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Larra Clark
Deputy Director
Public Library Association and ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Office
Gavin Baker
Assistant Director of Government Relations
American Library Association
Burton Reist
Assistant Director for Communications
U.S. Census Bureau
Ana Ndumu
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland College Park, College of Information Studies
Kelvin Watson
Director
Broward County (FL) Libraries Division
The 2020 Census will begin in March and the results will shape economic and political opportunity for the next decade. More than $800 billion in federal funds will be allocated to states and communities based on the census results every year for the next decade—along with seats for every level of government, from Congress to local school boards. Learn what libraries are doing in communities around the country to help achieve an accurate and inclusive count in the 2020 Census, from providing accurate information about the Census to providing computers and internet for residents to respond online.
This session is presented by ALA’s Public Policy and Advocacy Office.