Partnership And Promotion Start now by building awareness You can make a difference! Suggested Activities for Your Organization Name a Champion! Identify a Census 2000 coordinator to develop and implement a partnership plan of action to promote participation in the census among employees and throughout your community. Call a Meeting! Call public and in-house meetings to help constituents and the community-at-large to increase awareness of the census and promote its benefits to the community. Issue a Proclamation! Make a public statement supporting the census. Publicize it. Post it. Explain how the census benefits your community. Emphasize confidentiality. Get Others Involved! Establish a Complete Count Committee comprised of community, business and civic leaders to develop and implement local activities to promote the census. Identify people of influence to record public service announcements, appear on local television and radio shows about the census. Encourage the use of census educational materials in schools. Encourage local businesses to post census materials and sponsor local events. Spread the Word! Produce messages and promotional materials tailored to your community. Insert census flyers, articles and announcements in newsletters and other publications. Put information about the census in mailings/ paychecks/utility bills to your members /employees/customers. Print census messages on products, bags, envelopes and sales bulletins. Display promotional materials everywhere. Recruit community leaders for a "telephone campaign," stressing the importance of the census and requesting that forms are filled out promptly. Call a Press Conference! Call periodic press conferences for your highest official or other influential community leaders to talk about the importance of the census. Encourage the quick return of census questionnaires. Census information helps your community get financial assistance for roads, hospitals, schools and more. Make It an Event! Include census information and other promotional efforts in agency sponsored community events, such as parades, fairs, ethnic festivals and other gatherings. Include Census 2000 on the agendas of meetings and community events. Provide exhibit booths. Invite census staff to make presentations. Identify Special Needs! Identify areas that are likely to be most difficult to enumerate and 1) develop a contingency plan of action that can be used if initial mail returns are low and 2) assist the Census Bureau by confirming or revising its planned procedures for enumeration. Provide the Census Bureau with a list of places (soup kitchens, shelters, food pantries) where people without a usual residence obtain services. Help translate promotional materials into languages represented in your area. Be Innovative! Include census messages on your Internet sites and create links to the Census Bureau's Internet site at . Surprise us with great ideas which we never thought of. Mid-March to Mid-April 2000 Get Organized! Hold a ceremonial kickoff to publicize delivery of census forms. Organize community groups to conduct a "Quick Response" campaign. Have materials encouraging questionnaire return distributed at all government and community agencies that have public contact services and programs. Get Moving! Intensify outreach and promotion campaign focusing on importance of the census to your community. Identify local sports and entertainment personalities to appear on local TV and radio stations urging quick response to the census. Publicize that answering the census is safe, and it is important that everyone in the household is counted. Encourage people to open their doors to census takers. Help dispel myths about the census. Reassure everyone that answering the census is safe. Lend a Hand! Establish, publicize locations of, and recruit volunteers to operate Questionnaire Assistance Centers for persons who need assistance in completing their census questionnaire. Publicize the "Census Help Line:'our toll-free number for questionnaire assistance. Focus on Community! When mail return rates are publicized, launch a campaign in low response areas stressing "it is not too late to respond" to the census. After census questionnaires have been delivered, publicize sites where people can obtain blank census questionnaires if 1) they think they were not included on the questionnaire that was sent from their household, 2) lost their questionnaire, or 3) did not receive a questionnaire. Encourage churches, ministerial alliances and other religious organizations to motivate participation in the census among their members and congregations by using census developed materials for religious organizations. Encourage tenant and homeowner associations officials to distribute materials encouraging return of the questionnaire. After April 15, 2000 Alert the Media! Schedule press conferences for highest elected officials and other influential leaders to alert community that census takers will be visiting homes of persons who have not responded; show how enumerators can be identified; and encourage cooperation. Schedule other media opportunities to encourage participation. Continue publicity and promotion of the benefits of the census and the importance of a complete count. Get Out the Help! Mobilize gatekeepers and community leaders to assist census takers in areas that are difficult to enumerate or where danger may be apparent. Assist local census staff in identifying tenant and homeowner association representatives who can facilitate gaining access to gated and high security communities and buildings. Thank You! For more information on promotion, materials available, census jobs, and census speakers. Call your regional partnership coordinator at the numbers listed on this page. If you represent a NATIONAL organization and need additional information about partnership opportunities, contact Laura Sewell on 301-457-2989, e-mail at Laura.A.Sewell@ccmail.census.gov, or mail to U.S. Census Bureau, Partnership and Data Services Staff, Room 1210-2, Washington, DC 20233. If you represent a local organization and need information, call one of the numbers below. If you live in: Alabama, your Partnership Coordinators are Mary Love Sanford and Danielle Jones at the Census Center in Atlanta. Call 404-331-0573. Alaska, your Partnership Coordinator is Bob Clingman in Seattle. Call 206-553-5882. Arizona, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero in Denver. Call 303-231-5029. Arkansas, your Partnership Coordinators are Ben Arzu and Tom Beaver in Kansas City. Call 816-801-2020. California(if you reside in Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, Orange, Riverside, San Benito, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare or Ventura counties), your Partnership Coordinators are Reina Ornelas and Monica Sandoval in Los Angeles. Call 818-904-6522. California(if you reside in a county OTHER THAN Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, Orange, Riverside, San Benito, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare or Ventura counties), your Partnership Coordinator is Bob Clingman in Seattle. Call 206-553-5882. Colorado, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero in Denver. Call 303-231-5029. Connecticut, your Partnership Coordinator is Tia Costello in Boston. Call 617-424-4977. Delaware, your Partnership Coordinators are Lyn Kirshenbaum and Juanita Britton in Philadelphia. Call 215-597-8312. District of Columbia, your Partnership Coordinators are Lyn Kirshenbaum and Juanita Britton in Philadelphia. Call 215-597-8312. Florida, your Partnership Coordinators are Mary Love Sanford and Danielle Jones in Atlanta. Call 404-331-0573. Georgia, your Partnership Coordinators are Mary Love Sanford and Danielle Jones in Atlanta. Call 404-331-0573. Hawaii, your Partnership Coordinators are Reina Ornelas and Monica Sandoval in Los Angeles. Call 818-904-6522. Idaho, your Partnership Coordinator is Bob Clingman in Seattle. Call 206-553-5882. Illinois, your Partnership Coordinators are Marilyn Stephens and Joyce Marks in Chicago. Call 312-353-9759. Indiana, your Partnership Coordinators are Marilyn Stephens and Joyce Marks in Chicago. Call 312-353-9759. Iowa, your Partnership Coordinators are Ben Arzu and Tom Beaver in Kansas City. Call 816-801-2020. Kansas, your Partnership Coordinators are Ben Arzu and Tom Beaver in Kansas City. Call 816-801-2020. Kentucky, your Partnership Coordinators are Victoria Burke and William Ward in Charlotte. Call 704-344-6624. Louisiana, your Partnership Coordinator is Marisela Lopez in Dallas. Call 214-655-3060. Maine, your Partnership Coordinator is Tia Costello in Boston. Call 617-424-4977. Maryland, your Partnership Coordinators are Lyn Kirshenbaum and Juanita Britton in Philadelphia. Call 215-597-8312. Massachusetts, your Partnership Coordinator is Tia Costello in Boston. Call 617-424-4977. Michigan, your Partnership Coordinator is Vince Kountz in Detroit. Call 248-967-9524. Minnesota, your Partnership Coordinators are Ben Arzu and Tom Beaver in Kansas City. Call 816-801-2020. Mississippi, your Partnership Coordinator is Marisela Lopez in Dallas. Call 214-655-3060. Missouri, your Partnership Coordinators are Ben Arzu and Tom Beaver in Kansas City. Call 816-801-2020. Montana, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero in Denver. Call 303-231-5029. Nebraska, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero in Denver. Call 303-231-5029. Nevada, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero in Denver. Call 303-231-5029. New Hampshire, your Partnership Coordinator is Tia Costello in Boston. Call 617-424-4977. New Jersey(if you live in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union or Warren counties), your Partnership Coordinators are Alice Chin and Martha Butler in New York. Call 212-620-7702. New Jersey(if you live in a county OTHER THAN Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union or Warren counties), your Partnership Coordinators are Lyn Kirshenbaum and Juanita Britton in Philadelphia. Call 215-597-8312. New Mexico, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero in Denver. Call 303-231-5029. New York(If you reside in a county OTHER THAN Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk or Westchester counties), your Partnership Coordinator is Tia Costello in Boston. Call 617-424-4977. New York(If you reside in Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk or Westchester counties), your Partnership Coordinators are Alice Chin and Martha Butler in New York. Call 212-620-7702. North Carolina, your Partnership Coordinators are Victoria Burke and William Ward in Charlotte. Call 704-344-6624. North Dakota, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero in Denver. Call 303-231-5029. Ohio, your Partnership Coordinator is Vince Kountz in Detroit. Call 248-967-9524. Oklahoma, your Partnership Coordinators are Ben Arzu and Tom Beaver in Kansas City. Call 816-801-2020. Oregon, your Partnership Coordinator is Bob Clingman in Seattle. Call 206-553-5882. Pennsylvania, your Partnership Coordinators are Lyn Kirshenbaum and Juanita Britton in Philadelphia. Call 215-597-8312. Rhode Island, your Partnership Coordinator is Tia Costello in Boston. Call 617-424-4977. South Carolina, your Partnership Coordinators are Victoria Burke and William Ward in Charlotte. Call 704-344-6624. South Dakota, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero in Denver. Call 303-231-5029. Tennessee, your Partnership Coordinators are Victoria Burke and William Ward in Charlotte. Call 704-344-6624. Texas, your Partnership Coordinator is Marisela Lopez in Dallas. Call 214-655-3060. Utah, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero in Denver. Call 303-231-5029. Vermont, your Partnership Coordinator is Tia Costello in Boston. Call 617-424-4977. Virginia, your Partnership Coordinators are Victoria Burke and William Ward in Charlotte. Call 704-344-6624. Washington State, your Partnership Coordinator is Bob Clingman in Seattle. Call 206-553-5882. West Virginia, your Partnership Coordinator is Vince Kountz in Detroit. Call 248-967-9524. Wisconsin, your Partnership Coordinators are Marilyn Stephens and Joyce Marks in Chicago. Call 312-353-9759. Wyoming, your Partnership Coordinator is Pamela Lucero in Denver. Call 303-231-5029. Puerto Rico, your Partnership Coordinator is Hector Feliciano in Puerto Rico. Call 787-771-3660. U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands and Guam, your Partnership Coordinator is Idabelle Hovland at the Census Bureau in Suitland, Maryland. Call 301-457-8443. U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration An Equal Opportunity Employer BUREAU OF THE CENSUS U.S. Census Bureau D-3221 (Rev. 11-99)