The Paso del Norte Complete Count Committee invites creatives and storytellers to an afternoon create-a-thon to collaboratively generate digital media and compelling messages that spread awareness about the 2020 Census and communicate the importance of a complete and accurate count for the El Paso community.
The count of the United States population sets our country's trajectory for the next decade, determining the number of seats each state gets in the House of Representatives, redistricting, and determining how more than $700 billion dollars in federal funding are distributed and allocated annually to cities across the nation.
People of color, immigrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, people experiencing homelessness, rural communities, people with low incomes, renters, single-parent households, people with limited English proficiency, and young children are all at risk of being undercounted in the decennial census. But you can help change that!
Creative Kids is a non-profit educational community-based art agency located in El Paso, Texas along the U.S./Mexico border region. Creative Kids is a nationally recognized non-profit organization that is dedicated to providing a high-quality youth development program utilizing the visual arts to empower youth, currently celebrating fifteen years of empowering the youth in our community through the arts.
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The Paso del Norte Complete Count Committee is made up of local leaders and trusted voices in the community to make sure everyone is counted, supported by the 2020 Census Action Team, the committee acts as trusted Census ambassadors, identifying the Census goals for our community.
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In November 2018, the City of El Paso and El Paso County signed a joint resolution establishing the 2020 Census Action Team, which is made up of representatives of the City, County, El Paso State Delegation and two at-large community leaders.
The purpose of the Action Team is to support the Complete Count Committee, which includes trusted voices from a variety of sectors – city, county, business leaders, school districts, nonprofit agencies and community members. The committee provides a diverse representation of leaders with influential reach within their respective communities to ensures greater impact in obtaining a count from every person in our region.