Organizing and outreach on the 2020 Census has built a tremendous amount of social capital, policy expertise and local area expertise in regions across the country. Importantly, these efforts have unified regions in various respects — across racial and geographic lines, and across sectors by building deeper relationships and partnerships involving experts in community, government, business, academia and philanthropy. Instead of disbanding these collaboratives, many places are thinking ahead and finding ways to deploy them to address pressing community needs ranging from COVID-19 pandemic response and redistricting to inclusive regional planning and equitable economic recovery.

Census Legacies is an emerging network — of funders, nonprofits, businesses, government agencies and researchers from around the country — seeking to re-purpose Census outreach tables and ensuring that historically undercounted communities have an equal voice in shaping the future of our regions. Join Census Legacies for a launch of their network at the national level!

For more information on this effort, please visit the Census Legacies website.