{"id":10225,"date":"2018-06-19T11:12:31","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T15:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=10225"},"modified":"2018-09-14T22:59:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T02:59:30","slug":"census-2020-gregg-w-morris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/census-2020-gregg-w-morris\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News:<\/span><\/strong> 150+ Groups Urge Federal Court to Strike Census Citizenship Question"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sent Monday, June 18, 2018 7:11 PM
\nTo: Gregg W. Morris, the WORD<\/p>\n

From: Shin Inouye,\u00a0The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The Leadership Conference Education Fund<\/p>\n

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The Leadership Conference Education Fund, Muslim Advocates, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, and 149 other grassroots, advocacy, labor, legal services, and other organizations today submitted a \u201cfriend of the court\u201d brief<\/a> in the litigation brought by the State of New York against the U.S. Department of Commerce challenging the inclusion of an unnecessary and intrusive citizenship question in the 2020 Census.<\/p>\n

The groups write in part:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cA fair and accurate 2020 census is a critical civil rights issue. Not only is the constitutionally mandated census central to apportioning political power at every level of government, but the data collected also influence the annual allocation of more than $800 billion in federal money, along with countless policy and investment decisions by government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private enterprise. Given its foundational importance to American government and society, the census must be above partisan politics.<\/p>\n

“The misguided decision to reverse seventy years of consistent census practice and insert an untested citizenship question undermines the integrity of the count, damages our communities, and violates the Census Bureau\u2019s constitutional and statutory duties to conduct a full enumeration of the U.S. population.\u201d<\/p>\n

The brief notes that the Census Bureau itself has long opposed adding a citizenship question precisely because it would lead to an undercount, which would \u201cimpact hard-to-count populations disproportionately.\u201d The brief also notes that collecting citizenship data would undermine enforcement of the Voting Rights Act because it would \u201cundercount the minority populations who rely on that data to bring VRA claims.\u201d<\/p>\n

The State of New York was joined by 17 states, Washington D.C., and nine cities, four counties, and the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors in challenging the late addition of a citizenship question, which Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross agreed to add on March 26 in response to a December 2017 request of the Justice Department.<\/p>\n

The amicus brief is available here<\/a>, and a full list of the participating organizations follows below:<\/p>\n

4CS of Passaic County
\nAgeOptions
\nAmerican Anthropological Association
\nAmerican Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (AFSCME)
\nAmerican Federation of Teachers
\nAmerican Muslim Health Professionals
\nAmerican Society on Aging
\nAndrew Goodman Foundation
\nAnti-Defamation League
\nArab American Institute
\nArizona Asian American Pacific Islander Democratic Party Caucus
\nArkansas Advocates for Children and Families
\nAsian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
\nAsian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
\nAsian Americans for Community Involvement
\nAsian Law Alliance
\nAsian Pacific American Labor Alliance
\nAsian Pacific Islander Americans for Civic Empowerment (APACE)
\nAssociation of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
\nBend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice
\nBhutanese Community Association of Pittsburgh
\nCalifornia Pan-Ethnic Health Network
\nCenter for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
\nCenter for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
\nCenter for Popular Democracy
\nCenter for the Study of Hate & Extremism-California State University, San Bernardino
\nChildren’s Defense Fund
\nChinese-American Planning Council
\nCitizen Action of New York
\nCitizens Union
\nCivil Rights Project
\nClearinghouse on Women’sIssues
\nClergy And Laity United For Economic Justice (CLUE)
\nCoalition on Human Needs
\nColorado Center on Law and Policy
\nColorado Children’s Campaign
\nColorado Immigrant Rights Coalition
\nCommon Cause
\nCommunity Catalyst
\nCommunity Resource Exchange (CRE)
\nCommunity Service Society of New York
\nCrescent City Media Group
\nD & R Accounting & Tax Solutions , Inc.
\nDefending Rights & Dissent
\nDelaware Ecumenical Council on Children and Families
\nDemocracy Forward
\nDemos
\nDisability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
\nEmpower Missouri
\nEqual Justice Society
\nEquality California
\nFaith in Public Life
\nFamily Equality Council
\nFISH Hospitality
\nForefront
\nGood Neighbor Society
\nGovernment Information Watch
\nGreater New York Labor Religion Coalition
\nHindu American Foundation
\nHispanic Federation
\nHispanic Organization for Leadership & Action (HOLA)
\nHoly Spirit Missionary Sisters, USA-JPIC
\nIllinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
\nIllinois Partners for Human Service
\nImmigrant Legal Resource Center
\nImmigration Committee at First Unitarian Denver
\nImpact Fund
\nIn Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda
\nIn the Public Interest
\nIndivisible Baltimore
\nJapanese American Citizens League
\nJewish Council for Public Affairs
\nJustice in Aging
\nLatinoJustice PRLDEF
\nLeague of Women Voters of New York State
\nLegal Aid Justice Center
\nLegal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
\nLet America Vote
\nMain Street Alliance
\nMinKwon Center for Community Action
\nMinnesota Census Mobilization Partnership
\nMinnesota Council on Foundations
\nMissouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates
\nNAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
\nNational Action Network
\nNational Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
\nNational Black Justice Coalition
\nNational Center for Law and Economic Justice
\nNational Consumer Law Center
\nNational Consumers League
\nNational Council of Jewish Women
\nNational Education Association
\nNational Employment Law Project
\nNational Health Law Program
\nNational Human Services Assembly
\nNational Immigration Law Center
\nNational Institute for Reproductive Health
\nNational LGBTQ Task Force
\nNational Organization for Women Foundation
\nNational Partnership for Women & Families
\nNational Women\u2019s Law Center
\nNC Counts Coalition
\nNew America Public Interest Technology
\nNew Florida Majority
\nNew Jersey Institute for Social Justice
\nNew Mexico Voices for Children
\nNew York Counts 2020
\nNew York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus
\nNorth Carolina Asian Americans Together (NCAAT)
\nNorthern California Western Nevada Pacific District Japanese American Citizens League
\nPartnership for America\u2019s Children
\nPaterson Alliance
\nPaterson Education Fund
\nPeople For the American Way
\nPFLAG National
\nPolicyLink
\nResearch Advisory Services, Inc.
\nRock the Vote
\nSargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
\nService Employees International Union
\nServices, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network (SIREN)
\nSisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, New Windsor, NY
\nSOME, Inc. (So Others Might Eat)
\nSouth Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)
\nSouth Asian Network
\nSoutheast Michigan Census Council
\nSouthern Poverty Law Center
\nTexas Civil Rights Project
\nThe Economic Progress Institute (RI)
\nThe Enrichment Center for Women Children and Families
\nThe National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Inc,
\nThe National Coalition for Literacy
\nThe National Urban League
\nThe Sikh Coalition
\nThe Southern Coalition for Social Justice
\nThe Voting Rights Institute
\nThe Women’s Law Center of Maryland
\nUnidosUS
\nUnion for Reform Judaism
\nUnited Chinese Association of Brooklyn
\nUUFHC
\nVirginia Civic Engagement Table
\nWashington-Virginia District, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
\nWind of the Spirit, Immigrant Resource Center
\nWisconsin Faith Voices for Justice
\nWomen Employed
\nWomen of Reform Judaism
\nWoodhull Freedom Foundation
\nYWCA USA<\/p>\n

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The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n

The Leadership Conference Education Fund builds public will for federal policies that promote and protect the civil and human rights of all persons in the United States. The Education Fund\u2019s campaigns empower and mobilize advocates around the country to push for progressive change in the United States. It was founded in 1969 as the education and research arm of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. For more information on The Education Fund, visit http:\/\/leadershipconferenceedfund.org\/.<\/em><\/p>\n

Muslim Advocates is a national legal advocacy and educational organization that works on the frontlines of civil rights to guarantee freedom and justice for Americans of all faiths.<\/em><\/p>\n

NALEO Educational Fund is the leading non-profit, non-partisan organization that facilitates full Latino participation in the American political process, from citizenship to public service.<\/em><\/p>\n

The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) is one of the most active civil rights and social justice organizations in the nation \u201cdedicated to increasing civic engagement, economic and voter empowerment in Black America.\u201d The Black Women\u2019s Roundtable (BWR) is the women and girls empowerment arm of the NCBCP. At the forefront of championing just and equitable public policy on behalf of Black women, BWR promotes their health and wellness, economic security & prosperity, education and global empowerment as key elements for success<\/em><\/p>\n

Gregg Morris can be reached at gmorris@hunter.cuny.edu<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One-hundred-fifty-plus grassroots, advocacy, labor, legal services, and other organizations have submitted a \u201cfriend of the court\u201d brief in the litigation brought by the State of New York against the U.S. Department of Commerce challenging the inclusion of an unnecessary and intrusive citizenship question in the 2020 Census.<\/p>\n

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