him
and
the
information
was
leaked
or
you
know,
is
there
something
that
they
can
do
or
somebody
that
they
can
talk
to
or
not
really.
C
Yeah
well
absolutely
actually
the
census
workers
themselves
are
sworn
to
secrecy
for
for
for
life
and
the
penalty
for
them,
breaching
that
let's
say
they
were
to
give
the
information
over
to
someone
five
years
in
federal
prison
and
250
000
fines,
that's
pretty
steep.
Now
this
is
a
job
that
pays
27.50
an
hour
in
hennepin
county.
That's
pretty
good,
that's
pretty
good
money,
but
that
does
not
offset
losing
five
years
of
your
freedom
and
250
000,
because
you
got
some
juicy
story
about.
You
know
the
person
who
lives
in
apartment
b.
A
Right
right
absolutely
so
I
mean
you
guys
heard
it
for
yourselves.
It's
it's
very
important
to
fill
out
the
census,
because,
especially
for
your
children
or
just
for
future,
you
never
know
what
may
happen.
We
need
money,
you
guys
and
you
will
not
be
counted.
Your
household
or
your
kids
or
your
family
won't
be
counted.
If
you
don't
give
them
this
information
and.
B
Folks
are
getting
this
false
information
from
whatever
sources
that
they
may
be
getting,
whether
it's
social
media
wherever
there's
uninformed
neighbors,
whether
it's
from
anybody
around
the
false
narratives
that
that
shape
some
of
the
stories.
On
the
reasons
why
folks
don't
want
to
fill
out
the
senses
and
you
hit
it
all
on
the
head.
So
I'm
glad
you
talked
about
that
because
information
is
power
and
as
in
our
community,
we
have
to
know
the
right
information
to
be
able
to
to
take
care
of
ourselves
and
our
community.
B
C
Absolutely
well
so
the
the
good
news
is,
you
still
have
the
opportunity
to
be
able
to
to
complete
your
form
before
the
census
takers
go
out,
so
the
the
best
course
of
action
is
to
complete
the
form
on
your
own.
You
can
go
online
to
my
2020
census.gov
and
you
can
fill
out
the
form
online.
You
can
remember
it's
one
form
per
household,
not
one
form
per
family,
it's
one
per
household!
C
C
Now
you
don't
have
to
have
that
postcard,
so
so
folks
might
have
received
a
postcard
or
a
letter
from
the
census
way
back
in
the
middle
of
march.
Now
three
three
months
ago,
now,
four
months
ago,
now,
if
you
don't
respond
to
that
census,
workers
will
begin
going
out
door
to
door
on
august
11th.
So
folks
folks
take
time
to
to
fill
it
out
now.
Now,
if
you
don't
fill
it
out,
if
you
don't
respond,
it's
if
census
does
not
have
a
response
for
a
given
address.
B
And
that's
great
information
because
you
know
the
world
is
happening
and
especially
in
our
our
city,
we
feel
like
we're
at
the
epicenter
of
a
movement
and
sometimes
just
folks
just
forgetting
and
misplaced
stuff.
So,
and
I
and
I
believe
the
census
would
rather
you
fill
out
online.
Is
that
correct
too
andrew?
B
C
I
I'm
told
it's:
I
did
it
myself
online
and
I've
heard
from
a
lot
of
people
that
it
is
very,
very
easy
to
do
it
online,
but
some
people
prefer
that
personal
touch
they
may
not
have
a
computer
at
home
or
their
their
internet
access
might
be
limited
to
save
like
a
smartphone
or
something
so
they
say
gosh.
You
know
it's
kind
of
hard
to
read
on
my
phone.
C
B
Give
us
the
main
points
that
you
want
folks
to
take
away,
and
really,
I
guess,
can
you
talk
numbers
right,
so
numbers
and
dollar
signs
and
really
what
that
that
means,
and
also
to
just
touch
on
a
little
bit,
because
we
do
have
some
undocumented
brothers
and
sisters
here
in
our
community
that
worry
about
ice
and
worry
about
those
things
and
being
able
to
be
caught
up
so
to
speak
in
in
the
mix,
but
but
do
some
math
for
people
when
we're
talking
about
census
dollars.
Andrew.
C
Yeah,
well
I
appreciate
that,
because
that
is
one
of
the
one
of
the
main
purposes
of
the
census.
Look.
The
census
is
about
it's
about
three
things:
it's
about
political
power,
it's
about
money
and
it's
about
data
and
we'll.
Let's
talk
about
all
three
of
those
real
quick.
When
you
talk
about
money,
we're
talking
about
the
federal
government
appropriates
over
880
billion
dollars
a
year
to
the
states
on
the
basis
of
the
count
on
the
basis
of
how
many
people
live
in
each
state.
C
Minnesota's
piece
of
that
pie
is
about
15
and
a
half
billion
dollars
a
year
now
on
a
per
capita
base
or
per
person
basis
in
minnesota.
That's
2796
dollars
per
person
per
year
and,
of
course,
we
only
do
the
census
every
10
years.
So
that
means
that
each
person
is
almost
twenty
eight
thousand
dollars
per
person
per
decade.
Now
what
does
this
money
buy?
This
is
about
schools.
This
is
about
roads.
This
is
about
public
transportation.
C
C
Yeah,
so
we
get
all
this
money
that's
coming
in.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
get
our
fair
share.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
minnesota
gets
its
fair
share.
The
census
is
important
at
any
time,
but
especially
now
that
we're
dealing
with
a
triple
the
three
crises
happening
simultaneously
right,
you
have
a
global
pandemic.
C
You
have
a
global
financial
crisis
which
is
disproportionately
affecting
communities
of
color,
and
then
we
also
have
a
a
reawakening.
Shall
we
say
concerning
the
civic
unrest
about
the
the
murder
of
mr
george
floyd.
All
of
this
is
all
happening
at
once.
Well,
we
need
to
rebuild.
We
need
to
rebuild
the
north
side,
we
need
to
rebuild
lake
street,
we
need
to
get
dollars
into
our
community
in
order
to
be
able
to
rebuild
these
businesses
and
where's
that
money.
Where
does
that
data
come
from
where?
C
Accurate
account
of
people
who
live
in
these
areas,
then
we
won't
get
the
appropriate
money
in
order
for
us
to
to
do
the
rebuilding
28
000
per
person
per
decade.
That's
that's!
That's
real
money!
That's
real
money
and
it's
money
that
we're
going
to
need
in
order
to
be
able
to
rebuild
with
these
three
three
tragedies.
Basically
right,
absolutely.
B
I
mean
really
just
three
tragedies
and
you
and
you
hit
that
on
the
head,
because
we
do
have
to
rebuild
and
as
you
you
go
down
broadway
and
you
go
over
south
on
lake
street
and
you
look
at
what
what
happened
with
some
of
the
unrest
and
and
and
folks
worry
about
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
things.
Will
you
know,
will
my
community
be
rebuilt?
B
You
know,
will
gentrification
happen
in
my
community
if,
if
those
dollars
aren't
brought
back
into
my
community,
so
all
those
worries
are
are
real
and
you
and
you
talk
about
that
when
you
break
down
the
the
dollars
with
that,
I
mean
it's
it's
incredible.
If,
if
this
city
would
would
miss
out
right
on
those
monies
because
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
can
happen,
and
I
don't
see
a
lot
of
good
things
happening
in
that
scenario,
if
that's,
if
that,
if
we're
under
counter
to
a
certain
extent
right.
C
Absolutely
you
know
our
former
mayor
sharon
sells
belton
or
you're
talking
about
the
census
that
once
last
year-
and
she
said
you
know
if
we-
if
we
don't,
if
we
don't
get
counted,
we
don't
count
and-
and
I
think
that's
that's
it's
sad
but
true,
we
need
to
stand
up.
We
need
to
be
recognized,
we
need
we
are
here.
We
deserve
the
same.
You
know
when
you
look
around
the
neighborhood
and
you
say
yourself:
why
don't
I
have
a
grocery
store
in
my
neighborhood?
Well,
why
is
my
school
not
as
good?
C
Well,
why
don't?
I
have
the
fancy
bus,
stop.
You
know
the
one
with
the
heater
and
the
the
lighted
sign
and
such
oftentimes.
It
goes
right
back
to
the
census
and
you
say
maybe
my
neighborhood
was
under
counted,
and
so
we
did
not
get
the
same
resources
that
other
neighborhoods
got
right.
We
did
not
get
the
same
political
power
that
we
deserve,
whether
you're
talking
about
in
saint
paul
or
or
at
city
hall
in
minneapolis,
because
my
neighborhood
got
under
counted.
I
live
in
a
neighborhood
which
is
historically
undercounted.
C
I
live
in
the
stephen
square,
neighborhood
right
now.
Steven
square's
response
rate
is
about
50
about
50,
which
means
that
half
of
the
people,
half
of
my
neighbors,
have
not
been
counted,
which
means
that
the
services
that
we
deserve
from
the
city
and
from
the
county
and
from
the
state
are
are
simply
lacking
and
that's
the
same,
whether
you're
talking
about
north
minneapolis
or
speed
of
riverside
or
or
or
lake
street,
as
well.
A
Has
this
or
doesn't
have
that,
and
I
know
I
definitely
didn't
know
until
you
just
mentioned
it
today-
that
it
has
to
do
with
making
sure
that
we
are
counted
in
the
census.
So
I
think
that
that's
important
for
the
community
to
hear
and
again
I
just
want
to
read
it
reiterate
to
all
of
you
guys
listening
if
you
have
not
completed
your
census.
Please
do
so
and
if
you
know
someone
that
hasn't
please
let
them
know
that
it's
important
to
do
so.
C
B
B
That
was
some
great
information
kim
on
what
he,
what
he
said
and
alberto
who
was
again.
Alberto
gillespie,
who
was
the
the
project
manager
for
the
entire
census
in
the
city
of
minneapolis,
does
a
great
job
with
that
information
too.
But
I
don't
know
about
you
kim,
but
but
you
know
earlier
in
the
year,
I
always
knew
how
important
census
was.
So
you
know
I
didn't
take
the
census
for
light
for
for
granted,
but
for
some
reason
around
this
time
it
it
hits
different
for
me
now.
A
A
Absolutely
you
know
I
gotta
say
I
knew
that
the
census
was
important,
of
course,
every
year
we
hear
it,
but
I
feel
like
this
show
minneapolis
360
and
thank
you
anthony
for
having
it.
It
has
really
just
you
know,
gave
me
a
lot
more
information
that
I
didn't
know
as
far
as
why
it's
important
and
how
it
helps
us,
because
I
think
you
know
at
the
end
of
the
day
we
knew
it
was
important
to
do
it.
A
We
heard
that
it
was
important
to
do,
but
we
didn't
really
know
how
it
affects
us
and
how
it
helps
us.
So
I'm
just
so
happy.
You
know
at
least
to
know
more
information
behind
it
and
I'm
not
gonna
lie.
I
definitely
feel
a
lot
better,
knowing
that
hey,
if
somebody
discloses
this
confidential
information
that
I
give
to
you,
that's
supposed
to
be
so
that
our
community.
C
B
B
Folks
to
really
understand
and
that
information
is
is
so
real.
So
again
I
will
have
andrew
come
back
on
as
we
get
closer
to
that
time.
Just
a
final
push,
but
you
know
kim
told
you
you
know
minneapolis,
please
understand,
get
the
census
completed,
get
it
done.
You
know,
there's
all
type
of
of
protections
in
place,
so
you
will
not
have
your
information
disclosed.
They
will
not
come
after
you
for
warrants
back
child
support
landlords,
all
those
other
things
and.
A
B
For
our
babies,
absolutely
what
a
what
a
great
point
kim
and
I'm
I'm
glad.
You
said
that
as
we
take
down
the
closer
to
our
time.
I
want
to
give
folks
some
some
information
that
I
think
is
vitally
important
that
we
need
to
know
at
two
o'clock
kim
governor
walt
will
come
on
and
we'll
talk
about,
possibly
what
we
think
is
going
to
be
a
statewide
mandate
for
for
mass
required
in
the
state
of
minnesota.
B
So
and
I
think,
there's
some
things
out
there
that
that's
already
late,
and
I
think
that
probably
is
going
to
be
the
case.
But
folks
might
want
to
tune
in
to
campbell
j
here
in
about
25
minutes,
to
hear
that
announcement
from
the
government,
the
the
governor
that
you
know,
may
change
the
game
as
far
as
being
mandated
to
wear
masks
all
over
the
state
of
minnesota.
B
So
folks,
who
are
getting
that
extra
six
hundred
dollars
a
month
from
unemployment
that
runs
out
at
the
end
of
july,
it's
coming
to
an
end.
So
I
really
want
folks
to
understand
that
to
make
sure
that
that
is
going
to
cease.
Now.
Will
that
happen
again?
I'm
not
the
expert
to
talk
about
that.
What
I
do
know
is
at
the
end
of
july,
there's
a
lot
of
things
happening,
a
get
the
senses
in
and
b
that
if
there
is
you're
getting
that
extra
money,
it
comes
to
an
end.
B
B
A
It
was,
it
was
very
informative
and
I
hope
that
everyone
listening
you
know
took
something
out
of
it
and
again,
please
share
it
with
your
friends
and
your
families.
I
know
somebody
missed
it.
You
know
so
make
sure
that
you
stress
the
importance
of
the
census
and
let
them
know
that
yes,
unemployment,
insurance,
that
additional
600
is
coming
to
an
end.
So
if
you
need
help
finding
a
job
or
if
you
need
some
economic
assistance,
let's
start
working
on
that
now,
so
you
don't
wait
till
the
last
minute
and
it's
too
late.