MAKING OREGON COUNT

 A symposium to help ensure all Oregonians are counted in the 2020 census

 

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

November 12th, 2019

 

EXPLORE ALL OF OUR SYMPOSIUM VIDEOS, PRESENTATIONS & TALK SUMMARIES

 

SYMPOSIUM Speakers

 

Plenary Speaker

John H. Thompson, former Director of the U.S. Census Bureau

Welcome & Opening Remarks

  • Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon Attorney General

  • Michael A. Hall, Assistant Regional Census Manager, Los Angeles Regional Census Center, U.S. Census Bureau

  • Jason Jurjevich, Director of the Population Research Center

 
 
 

agenda

 

Welcome & Opening Remarks (9:00 - 9:15AM)*

  • Aldo Solano, Census Project Manager

  • Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon Attorney General

  • Michael A. Hall, Assistant Regional Census Manager, Los Angeles Regional Census Center, U.S. Census Bureau

  • Jason Jurjevich, Director of the Population Research Center

opening plenary (9:20 - 10:00AM)*

  • John H. Thompson, former Director of the U.S. Census Bureau

discussant panel (10:05 - 11:00AM)*

Topic: Making Oregon Count in 2020 and Engaging Hard-To-Count Communities

  • Lisa Bates [Moderator], Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning

  • Gustavo Morales, EUVALCREE

  • Chi Nguyen, Oregon Complete Count Committee (CCC)

  • Danielle Pacifico-Cogan, Children’s Institute

  • Shana Radford, U.S. Census Bureau

  • Esperanza Tervalon-Garrett, We Count Oregon

  • Renate Ray Mayer, PAALF

breakout 1 & 2 (11:10AM - 12:10pM)*

Breakout 1 Topic: Census Data for Community Planning and Economic Development

  • Suk Rhee [Moderator], City of Portland Community and Civic Life

  • Carl Green Jr., TriMet

  • Nikki Hart-Brinkley, Rogue Valley Council of Governments

  • Beth Jarosz, Population Reference Bureau

  • John Tapogna, ECONorthwest

  • Amy Vander Vliet, State of Oregon Employment Department

  • Marisa Zapata, PSU Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative

Breakout 2 Topic: Models of Successful Outreach

  • Carly Brown [Moderator], Oregon Community Foundation

  • Precious Edmonds, We Count Oregon

  • Lizette Escobedo, NALEO Educational Fund

  • Alberder Gillespie, City of Minneapolis

  • Elena Langworthy, State Voices

Lunch (12:15 - 1:15pm)

breakout 3 (1:20 - 2:05pm)

Topic 1: Working in a Post-Citizenship Question Environment*

Presenter: Lizette Escobedo, NALEO Educational Fund

Topic 2: Census 2020 and Internet Response

Presenter: Marc Czornij, U.S. Census Bureau

Topic 3: Census 101

Presenter: Mandy Yeahpau, We Count Oregon

breakout 4 (2:10 - 2:55pm)

Topic 1: Changes for 2020 (race/ethnicity, household relationship, and disclosure avoidance)

Presenter: Charles Rynerson, Population Research Center

Topic 2: The Census Undercount and Hard-to-Count (HTC) Individuals*

Presenter: Nick Chun & Randy Morris, Population Research Center

Topic 3: Title 13 and Confidentiality of Census Data*

Presenter: Sarah Bushore, U.S. Census Bureau

breakout 5 (3:00 - 3:45pm)

Topic 1: The Role of Local Government in Ensuring a Complete Count

Presenters: Layan Ammouri, Policy and Planning Director for Commissioner Lori Stegman & Winta Yohannes, Policy Advisor for Commissioner Chloe Eudaly

Topic 2: Houselessness and Group Quarters (GQ) Enumeration*

Presenter: Marc Czornij, U.S. Census Bureau

Topic 3: LGBTQ Individuals and the Census

Presenter: Jason Jurjevich, Population Research Center

closing session (3:45 - 4:00pm)

  • Allison Tivnon, ECONorthwest

  • Anny Hsiao, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator for Governor Kate Brown

  • Jason Jurjevich, Population Research Center

 
 

Please direct questions or comments to: Julia Michel | jumichel@pdx.edu | 503-725-2036


 
 
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