BNHR Launches 2020 Census Campaign: \u2018We Count because We Count\u2019\/\u2018Contamos porque Importamos\u2019<\/p>\n
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El Paso, TX\/Southern New Mexico\u2014<\/em>On Monday, April 1st<\/sup>, at 1 pm the Border Network will launch \u2018We Count because We Count (Spanish: \u2018Contamos porque Importamos\u2019)\u2019\u2014a community-centered, inclusive effort to count every Borderlander in the 2020 Census.<\/p>\n \n In \u2018We Count because We Count\u2019 BNHR members will work with families, friends, and neighbors, teaching about the 2020 Census, training on the four ways (paper, internet, phone, in-person) to respond, and overcoming barriers of language and fear.\u00a0 We will work alongside partners in the U.S. Census Bureau, UTEP, and the El Paso and Dona Ana Complete Count Committees\u2014this is an effort of the whole community, because our whole community counts.<\/p>\n \n April 1st<\/sup>, Census Day, marks one year before the 2020 Census.\u00a0 During this time, we will educate, train, and mobilize communities to assert themselves so their existence is recognized, communities represented, and well-being respected.\u00a0 We will safeguard the privacy of all persons.\u00a0 And we will ensure the Census meets its constitutional mandate to count ALL persons.<\/p>\n \n No matter who we are, no matter where we live, what language we speak, what our job is, or where we came from, \u2018we count because we count\u2019.<\/p>\n \n Institutions and organizations interested in collaborating with \u2018We Count because We Count\u2019 by hosting educational forums and trainings, providing volunteers, or with material support, can contact BNHR Census Coordinator Teresa Sotelo (tsotelo@bnhr.org<\/a>\u00a0or 915-422-4822) or BNHR Census Field Organizer Irma Cruz (icruz@bnhr.org<\/a>\u00a0or 915-222-6265).<\/p>\n \n WHAT: BNHR\u2019s \u2018WE COUNT BECAUSE WE COUNT\u2019 2020 CENSUS CAMPAIGN LAUNCH<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n WHEN: MONDAY, APRIL 1st<\/sup>\u00a0(CENSUS DAY) AT 1 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n WHERE: BNHR OFFICE (2115 N. Piedras Street)<\/strong><\/p>\n \n ***<\/p>\n The Border Network for Human Rights, founded in 1998, is one of the leading human rights advocacy and immigration reform organizations located at the U.S.\/Mexico Border. BNHR has over 7,000 members in West Texas and Southern New Mexico.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BNHR Launches 2020 Census Campaign: \u2018We Count because We Count\u2019\/\u2018Contamos porque Importamos\u2019 El Paso, TX\/Southern New Mexico\u2014On Monday, April 1st, at 1 pm the Border Network will launch \u2018We Count because We Count (Spanish:...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,383,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}