How to be Involved in the Indian Country Counts Campaign

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Census Day 2010 is only 42 days away! Is your tribe or organization ready? In this webinar, NCAI will share strategies for reaching American Indians and Alaska Natives with effective messaging and activities leading up to the 2010 Census. Learn what you can do in February and March to ensure a complete and accurate count of your community.

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How to be Involved in the Indian Country Counts Campaign — Presentation Transcript

NCAI’s Indian Country Counts Campaign Executive Council Winter Session

Overview of Agenda

Agenda:

(1) Why the 2010 Census matters to Indian Country

(2) Overview of the Indian Country Counts campaign

(3) How to be Involved in the Campaign

Web resources, free campaign materials, upcoming trainings and webinars

(4) Roll out of pledge campaign and customized tribal t-shirt offer!

Why is the Census Important to Tribes?

Data is political.

Accurate data necessary for forward thinking policy development.

Planning for roads, housing, infrastructure and economic development.

Why Launch an NCAI Census Campaign for 2010?

Tribal people have been one of the most undercounted groups in the history of the census.

Why Launch an NCAI Census 2010 Campaign?

Only trusted community and tribal leaders have the power to encourage Natives that completing the 2010 Census is important to Our People, Our Nations, and Our Future .

Messages and Outreach Must Address:

New Challenges to an Accurate Census

Economic recession

Increased migration

Natural disasters, such as with the ice storm emergencies in the Plains.

Effective and Important Messages for Indian Country Outreach

Census is a way to represent your tribe and culture – Tribal Pride

Census data will remain confidential and private.

Responding to the Census benefits your community.

Nuts and Bolts of the Campaign

Developing the message/outreach

Indian Country Counts toolkit

educational materials

branded promotional materials

Communications infrastructure

Coalition building

Indian Country Counts coalition

Recruiting partner orgs and tribes

Community engagement and training

Indian Country Counts training and webinars

Website

Free Educational Materials http://www.indiancountrycounts.org/getinvolved/index.cfm

NCAI Toolkit for Tribes and the 2010 Census

Downloadable sections

Free hardcopies – see order for in your packets.

Includes

Why the Census is Important

10 Easy Ways to Take Action

Important Contacts and NCAI Resources

2010 Census Timeline and Key Dates

Is Your Community Hard-to-Count?

How to Be Counted as Native

How to List Your Enrolled Tribe

Free Educational Materials, Jump drives

Indian Country Counts jump drives

These drives are loaded with tribal specific templates, news articles, flyers, brochures, poster order forms, sample speeches, PSAs, web banners and more.

Free Promotional Materials http://www.indiancountrycounts.org/Materials_Request.cfm

Campaign Palm Cards –

These palm cards describe NCAI’s pledge campaign and how to receive a free customized tribal t-shirt.

Bumper Sticker Magnets –

Stickers –

Email aebarb@ncai.org to request materials now.

Student Art Competition:

Entries related to the theme, “2010 Census: Our People. Our Nations. Our Future.”

Census Pledge/Tribal T-Shirt Campaign

Online Pledge/Free Customized Tribal T-Shirt

The first 1,000 pledges starting today will receive a free customized t-shirt with tribal affiliation.

After the 1,000 customized shirts are given out, pledge makers can receive a “I’m Indian” t-shirt.

Pledge Action Items

Check 3 out of 18 action items and sign up with whatever tribal affiliation you would like on the shirt.

Within 5-10 days, shirt should arrive.

Confirmation email will remind you what you’ve pledged and how to execute the actions.

http://www.indiancountrycounts.org/pledge_form.cfm

Upcoming Webinar/Training Topics

Mapping Hard to Count Communities

How to Fill out the Census form

Urban Indian Outreach

Census Bureau Resources for Tribes

Working with Media and Tips to the Media

Week of Action – Last week of March 2010

Join the Campaign!

We are only one month away from Census day, April 1 st 2010; plan events now!

Ways to be involved right away:

Sign the action pledge.

Request Indian Country Counts materials and Census Bureau materials for events.

Upload your own content – news, events, or send them to NCAI for broader distribution.

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