NAACP Mid-Manhattan Branch

"Make King Day Count" 2010 Census Panel Discussion

In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday, NAACP Branches across the nation participated in the NAACP's National "Make King Day Count," 2010 Census Initiative. The results of the 2000 Census showed that African Americans across the nation were amongst the highest under-counted ethnic groups in the United States of America. The lowest mail back responses happened in African American neighborhoods across the country and the NAACP has partnered with the US Census Bureau to correct this undercount in the upcoming 2010 Census Count. The NAACP Mid-Manhattan Branch led by its President Geoffrey E. Eaton held its - 'Make King Day Count" event at their General Membership Meeting on Wednesday, January 20.  A panel of census experts, which included Stacy Cumberbatch, New York City Census Coordinator for the Office of the Mayor; Deputy Borough President Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, Chair of the Manhattan Borough President Complete Count Committee; Dr. John Flateau, Director of the State Senate Complete Count Committee & Deputy Secretary to the New York State Senate Majority Conference; Lucia Gomez-Jimenez, New York State Census Coordinator & Assistant to the Governor for Community Affairs; and  Lester "Tony" Farthing, New York State Regional Director for the United States Census Bureau presented to a standing room only crowd the strategies and campaigns that will be coordinated by community, local, state and federal officials to ensure a more complete count for the 2010 Census. City Council Majority Whip Inez E. Dickens reiterated the importance of the 2010 Census and City Council Education Chair Bob Jackson was on hand to hear from the expert panel assembled.  The meeting was taped by Manhattan Neighborhood Network Public Access Television and will be aired at a future date.

 

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