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