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WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THE ONES WHO APPOINTED YOU AND THE ONES WHO WERE, WE ARE REALLY HAPPY TO WORK WITH JUDGE NELSON WOLFE AND MAYOR RON NURENBERG.
I HOPE, UH, YOU ARE FEELING GOOD BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA DRAIN THE LIFE OUTTA YOU.
THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT, A THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT OPERATION.
WE CAN'T OVERSTATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON.
THAT'S 146 DAYS AWAY, AND THAT NUMBER IS GONNA TICK DOWN FASTER THAN YOU KNOW IT.
WE'RE THANKFUL TO THE HARD WORK FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN DOING.
TO PREPARE OUR COMMITTEE FOR THE FULL ACCURATE COUNT, WE NEED TO PRESERVE OUR CLOUT AND FEDERAL FUNDING.
IT'S JUST STRENUOUS AND COMPLICATED JOB.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME VETERANS OF THE CENSUS PROCESS THAT ARE PART OF THE COMMITTEE.
JUST ASK THEM, BUT IT'S GONNA REQUIRE EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT.
WE KNOW THE CHALLENGE, 25% OF BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE AT RISK OF BEING UNDER COUNTED IN 2020.
AND IF THEY ARE UNDER COUNTED, WE ALL SUFFER.
A COMPLETE COUNT IS, IS KEY TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR FAIR SHARE IN REPRESENTATION AND FUNDING ALL SIX COMMITTEES OF WHICH THE, UH, COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED.
ALL SIX SUBCOMMITTEES WILL BE WORKING DILIGENTLY AND HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY SINCE MAY TO FORMULATE STRATEGIES TO COUNT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDER COUNTED.
AND WE NEED NO, LOOK, NO FURTHER THAN 20, 20, 20 10 TO SEE THAT THE BUSINESS AND LABOR SUBCOMMITTEE RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH NALEO, THE CENSUS BUREAU, THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND U T S A TO HOST A TRAINING SESSION FOR BUSINESSES.
WE NEED THE BUSINESSES TO TELL THEIR EMPLOYEES HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO BE REGISTERED AND COUNTED.
GRASSROOTS STRATEGIES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND THESE STRATEGIES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS SENIORS, L G B T Q, INDIVIDUALS, IM IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES.
THE COMMITTEE IS PARTNERING WITH STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS SENIORS THROUGH THE A A R P AND SENIORS AGING AND LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO, ALSO KNOWN AS SALSA IMMIGRANTS WILL BE COUNTED WITH THE HELP OF U T S A DREAMER CENTER, RAICES AND THE CENTER FOR REFUGEE SERVICES.
AND THE EFFORT TO COUNT HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY INCLUDES PARTNERS FROM HAVEN FOR HOPE, SAM MINISTRIES, AND THE SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS.
SARAH, THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE IS ESTABLISHED THREE TASK FORCES TO REACH PARENTS AND CARETAKERS VIA OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT A DOZEN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN SAN ANTONIO HAVE AGREED ON 10 COLLECTIVE IMPACT STRATEGIES TO IMPLEMENT ACROSS CAMPUSES.
NINE OF OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE PLEDGED TO IMPLEMENT FIVE COLLECTIVE IMPACT STRATEGIES ACROSS SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES.
AND I, AND THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM SOME VERY IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DIGGING IN DEEP IN THE STRATEGY.
AND THAT INCLUDES AVANSE, PRE-K, FOR SA, HEAD START, AND SOME OTHERS WHO ARE COMING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT THE POPULATION UNDER FIVE IS NO LONGER AN UNDERCOUNTED AGE GROUP.
WHEN THE CITY PARTNERED WITH THE COUNTY TO FORM THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE, WE SELECTED EACH OF YOU FOR THE SKILLS AND TALENTS AND PASSION YOU WOULD BRING TO THIS EFFORT.
YOUR HARD WORK TO DATE ALREADY HIGHLIGHTS THAT YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY OF WHICH WE ARE VERY THANKFUL, UM, IS DEMONSTRATED IN YOUR ACT TO SAY, COUNT ME IN, IN THIS PROCESS.
AND, AND, AND CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH TIMES.
THIS IS ONE OF THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE WILL DO AS A COMMUNITY FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO THIS COMING YEAR TO ENSURE EVERYONE GETS ACCOUNTED AND TO GIVE US A LITTLE KICKSTART.
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT JUST TODAY WE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION OF A CO-INVESTMENT OF $200,000 FROM THE SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION TOWARDS CENSUS OUTREACH STRATEGIES THAT YOU ALL WILL IMPLEMENT STARTING NEXT YEAR.
SO KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL BEHIND YOU IN THIS EFFORT.
WE ARE ALL COUNTING ON YOU TO COUNT ALL OF US, AND WE WILL BE WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THE CASE.
AND NOW LET ME, UH, INTRODUCE AND WELCOME OUR PARTNER IN THIS EFFORT, JUDGE NELSON WOLF.
AND THANKS TO HARD WORK FOR THE CITY'S DOING AND TO THE AREA FOUNDATION, UH, WE NEED THAT $200,000.
I DON'T, I, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING WE'RE NOT GETTING THE SUPPORT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR THE STATE LEVEL FOR A STRONG OUTREACH PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE OUT HERE ON OUR OWN AND WITH THE AREA FOUNDATION STEPPING UP AND HELPING US, THAT'S A REAL BIG, UH, REAL BIG
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PLUS FOR US.UH, BEXAR COUNTY IS A LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL COUNTY AS WELL AS, UH, I THINK WE ALL PROBABLY GOT CLOSE TO 2 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY NOW.
I THINK 1,000,004 MILLION FIVE ARE IN THE CITY.
ANOTHER 200,000 ARE IN THE 26 SUBURBAN CITIES THAT WE HAVE IN BEXAR COUNTY.
AND THEN ANOTHER 300,000 OR SO ARE KIND OF SPREAD OUT IN THE, UH, UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF BEXAR COUNTY.
SO WE HAVE A HARD, LITTLE HARD JOB OUT IN THE OUTLYING AREAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET EVERYBODY COUNTED.
UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD BASE GROUPS.
UH, WE HAD A MEETING JUST, UH, THIS WEEK WITH THE 26 MAYORS OF THE SUBURBAN CITIES, AND THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE ORGANIZING, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THEIR COUNT RIGHT.
SO, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US, UM, UH, TO GET IT DONE.
NOW, UH, THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE IN GETTING ORGANIZED, BRINGING ALL THE GROUPS TOGETHER AS THE MAYOR, UH, UH, UH, SAID WHO THEY WERE, UH, IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE, UH, MAIL OUTS GO OUT SOMETIME IN MARCH, I GUESS MIDDLE OF MARCH.
AND THEN APRIL 1ST IS, UH, IS, UH, CENSUS DAY.
AND THEN I THINK WE HAD TO THE END OF JULY TO GET OUT AND KNOCK ON DOORS AND DO EVERYTHING ELSE WE CAN TO GET THOSE THAT DIDN'T SIGN TO BE SURE THAT THEY, UH, UH, GET SIGNED UP FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR THE CENSUS.
THE MAYOR STATED ALL THE REASONS WHY WE NEED TO DO THAT.
UH, IT'S GONNA DETERMINE OUR NEXT DECADE OF HOW WELL WE DO IN BEXAR COUNTY, UH, NOT ONLY FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE FUNDING THAT WE COULD LOSE IF WE DON'T COUNT EVERYBODY, UH, BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT WE'LL BE DOING REDISTRICTING BASED ON THE CENSUS, WHICH MEANS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD COUNT, THEN, UM, WE'LL, WE, WE COULD LOSE MORE REPRESENTATION IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO TWO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT REASONS TO MAKE SURE WE GET A GOOD ACCURATE COUNT.
UH, BUT THOSE OF US THAT ARE IN URBAN AREAS, UH, WE JUST HAVE A MUCH HARDER JOB THAN WE EVER HAD BEFORE.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS BOTH AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL DON'T WANT US TO COUNT EVERYBODY.
THEY SIMPLY DON'T WANT IT DONE RIGHT.
SO IT'S UP TO US AND UP TO YOU GUYS, AND UP TO THE MAYOR AND I TO TRY TO PROVIDE EVERY SUPPORT WE CAN.
SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK ALL OF YOU'RE DOING.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, NO PRESSURE ON ALL OF US.
UH, SO ALL 53 MEMBERS OF, OF THE COMMITTEE ARE, ARE REALLY, WE'RE REALLY COUNTING ON YOU FOR THE SUPPORT AND THE TRUST THAT YOU'VE ENGENDERED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IN YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THIS IS A MAJOR TEST OF HOW WE ALL CAN, CAN, UH, STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND BRING OTHERS ALONG WITH US SO THAT OUR COUNT IS ABOVE THE 73%.
SO WITH YOU AND WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS FROM THE BUREAU WHO ARE LINED UP LIKE MURDERERS ROW, WE'RE
AND OUR GOAL TODAY WAS THAT WE WILL BE, UM, GOING OVER THE ELEMENTS OF, OF WHAT THE COMMITTEE, UH, HAS SEEN AS A SOLUTION, AND THEN WE'LL START TO LOOK AT COORDINATING WITH THE CHAIRS TO, UH, TO HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS ON THE WORK ACTIVITIES AND HOW DO WE UPDATE, AND THIS WOULD HAPPEN FROM NOW THROUGH DECEMBER, AND THEN IN JANUARY WE WILL START TO KICK KICK IT OFF.
SO WITH THAT, UM, WE'LL GO TO THE PROCESS.
OKAY? SO THE SELECTION OF MONDAY.COM AS A PROJECT TRACKING, UH, SYSTEM WAS DONE.
THE, UH, CO-CHAIRS WENT THROUGH AN EX EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF THE PLANS THAT YOU PRESENTED IN AUGUST.
AND WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IS THAT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION HAS NOW BEEN CAPTURED INTO THIS PROJECT TRACKING SYSTEM.
AND AS REBECCA SAID, THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE SINCE AUGUST NOW POPULATES THIS, UH, TRACKING SYSTEM SO THAT IT BECOMES A LIVING DOCUMENT.
SO AS YOU'RE WORKING ON IT, YOU'RE ABLE TO SHOW THE COMPLETION OF ACTIVITIES AND JUST A A, WE JUST WANTED TO DEMO, AND THIS IS NOT A DEMO, IT'S A STATIC, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WANTED JUST TO GIVE YOU A, A, A SENSE OF WHAT WE WILL BE USING AND HOW IT MIGHT WORK.
THE CO-CHAIRS WILL BE PULLING TOGETHER, STEERING COMMITTEE, UH, CO-CHAIRS TO WALK THROUGH THIS TO ENSURE THAT, UM, YOU UNDERSTAND THE USE OF IT AND IF THERE'S STILL ANY GAPS THAT WE MAYBE HAVE MISSED IN HOW TO TRACK INFORMATION, HOW TO ENSURE THAT SUBCOMMITTEES ARE COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER OR THE WORK THAT'S DOING THAT'S BEING DONE SO THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING AND OR WE'RE NOT MISSING ANYTHING THAT WE'VE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO.
THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE CAPTURED, AND THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN POPULATED BASED ON THIS.
UM, THE STRATEGIC PLANS THAT YOU PRESENTED, THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
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DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF YOUR SUBCOMMITTEES THAT YOU AUTHORIZE TO BECOME, UH, COMMENTERS AND TO INPUT DATA.UH, THE STAFF WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA SEND THIS TO YOU AND SAY, PLEASE POPULATE IT.
UM, SO, UM, MARY AND I, AND, AND, AND DWAYNE WILL BE WORKING WITH EACH OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO GET ON HERE IS ON HERE.
UM, THEN THERE'S THE STATUS AND ALL OF US WILL GET TO CLICK ON DONE, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT, UH, HOW MANY MONTHS? 146 DAYS, I THINK, UNTIL WE, UM, AND THEN SOME OF THIS WON'T BE DONE BECAUSE SOME OF IT IS IMPLEMENTATION, RIGHT? SO WE'LL BE GOING FROM PLANNING, UH, INTO IMPLEMENTATION, AND THEN, UM, THESE WILL BE CLICKED AND YOU CAN DO WORKING ON IT.
AND SO IF WE SEE STUCK, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW TO REACH OUT OR OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES KNOW TO REACH OUT, UM, TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP THAT SUBCOMMITTEE GET UNSTUCK FROM A PARTICULAR STRATEGY OR IMPLEMENTATION THAT TRYING TO PUT IN PLACE, THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES IS, UH, SEVERAL SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, WORK ON DUE DATES, RIGHT? WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, BUT WHEN IS IT DUE? HOW SOON CAN YOU GET IT DONE? SO THAT'S GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT KEY TO ENSURING THAT IMPLEMENTATION HAPPENS ON TIME, THAT IN JANUARY, IF WE'RE TRIGGERING SOME OF THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE DOING IT ON, ON THE DATES THAT WE SAID WE WOULD, AND IF NOT, THEN IS IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FUNDING ATTACHED TO IT OR BECAUSE WE JUST, UH, THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING MORE THAT WE NEEDED TO DO AND WE WERE JUST NEEDING TO PLAN MORE.
SO THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT DATES AROUND, UM, THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND, AND WHEN WE WILL SEE THAT.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW.
WE'RE GONNA BE CIRCLING BACK WITH YOU AS THE CO-CHAIRS CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS.
UM, THIS IS ONCE AGAIN, A LIVING DOCUMENT.
THERE'S NO WAY TO TO BE WRONG ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S OUR, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OUR COMMITTEE'S WORK, AND THAT'S WHAT THE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT EACH OF YOU HAVE GOING ON ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT, THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE TASK FORCES AND SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS HAPPENING AND THINGS BEING PLANNED.
AND FOR ALL OF US NOT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THINGS GOING ON, IT DOESN'T HELP, BECAUSE THEN WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO LEVERAGE THAT OR HOW TO PARTICIPATE OR HOW TO SUPPORT.
SO THIS IS, UM, THE CO-CHAIRS, UM, GOAL FOR THIS.
AND AGAIN, STAFF WILL BE WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU TO ENSURE THAT A, THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO USE IT, AND B, THAT WE POPULATE IT WITH THE INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE POPULATED.
ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS IS, IS THAT WE ARE NOW, UH, WORKING ON, ON THIS, ON THIS PROCESS AND THAT WE WILL BE, WE, UH, WILL GET OUT THE MONDAY.COM TO EACH OF YOU, AND THEN WHAT YOU CAN SHARE YOUR UPDATES WITH THE STAFF AND WHO WILL POPULATE IT.
AND THEN WE'LL BE DOING THAT FROM NOW UNTIL JUST BEFORE, BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS ASKED, AND IT WAS, THAT WAS JEAN CHERYL, ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE COVERING THE POPULATIONS THAT WE NEED TO THOSE HARD TO COUNT POPULATIONS? AND SO WE'VE ADDED ANOTHER TECHNOLOGY, UH, TECHNOLOGY COUNT BOX WHERE WE ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT, WHO IS DOING WHAT AND WHICH POPULATIONS ARE BEING COVERED.
AND IN THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT A LOT OF THE POPULATIONS THAT ARE, ARE, THAT ARE TARGET POPULATIONS FOR, UH, FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE 2020 CENSUS ARE PRETTY MUCH BEING COVERED BY IF NOT ONE COMMITTEE, BY SEVERAL.
UH, AND IF, IF YOU FIND THAT YOUR COMMITTEE IS NOT FULLY REPRESENTING ALL OF THE GROUPS, THEN PLEASE LET US KNOW, AND WE WILL, WE WILL, UH, ADJUST THE, UM, A JUSTICE TABLE AS, AS NECESSARY AS, AS WE GO FORWARD.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A, THERE IS, UH, SOME COVERAGE THERE.
EVERYBODY'S COVERED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
PERHAPS SOME NEED MORE COVERAGE OR WE JUST DON'T KNOW.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE COLLABORATION AND THE PARTNERSHIPS ARE COMING, WHERE WE WOULD ASK THAT THEY COME TOGETHER EITHER AS TWO, TWO SUBCOMMITTEES WORKING TOGETHER, OR A, A, A NEW SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS, UH, TARGETING A SPECIAL AREA, COULD ALSO BE, UH, UH, DEVELOPED AND CREATED JUST FOR THAT ONE SPECIFIC INSTANCE OR ONE SPECIFIC EVENT.
AND THEN WE WILL GO FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO WE, UH, WE HOPE TO CONTINUE WITH THAT AS WELL.
I DON'T HAVE THE CLICKER, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S NEXT.
THERE ARE, THERE ARE ONLINE, UH, REQUEST FORMS AND OUTREACH FORMS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED.
AND THEN THERE IS A BUDGET REQUEST FORM THAT IS ALSO BEING DEVELOPED, AND THAT WILL BE PART OF YOUR POCKETS.
AND WITH THOSE BUDGET REQUEST FORMS, WE HOPE THAT YOU, NOW THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE A GRANT FOR $200,000, THAT WHEN WE START TO GO OUT FOR EVENTS, THAT IF YOU NEED SOMETHING, IF YOU NEED MATERIALS, IF YOU NEED STAFF, IF YOU NEED SPECIAL TIME, UH, LIMITS OF ON ANYTHING THAT WE WILL
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BE ABLE TO ADJUST, UH, THE, UH, THE BUDGETS AND ADJUST AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU GET, YOU GET YOUR POP-UP BANNERS, YOU GET YOUR, UH, ALL OF YOUR OTHER COLLATERAL DAY, UH, COLLATERAL HANDOUTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UH, THERE.AND PLEASE, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, MAKE SURE YOU PICK UP YOUR, YOUR BAG BECAUSE YOU GET A, YOU GET TWO BUTTONS, YOU GET SOME MAGNETS, YOU GET SOME CARDS, AND, AND ALSO YOU, YOU GET YOUR OFFICIAL, UH, POLO SHIRT THAT SAYS YOU ARE A CENSUS ACCOUNT COMMITTEE MEMBER.
SO PLEASE, UH, CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND USE THE TEAM UP, UH, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE MEETING NOTIFICATION THAT, THAT MARY MILLS ALWAYS SENDS OUT TO, UH, TO ALERT YOU OF ANOTHER MEETING THAT ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES IS HAVING, OR AN EVENT THAT, THAT THEY ARE, UH, PARTICIPATING IN AS A HOST GROUP.
I'M MARY, THE CENSUS SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST WITH THE CITY.
IF I HAVEN'T MET YOU ALREADY, UM, SO I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH, UM, THIS, THIS MAY BE A REFRESHER FOR SOME OF YOU, AND SOME OF YOU MAY BE SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
IT'S, UM, A CALENDAR SYSTEM, UM, THAT CAN BE USED BY, UM, MULTIPLE PEOPLE AND GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
UM, ONE THING THAT WE LIKED ABOUT TEAMUP WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT CALENDAR TOOLS AS OPPOSED TO OTHER CALENDAR SYSTEMS, UM, IS THAT YOU DON'T NEED AN ACCOUNT TO ACCESS IT.
AND, UM, IF YOU LOOK IN THE CONSTANT CONTACT EMAILS THAT I SET, I SEND, UM, ABOUT MEETING UPDATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I'VE STARTED PUTTING THIS LINK IN THE BOTTOM OF EACH ONE SO THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BOOKMARK OR SAVE THIS LINK.
UH, BUT AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THIS LINK SOMEWHERE, YOU'LL BE BROUGHT TO THIS PAGE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE'VE ALREADY POPULATED TODAY'S MEETING.
SO THIS IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU CLICK ON IT, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE MEETING'S BEING HELD.
IT'S PART OF THE OVERALL COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE CALENDAR, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE, UM, CALENDARS BROKEN UP BY EACH OF THE DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES, AND THOSE ARE DIFFERENT COLORS.
YEAH, YOU CAN SEE SOME PAST EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD, AND I'M TRYING REALLY HARD, UM, TO STAY ON TOP OF EVENTS AS THEY ARE SCHEDULED AND UPDATE THEM TO THIS CALENDAR.
UM, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TO SAY THAT, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS THAT I WILL BE THE ONLY ONE WHO IS MANAGING THIS CALENDAR.
UM, THERE ARE DIFFERENT LINKS TO THIS CALENDAR, DEPENDING ON YOUR, UM, PRIVILEGES.
SO CURRENTLY THIS IS JUST THE CALENDAR TO, OR THE LINK TO VIEW THE CALENDAR.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN'T EDIT ANYTHING.
UM, BUT THERE IS ONE THAT I HAVE BEEN USING TO POPULATE THE CALENDAR, AND, UM, IF WE GET FARTHER ON IN THIS PROCESS AND, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR TEAM UP CALENDAR AND START POSTING EVENTS, UM, THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED BY ME.
BUT IT'S ALSO, UM, AN IDEAL SITUATION, I THINK.
UM, SO IF WE CAN GET EVERYONE ON BOARD, UM, SAVING THIS LINK AND CHECKING BACK JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ALL UP TO DATE ON, UM, NOT JUST OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS, BUT EVENTS THAT ARE STARTING TO HAPPEN MORE AND MORE, UM, PLANNED BY EACH OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO FOR NOW, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A WAY, UM, THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO KEEP CHECKING BACK ON THIS LINK, UM, TO BE UPDATED OF NEW EVENTS OR UPDATES TO EXISTING EVENTS.
SO IF YOU GO INTO THE CALENDAR AND CLICK SHARE, YOU CAN POPULATE, UM, AN OUTLOOK, UM, INVITE TO PUT ON YOUR OUTLOOK CALENDAR IF YOU USE IT, UM, OR A GOOGLE CALENDAR.
ONE THING THAT THAT'S GOOD ABOUT TEAMUP IS IT, UM, IT COVERS A LOT OF BASIS AS FAR AS, UH, MAIL HOSTS AND CALENDARS THAT ARE COMMONLY USED BY, UM, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENTS.
SO THAT'S A WAY THAT YOU CAN DO THAT, UM, TO, UH, HAVE, UM, EVENT REMINDERS SENT TO YOU.
IF YOU SEE THIS LITTLE BLUE ICON, CLICK ON IT, YOU CAN GO TO PREFERENCES HERE.
UM, AND YOU CAN CHOOSE TO GET A EMAIL NOTIFICATION.
I, I'D HAVE TO LOG IN TO SHOW YOU THIS.
UM, BUT THERE IS AN OPTION, AND I, I CAN SEND OUT THE INSTRUCTIONS LATER ON, UM, IF NEEDED.
BUT YOU WOULD GO TO THIS PREFERENCES SECTION, UM, TO SET, TO SET REMINDERS FOR YOURSELF.
SO EVERY TIME THAT, UM, AN EVENT IS ADDED BY A SUBCOMMITTEE OR MYSELF, UM, IT, IT WILL SEND YOU AN EMAIL TO REMIND YOU THAT, UM, THERE'S AN EVENT COMING UP.
UM, SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, I CAN SEND OUT THE LINK ONE MORE TIME OR IN, IN OUR NEXT EMAIL AS A FOLLOW UP TO THIS.
BUT GENERALLY, THIS IS FOR THE POINT OF JUST BEING, BEING ABLE TO JUST READ, YOU KNOW, AND THIS SAYS THAT KEEPING UP TO DATE REGARDING, UM, EVENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE GOING ON AROUND THE CITY AS WE,
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UH, CONTINUE FORWARD.AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE SORT OF YOUR, YOUR MASTER CALENDAR? IS THAT THE IDEA? YES.
UM, SO THE, THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER, UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE USED, UM, TO UPDATE ABOUT EVENTS COMING UP, UM, IN THE CITY AND COUNTY AS, AS WE START RAMPING UP TO THE CENSUS, AND YES.
UM, SO CURRENTLY, UM, WE HAVE ALL OF THE MEETINGS THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, BUT WHEN WE HAVE MORE, UH, TRAIN THE TRAINER SESSIONS, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR JUST EVENTS LIKE THE RODEO AND FIESTA, UM, THOSE THINGS WILL BE UPDATED AS WELL, SO THAT SUBCOMMITTEES CAN NOT ONLY STAY UP TO DATE ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING.
SO THERE CAN BE GREATER COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, JUDY, WHAT WE ARE AIMING TO DO IS TO ENSURE THAT WHEN MEETINGS ARE SET, YOU HAVE A PLACE TO GO TO KNOW, RIGHT? AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF EMAILS THAT GET SENT OUT BETWEEN SUBCOMMITTEES AND FROM US.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FROM HERE ON OUT IS THAT THIS BECOMES WHAT YOU USE AS A MEETING REMINDER FOR WHEN WE MEET FOR COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEES.
WHEN YOUR SUBCOMMITTEES MEET, WE'LL KEEP SENDING THE EMAILS, BUT YOU WILL NOW HAVE A SOURCE THAT SAYS, OH, I MUST HAVE MISSED THAT EMAIL BECAUSE MELANIE'S SUBCOMMITTEES MEETING AND I WANNA GO, OR A RICHARD'S SUBCOMMITTEES MEETING AND I WANNA GO, YOU CAN NOW CROSS ATTEND, RIGHT? BECAUSE I KNOW GREG GOES TO THE MEDIA ONE AND HE GOES TO THE RURAL ONE, AND I'M SURE THAT GETTING THREE OR FOUR EMAILS FROM US DOESN'T HELP TO FIGURE OUT WHERE HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE, BUT NOW GREG CAN SAY, OH, I CAN GO TO TEAM UP AND CHECK THE MONTHLY CALENDAR FOR ANYTHING THAT I WANNA PARTICIPATE IN.
SO WE HOPE THAT THIS BECOMES YOUR GO-TO, EVEN THOUGH WE'LL KEEP REMINDING YOU AND SENDING YOU EMAILS, BUT THAT THIS WILL BE THE TOOL THAT YOU USE.
IT'S JUST KIND OF A SAFETY NET, UM, SO THAT IT'S A BASELINE FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHAT'S COMING UP.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER, BUT IF NOT, UM, I'D LIKE TO PASS IT ALONG TO LILLIAN TO EXPLAIN, UM, OUR GOOGLE FORM AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR DISTRIBUTING CENSUS COLLATERAL MATERIALS.
I'M ON THE MEDIA SUBCOMMITTEE LED BY TUESDAY NIGHT.
UM, I WORK WITH DWAYNE ROBINSON, AND I'M FROM BEXAR COUNTY ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
SO WHAT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU IS A GOOGLE FORM THAT WAS CREATED SO THAT, UM, YOU ALL HAVE ACCESS TO OUR OUTREACH KITS.
AND WHAT THE COUNTY DID WITH, UM, OUR MARKETING DOLLARS IS WE CREATED OUTREACH KITS WITH THESE AWESOME POPUP BANNERS AND T-SHIRTS AND TABLECLOTHS, AND, UM, THE BASICS THAT YOU WOULD NEED.
IF YOU'RE GONNA GO TO AN OUTREACH EVENT AND TALK ABOUT THE CENSUS, YOU CAN PULL UP TO OUR OFFICES, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE IT READY FOR YOU AND GO ON TO YOUR EVENT, UM, HOPEFULLY SUCCESSFULLY.
ONCE YOU GET TO THE FORM, IT'LL ASK YOU WHAT DAY IS YOUR EVENT, WHAT TIME, WHERE WILL IT TAKE PLACE, HOW MANY ATTENDEES ARE EXPECTED? UM, THE ONLY REQUIRED RESPONSES IS WHAT DAY IS YOUR EVENT AND WHAT TIME, BECAUSE WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU AND HAVE IT, HAVE YOUR OUTREACH KIT READY ON TIME OR BEFOREHAND SO YOU CAN GO AND HAVE IT SET UP IN ADVANCE.
WHAT RESOURCES WILL YOU NEED? IF YOU WANT VOLUNTEERS, WE WANT TO HELP STAFF YOUR EVENT.
IF YOU NEED, UM, PEOPLE THERE, IF YOU WANT THE BANNERS, IF YOU, WE ALSO HAVE HORIZONTAL BANNERS THAT WERE INTRODUCED AT THE LAST MEETING.
UM, YOU CAN LIKE HANG THAT ON YOUR TENT IF YOU'VE GOT A TENT OR AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING.
AND, UM, PROMOTIONAL ITEMS RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT, UM, MAGNETS, FRIDGE MAGNETS THAT HAVE THE CENSUS DATE AND THE CALENDAR APRIL 1ST AS A REMINDER FOR PEOPLE.
UM, CAN WE FROM, UM, THE ASIAN COMMITTEE AND THE BUSINESS COMMITTEE, UM, HAS ALREADY USED THE OUTREACH KIDS AND SAID THAT THE, THE MAGNETS WERE A REALLY GOOD WAY OF ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE WHO CAME UP, ESPECIALLY YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO WANTED, UM, SOMETHING TANGIBLE.
AND LET'S SEE, OTHER PROMOTIONAL ITEMS. UM, WE'RE GETTING SQUARE PAPER FANS FOR THE SUMMER.
IF IT STARTS GETTING HOT, YOU CAN HAND OUT PAPER FANS TO PEOPLE AT OUTDOOR EVENTS.
UM, WHAT DAY DO YOU WANNA PICK UP THE MATERIALS? SO OUR OFFICE IS LOCATED IN THE PAZO TOWER, WHICH MIGHT, DEPENDING ON THE DAY, HAVE LIMITED PARKING.
SO IF YOU WANNA DO A HIT AND RUN, UM, WE CAN ARRANGE SO THAT YOU CAN DO A DRIVE BY AND WE CAN TAKE THE MATERIALS OUT TO YOU ON THE CURB AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PARKING.
UM, BOTH MY CONTACT INFORMATION AND MARY'S CONTACT INFORMATION IS, IS, UM, LISTED AT THE BOTTOM IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU WANNA COORDINATE DETAILS WITH US.
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BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS THE RESPONSES OF THIS FORM GO INTO, UM, THIS DASHBOARD AND IT GETS EXPORTED INTO A GOOGLE SHEET, JUST LIKE EXCEL, SO WE CAN SEE ALL THE RESPONSES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT LETTING ANY OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE A REALLY GOOD HISTORICAL ARCHIVE TO, UM, TRACK OUR EFFORTS, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, WE'VE ALREADY EXPENDED THIS MANY MATERIALS IN THIS AMOUNT OF TIME.
WE NEED TO ORDER MORE TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR THE REST OF THIS CAMPAIGN.
IT'LL HELP US KIND OF BENCHMARK THAT.
SO IF YOU'LL ALL USE THIS FORM, WE WOULD LOVE TO PROVIDE THE OUTREACH KITS FOR YOU.
AND WE'D ALSO LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TRACK OUR MARKETING DOLLARS AND SEE HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE.
UM, SO ONE THING THAT I LOVED, UM, CAN, WE USED SOME OF THE MARKETING MATERIALS AND HE SENT US AN EMAIL TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS HOW IT WENT.
WE PARTICULARLY LIKED THIS MATERIAL.
UM, SO IF YOU CAN LET US KNOW HOW IT'S GOING, WE CAN ORDER MORE, OR WE CAN JUST KNOW, OKAY, THIS WAS DOLLARS WELL SPENT, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT LIKE GRANT MONEY, OR IF ANY MORE MONEY POPS UP, WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXPAND ON THAT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? SO, LILIANA, RIGHT? YES.
SO RIGHT NOW YOU HAD US TAKE A LOOK, UM, TO USE USING THIS, UH, CARD HERE REGARDING OUR PHONE.
BUT ON A, ON A, RICK, SINCE WE'RE NOT TAKING ONE OF THESE HOME, UNLESS YOU'RE GONNA GIVE US ONE OF THESE, HOW DO WE FIND YOU? YES.
UM, THE LINK IS ALSO IN YOUR PACKET THAT, UM, YOU'LL BE GETTING THE PRESENTATION MOST LIKELY IN AN EMAIL.
UM, OTHERWISE WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU GET THE LINK AFTER THIS.
SO IS THIS JUST EXCLUSIVE TO US, OR WILL WE BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS WITH OUR PARTNERS? FEEL FREE TO SHARE IT WITH YOUR PARTNERS.
WE HAVE, UM, LIKE 96 BANNERS BECAUSE WE ORDERED THEM IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEING USED.
WE'VE GOT LIKE SO MANY TABLECLOTHS, WHOEVER'S GOING TO USE THEM, WE'RE HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO THEM.
AND THE WAY THAT IT WORKS TECHNICALLY IS IF YOU'RE GONNA BE A LONG-TERM USER, THEN FEEL FREE TO KEEP IT AND JUST LET US KNOW WHAT EVENTS YOU'RE USING IT FOR.
IF IT'S LIKE A ONE AND DONE THING, UM, THEN IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST BORROWING IT AND GIVE IT BACK, WE CAN MAKE SURE IT'S GOING OUT TO, TO ANOTHER PERSON THAT'S GONNA BE USING IT.
UM, REALLY HEAVY HITTERS, LIKE IF YOU'RE THE FOOD BANK OR IF YOU'RE, UM, A COMMUNITY RESOURCES CENTER OR SOMEWHERE THAT GETS A LOT OF TRAFFIC, YOU CAN KEEP IT AND JUST DISPLAY IT IN YOUR LOBBIES OR DISPLAY IT, UM, WHEREVER GETS THE MOST TRAFFIC SO THAT THE, THE MESSAGE IS GETTING ACROSS TO AS MANY AUDIENCE MEMBERS AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN I, I DIDN'T SEE A SECTION IF YOU WANT TO REQUEST AN ENGLISH OR IN SPANISH, OR GONNA INCLUDE IN SPANISH MM-HMM.
AND ACTUALLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LANGUAGES.
UM, BUT IF THAT IS A NEED THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT THEY SPECIFICALLY WANT ANOTHER LANGUAGE, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WE CAN PROCURE.
BUT IN AS DEFAULT, WE GOT ENGLISH IN SPANISH AND EVERYTHING.
SO THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED WHENEVER WE REQUEST ONE OF THESE.
I FALL SOMEWHERE IN A TECH TECH SAVVY SCALE OF ONE TO 10, LIKE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
BUT ALREADY, I MEAN, WITHIN OUR COMMITTEES WE HAVE SHARED DOCUMENTS.
WE'RE COMMUNICATING NOW, JUST TODAY, WE'VE GOT A PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOL, A CALENDARING TOOL, AN ORDERING OUTREACH MATERIALS TOOL.
SO I JUST MIGHT SUGGEST, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T HERE TODAY, PUTTING TOGETHER SOME KIND OF CHEAT SHEET.
AND I MEAN, THERE'S TONS OF TOOLS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, SO I AM, I'M JUST KIND OF THINKING AHEAD TO INFORMATION OVERLOAD AND HOW TO CREATE SOME KIND OF SUMMARY SO WE CAN EASILY IDENTIFY ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE.
AND IT, IT'S JUST HARD WITH THIS MANY PEOPLE.
AND THEY ALL SEEM LIKE GREAT TOOLS, BUT I THINK IT COULD GET CONFUSING.
I THINK IT IS A, A GOOD THING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A RESOURCE PAGE THAT EVERYONE CAN FIND, UM, AS DEFAULT, IF YOU'RE ASKING AROUND OR IF YOU EMAIL AND YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, HOW DO WE GET THE OUTREACH KIT? IF IT GETS BACK TO US, WE'LL EMAIL YOU THE LINK.
UM, JUST SO THAT WE CAN TRACK IT.
IT'S AN ADDED STEP, BUT IT'LL HELP US, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH LIKE THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT EFFORT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING EFFICIENT AND EVERYTHING WE DO NOW WILL BE REALLY GOOD PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT CENSUS.
SO, UM, I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYONE'S EFFORTS ALREADY AND
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THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, STRIVING FOR IT IS ONE EXTRA STEP, BUT IT'S GOT, UM, A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR, FOR BEING EFFICIENT IN THE FUTURE.SO THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LEARN ABOUT IT.
AND THEN I'LL MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS A LINK IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY TRIED IT FROM YOUR TABLE TENT VIA EMAIL.
WE HAVE SEVERAL COMMITTEES WHO, UH, WOULD LIKE TO REPORT OUT TODAY.
THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, UH, SELENA FOR THE EDUCATION, AND THEN ALSO THE, UH, UM, MELANIE'S GONNA BE TALKING TO US ABOUT THE C B O FAITH-BASED, UH, UPDATES.
AND KEN, WE IS GOING TO ALSO GIVE AN UPDATE.
SO, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT I MAY HAVE NOT MET YET, MY NAME IS SELENA GOMEZ, UH, AND I AM A CO-CHAIR FOR THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE, AND I'M LEADING THE TASK FORCE FOR K THROUGH 12.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ISDS, UH, IN BEXAR COUNTY AND WITHIN, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TOP, WE, UH, NOW HAVE 10 DISTRICTS WHO HAVE EITHER, UM, COMMITTED, UH, OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF C COMMITTING THROUGH A PLEDGE THAT WE, UH, ASKED EVERY SUPERINTENDENT TO SIGN.
THIS PLEDGE INCLUDED FOUR POINTS.
THEY WERE VERY BROAD ON PURPOSE JUST BECAUSE, UH, EVERY DISTRICT IS DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE AREA THAT THEY'RE IN, THE HISTORICAL COUNT, UH, AND ALSO THE SIZE OF IT.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY IN THE PLEDGE, THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION IN SPANISH, UH, AND TO ALSO INCORPORATE WITH, UM, UH, WITH TOPICS THAT RELATE TO SPANISH SPEAKERS.
ONE OF THE BIG ONES THAT WE GET, I JUST MET WITH SOUTHWEST I S D AND THEY SAID THE CITIZENSHIP QUESTION IS STILL A CONCERN.
AND SO THEY ARE COMMITTING TO ACTUALLY DO OUTREACH TO THAT SPECIFIC POPULATION.
ALSO TO PROVIDE DISTRICT LEVEL INFORMATION SESSIONS, UH, AND THEN ALSO OPENING UP CAMPUSES TO HAVE SESSIONS, UM, TO INFORM PEOPLE OF THE CENSUS.
AND THEN ONCE IT ROLLS OUT, UM, WE ARE HOPING THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF MOBILE UNIT WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE COMPUTERS SO FAMILIES CAN ACCESS THIS THROUGH A COMPUTER, UH, AND, AND PROVIDING THEM INTERNET ACCESS.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, THEY HAVE ALL COMMITTED TO POSTING TIMELY INFORMATION ON THEIR WEBSITE.
UH, AND THEY WILL BE LINKING IT BACK TO THE CITY AND COUNTY'S WEBSITE.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A BANNER AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, AND THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BE CHANGING THAT INFORMATION, UH, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL CENSUS.
UH, AND THEY'RE ALSO GONNA PROVIDE SPACES FOR CENSUS RELATED EVENTS.
WE ALREADY HAVE A COUPLE OF ISDS WHO ARE WILLING TO DONATE THEIR FACILITIES, UH, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THEIR HUGEST FACILITY AND WAIVING THE COST FOR US, UH, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN EVENT FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, AND TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM WITH THAT.
UM, SO ALL OF THE DISTRICTS, THE 10 DISTRICTS HAVE COMMITTED TO, AT THE MINIMUM, PROVIDING THESE FOUR THINGS THAT WE, I JUST TALKED ABOUT.
BUT WE ALSO HAD OUR LATEST MEETING IN OCTOBER, UH, AND WE SHARED IN ADDITION TO THESE FOUR POINTS, WHAT ARE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT EACH DISTRICT ARE GONNA DO.
AND YOU CAN SEE THESE AT THE BOTTOM, UH, PRESENT.
THEY'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING TO ALL THE PRINCIPALS AND SENIOR STAFF BECAUSE THEY WANNA DO THEIR PUSH WITH THE STAFF AS WELL, UH, IN THE FOOTBALL GAMES.
THEY'RE ALREADY PROMOTING IT IN THEIR SCOREBOARDS.
SINCE WE KNOW THAT FOOTBALL IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL, THE MOBILE LABS, WE ARE WORKING WITH ALAMO COLLEGES TO TRY TO GET THAT TO EVERY EVENT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, HAVING, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, COMPUTERS AND INTERNET ACCESS, UH, ON ALL THEIR NEWSLETTER TO STAFF.
AND THE MAILERS THAT THEY SEND OUT DISTRICT WIDE, THEY'RE GONNA BE INCLUDING INFORMATION ON THE CENSUS, UM, ALSO INCORPORATING THE PARENT LIAISONS, THE PTAS, UM, AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, AND THEN THEY ARE ALL GOING TO DO MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, UH, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING VIDEOS, FACEBOOK LIVES PODCASTS PERIODICALLY, UM, WITH THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS, WITH THEIR SUPERINTENDENT TO PROMOTE THE CENSUS AND TO ANSWER ANY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.
UM, ALSO PROVIDE LITERATURE, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE LOW COUNT AREAS.
SO IT MAY NOT BE DISTRICT-WIDE, BUT THEY'RE IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE HITTING IT A LITTLE BIT HARDER THAN OTHERS.
AND THEN ALSO, THEY ARE GOING TO BE INCORPORATING A CENSUS MESSAGING INTO THEIR CURRICULUM.
SO A LOT OF THE DISTRICTS ARE TALKING TO THEIR TEACHERS RIGHT NOW TO SEE WHETHER, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN, IN KINDER, YOU'RE IN SIXTH GRADE OR 12TH GRADE, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO INCORPORATE THE CENSUS MESSAGING SO THEY CAN TAKE IT BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES? ALSO, THE, THE MESSAGING IS GONNA BE IN ALL OF THEIR MARQUEES.
THEY'RE GONNA PUT IT IN ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, UH, ESPECIALLY ON APRIL 1ST.
SO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES USUALLY STAY UPDATED WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT DAYS ARE GONNA HAVE OFF AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE THE CENSUS EVERY TIME THEY DRIVE BY.
AND THEN ALSO DONATING THE SPACES, UM, AND, UH, WAIVING FEES ALSO, YOU KNOW, UH, FROM JANITORS TO JUST STAFF AND HAVING THEM AND, AND PROVIDING ALL
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OF THAT SUPPORT AND OPENING THEIR DOORS JUST TO THE COMMUNITY THAT LIVES AROUND THEM.SO THESE, THIS IS JUST KIND OF, UH, SO FAR WHAT WE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
UM, WE ARE STILL TALKING WITH OTHER ISDS AND HOPING THAT THEY'LL JUMP ON BOARD, UH, AND WE'RE ALSO, UH, JUST FINALIZING SOME STRATEGIES.
UH, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING WHERE THEY DIDN'T PLAN TO NECESSARILY IMPLEMENT IT, AND NOW THEY'RE LOOKING TO SEE HOW THEY'RE GONNA DO IT IN THEIR DISTRICTS BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAVE COMMITTED, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST HELPING US, UM, AND COORDINATING IT.
SO ALSO, KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE DISTRICTS, SOME OF THEM MAY OVERLAP, AND SO THEY'RE ALREADY COLLABORATING ON HOW IT IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO OUTREACH, UH, WHERE IT IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA OVERLAP.
AND I DON'T WANNA STEAL SELENA'S MOBILE LAB IDEA, BUT THIS IS A BROAD SCALE OFFER THAT ALAMO COLLEGES HAS MADE TO THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE.
AND IF YOU GO ONTO THE AMO ALAMO COLLEGE'S WEBSITE AND LOOK AT MOBILE APP, THERE IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE, UH, TRAILER LOOKING THING ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT WHEN YOU O WHEN YOU SEE THE INSIDE, IT'S DECKED OUT WITH ABOUT 25 COMPUTERS.
UH, AND, AND IT'S REALLY NICE, AND THEY'VE SAID THAT THEY'RE ALREADY SCHEDULING SPRING USE OF THEIR MOBILE LAB.
SO IF YOU ARE ON A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING OUTREACH IN COMMUNITY AND NEEDING TECHNOLOGY, UH, REACH OUT TO, UH, OUR REACH OUT TO THE STAFF, BECAUSE WE WANNA CONNECT YOU WITH THAT, WITH THE ALAMO COLLEGE DISTRICT WHO SAID THAT THEY WANNA BE FULLY ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS WITH THE COMMITTEE.
SO WE'RE GONNA TURN IT OVER TO RICHARD PARIS, WHO'S GONNA WALK US THROUGH, UH, SOME YOU WANT, OH, KEN, SORRY.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, DO SOMETHING.
OR WE CAN JUST, UM, YOU GOOD? YEAH, I, OKAY.
AND, UH, UM, SO HAPPY TO BE HERE AND HAPPY TO BE INVOLVED IN, UH, THIS IMPORTANT WORK.
SO WE'VE DONE SEVERAL THINGS OVER THE LAST, UM, UH, SEVERAL, UM, YOU KNOW, MONTH OR TWO, UH, KEN, UH, HEADED AN INITIATIVE WITH THE ASIAN, UH, OWN SMALL BUSINESSES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
UH, YOU, YOU HEARD ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THE MAGNETS AND ALL THAT.
IF YOU GIVE SOMEBODY SOMETHING, THEY REALLY, IT, IT AFFECTS THEM IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY.
SO EVEN A LITTLE THING LIKE A MAGNET REALLY HELPS TO DRIVE THE POINT HOME.
WE HAD, YOU HEARD THE MAYOR TALK ABOUT OUR TRAIN THE TRAINER EVENT.
WE INVITED BUSINESSES OF ALL WALKS TO COME AND GET SOMEBODY ON THEIR STAFF TRAINED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, THE CENSUS.
UH, WE PARTNERED WITH, OF COURSE, THE CENSUS.
WE PARTNERED WITH NALEO AND WE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE'RE THINKING OF DOING MAYBE ONE OR TWO MORE, FIVE MORE.
SO, UH, WE WANT TO INVITE ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY TO COME AND UNDERSTAND, NUMBER ONE, THE IMPORTANCE, AND NUMBER TWO, HOW YOU CAN HELP US IN THE INITIATIVE, UH, EFFORTS TO ENGAGE UNITED WAY AND 72 DE DELEGATE AGENCIES.
UNITED WAY'S, A PARTNER IN THEIR HELPING US, UH, VIA, OF COURSE, IS GONNA BE HELPING US, UH, DO THE BUS WRAPS.
SO AS WE GET READY TO START THIS THING, JANUARY ONE, YOU WILL SEE IT EVERYWHERE.
LIKE IN THE MARQUEES THAT YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT, SELENA, IT'S GONNA BE EVERYWHERE.
AND THAT'S THE IDEA, RIGHT? SO THAT PEOPLE CAN START TALKING ABOUT IT.
AND, UH, SEEING THAT, UH, SAW C P SS ANOTHER GREAT PARTNERS ARE GONNA BE, UH, ADDING, YOU KNOW, WE GET A BILL EVERY MONTH, AND OF COURSE, WE LOVE TO GET THE BILL AND READ EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THERE.
AND WE WANNA PUT SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT THE CENSUS AND MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S COMING AND THAT WE WANT THEM TO GET COUNTED.
UH, I DID AN OP-ED ON THE 26TH.
UH, READY NATION IS A GROUP THAT PROMOTES, UH, HELPING, UH, FOLKS THAT NEED HELP, UH, PARTICULARLY YOUNG, UH, KIDS.
AND READY NATION CAME TO ME AND ASKED ME ABOUT AN OP-ED, AND OF COURSE, IT FIT PERFECTLY WITH THE WORK WE'RE DOING HERE.
SO THAT WAS, IT CAME OUT ON THE 26TH, AND IT GAVE THE BUSINESS CASE AS TO WHY WE NEED TO FILL OUT THE CENSUS.
UH, WE AS AT THE CHAMBER ARE DEVELOPING A WEBSITE, AND WE'RE GONNA BE CHALLENGING BUSINESSES TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO TO GET PEOPLE COUNTED.
UM, WE WANT TO MAYBE GIVE AN AWARD AT THE END TO SEE WHICH BUSINESS DID THE MOST.
UM, THERE ARE MANY BUSINESSES THAT HAVE ALREADY JUMPED ON BOARD THAT ARE DOING THINGS, BUT WE WANNA GET SOME KIND OF PLAY AND FUN INTO GETTING BUSINESSES INVOLVED.
UH, U H SS IS CONVENING ALL THE HOSPITAL CEOS.
UH, THEY'RE REALLY GETTING ON BOARD SOME OF THE MONEY THAT, UH, WAS ANNOUNCED.
THE 200 K IS GONNA HELP FURTHER SOME OF THIS WORK AT THE CLINICS ALL AROUND THE CITY, SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING.
UM, CENTRAL ME IN PARTICULAR IS HELPING WITH SOME OF THAT INITIATIVE AS WELL.
THAT'S A COMMUNITY-BASED, UH, HEALTH CLINIC THAT'S GOT SEVERAL CLINICS ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY NURSES ASSOCIATION.
UH, THEY TOO ARE HELPING, UH, THEY ARE TOUCHING THE FOLKS THAT WE WANT TO TOUCH EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND GETTING THEM TRAINED UP AND FOCUSED ON OUR WORK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND THEN OUR FRIENDS AT THE AFL C I O ARE, UH, MEETING WITH UNION MEMBERS.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL DO A TRAINER, TRAINER WITH THEM AS WELL.
AND THEY'RE GOING OUT AND TALKING TO THEIR UNION MEMBERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF, UH,
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THE COMPLETE COUNT.AND SO I THINK EVERYTHING'S GOING GREAT.
I WANTED TO JUST GIVE A COUPLE OF QUICK, UH, EXAMPLES OF WHAT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES ARE DOING.
SO, VALERO ENERGY, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE, UH, ENGAGING THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THEY'RE INCENTIVIZING THEIR EMPLOYEES TO GET INVOLVED AND, UM, GETTING THE WORD OUT.
H E B HAS 321 STORES IN TEXAS, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE PRODUCING, UH, PSAS.
AND, UH, WHEN YOU PAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE DEAL THAT SAYS YOU CAN GIVE A DOLLAR, $2 OR $3.
THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT FOR US AS WELL.
SO THEY'LL TAKE THAT AWAY FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEN IT'LL TALK ABOUT THE CENSUS.
SO THAT'LL BE LITERALLY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF FOLKS THAT'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THE SPURS ARE PROVIDING INFORMATION OF THE CENSUS AT GAMES.
UM, ZACHARY GROUP HAS AN INTRANET WITHIN THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT THEY GET, UH, MESSAGES EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND THEY'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE CENSUS AS WE GET CLOSER.
SO THERE ARE A GREAT MANY BUSINESSES, UH, I B C BANK IS PUTTING INFORMATION AT ALL THEIR STORES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO NOT JUST SAN ANTONIO, BUT EVERYWHERE.
THEY HAVE A BRANCH, UH, IN FACT, EVEN IN OTHER STATES.
SO, REALLY SOME GOOD TRACTION FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO THANK YOU ALL AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND NOW WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO SUSAN THOMPSON FROM AVAN SAN ANTONIO TO TALK ABOUT OUR UNDER FIVE HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN UNDER FIVE AND JUANI DOSS.
SO JUANI HAS BEEN, UM, MY, MY CO-LEAD IN THIS PART.
SO AS WE MENTIONED, THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE DIVIDED INTO THREE TASK FORCES FOCUSED ON DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS.
AND BEING THAT FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER FIVE, UH, WAS THE MOST UNDER COUNTED IN 2010, UH, THAT HAS BEEN AN AREA OF REAL FOCUS.
UH, SO WHO WE BROUGHT, WE'VE MET TWICE AS A TASK FORCE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING SCHEDULED IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS.
IT'S ALL THE HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START PROVIDERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND I HAVE THOSE LISTED UP THERE.
UM, ALSO PRE-K FOR SA IS ON BOARD, UM, WITH THIS PLANNING.
AND WE'RE DEVELOPING A STRATEGY FOR HOW TO INCLUDE ALL THE PRIVATE DAYCARE CENTERS, THE AT HOME CHILDCARE PROVIDERS, UH, ESPECIALLY IN OUR, UM, LOWER INCOME AT RISK COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE WORD AS WELL.
AND NOW I'M GONNA GET LET ONE TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES.
SO, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR SUBCOMMITTEE BECAUSE EVERYONE AT THE TABLE HAS BEEN, UM, REALLY STEPPING UP TO HELP OUR FAMILIES GET COUNTED, ESPECIALLY BABIES AND KIDS IN THEIR FIVE.
SO SOME OF THESE ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES, UM, INCLUDE MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS CHILDREN KNOW WHY THE CENSUS IS IMPORTANT.
SO, PRE-K FOUR S A ANDE ARE TEAMING UP TO HELP US COME UP WITH SOME, UM, LESSON PLANS FOR KIDS TO KNOW WHY THE CENSUS IS SO IMPORTANT AND THAT IT'S COMING UP SO THAT THEY CAN THEN GO AND TELL THEIR PARENTS ABOUT IT AS WELL, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
UH, WE ARE ALSO DEVELOPING SOME, UH, POWERPOINTS AND BLURB BLURBS FOR FAMILIES TO RECEIVE IN NEWSLETTERS BY LAN
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A PLAN TO LEVERAGE THE PROMO TORA PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AT FAMILY SERVICE AND ALAMO COLLEGES, AS WELL AS WESLEY NURSES METHODIST HEALTHCARE MINISTRY.
SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WITH SO MUCH MISINFORMATION OUT THERE, WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT LATER, UM, ON THE CENSUS IN SPANISH AND IN ENGLISH, IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE FACE-TO-FACE, SOMEONE THAT THEY TRUST, SOMEONE THAT THEY GO AND GET SERVICES FROM, THAT THE CENSUS IS IMPORTANT, THAT IT IS SAFE, AND THAT, UM, IT IS COMING UP.
AND THEN LASTLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M MOST EXCITED, I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU'RE JUST GONNA SEE, I, I LOVE IT.
AND BECAUSE, UH, WE ALL CAME AROUND AND WE'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO AS, UM, AS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF FAMILIES AND WORKING WITH CHILDREN EVERY DAY TO REALLY GET OUR FAMILIES EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND PROVIDE, UM, ACCESS FOR FAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE INTERNET AT HOME? BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE CENSUS THIS YEAR IS THE FIRST, OR 2020 IS THE FIRST TIME THAT PEOPLE CAN FILL IT OUT ONLINE.
AND I KNOW THAT GROWING UP AS A SOUTH SIDE, I DIDN'T HAVE INTERNET AT HOME.
SO, UH, WE DECIDED TO PARTNER UP AND WE'RE HAVING THIS BIG CENSUS DAY IN THE SPRING WHERE PRE-K FOUR SA CENTERS, AVAN CENTERS, BIBLIO TECHS, LIKE OTHER, UM, DIFFERENT CENTERS AROUND THE CITY, ARE ALL GONNA COME TOGETHER.
AND WE'RE GONNA PROMOTE FAMILY CENSUS DAY, AND WE'RE GONNA INVITE ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AND ALL OF OUR KIDS TO COME THROUGH, UH, THE PLACES THEY'RE ALREADY SO COMFORTABLE WITH, TO HELP THEM REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T DO IT
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FOR THEM, HOW TO DO IT IN SPANISH AND IN ENGLISH, AND CREATE A LOT OF BUZZ AROUND IT.SO THAT IN SAN ANTONIO, THIS FAMILY CENSUS DAY WILL BE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE SPRING.
SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND SO YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WRAPS UP OUR KIDS UNDER FIVE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN 2010, A LOT OF THE PARENTS OF KIDS UNDER FIVE MAYBE WERE COUNTED BY THEIR FAMILY, RIGHT? BY THEIR PARENTS.
SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT, UM, THEY COUNT, THEIR KIDS COUNT.
AND ANY BABY BORN APRIL 1ST OR BEFORE HAS TO COUNT.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE TRAIN THE TRAINER, UM, SESSIONS IN ORDER FOR WHEN WE HAVE THIS FAMILY CENSUS DAY THAT WE KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP.
SO YEAH, EXCITED ABOUT LEVERAGING OFF OF WHAT Y'ALL, YES.
SO WE ARE, UM, ACTIVELY PUTTING THAT LIST TOGETHER.
JUST, UH, AS A, A THANK YOU TO U T S A WHO IS A STAKEHOLDER THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO THE FOLD OF OUTREACH.
THEY HAVE COMMITTED, UH, SPACE FOR US TO HOLD TRAINING SESSIONS, WHICH IS REALLY NICE BECAUSE THAT IS A KEY, UH, BARRIER SOMETIMES TO FINDING A LARGE SPACE WITH PARKING.
AND SO, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, WE WERE AT THE, UH, UH, DOWNTOWN U T S A CAMPUS AND ALL, EVERYONE THERE WAS 50 OR SO, AND IT WAS, PARKING WAS FREE.
AND I KNOW IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, BUT WHEN YOU'RE DOWNTOWN, IT'S A BIG DEAL.
SO
WE'RE ALSO SUPPORTING, AND I KNOW THIS I DON'T WANNA ADD, BUT LABOR, BUT WE'RE ALSO SUPPORTING THE BUREAU IN THEIR RECRUITING EFFORTS.
SO HEAD START, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO SENT OUT, UH, CLOSE TO 2,900 EMAILS TO THEIR PARENTS, ASKING THEM TO CONSIDER PARTNERING WITH THE BUREAU AND APPLYING FOR JOBS.
SO CONTINUING TO, UM, SUPPORT WHAT THE BUREAU IS DOING NOW FROM A RECRUITING STANDPOINT, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE REALLY NEEDING SUPPORT ON.
SO WE'RE GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MELANIE NOW, WHO WILL PROVIDE US WITH AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE FOR FAITH-BASED AND COMMUNITY.
AND I SAID IT BACKWARDS, COMMUNITY AND FAITH-BASED.
DO YOU WANNA PUT IT UP THERE? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UM, SO WE ARE TARGETING, UH, THE AT RISK OF BEING UNDERCOUNTED POPULATIONS OF THE L G B T Q, THE HOMELESS, UM, RENTERS, IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND, UM, OUR SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO OUR SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS, UH, COMMUNITY-BASED AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, UM, HAS BROKEN DOWN, UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE ON OUR COMMITTEE PRETTY MUCH REPRESENT THOSE SECTORS.
UM, SO WE'VE EACH KIND OF TAKEN OUR SECTOR THAT WE WORK WITHIN, AND WE'RE GOING BACK AND CONVENING WITH THEM.
UM, SO WITH THE L G B T Q ORGANIZATIONS, THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO MEET NOVEMBER 13TH.
UM, AND THEY HAVE A, A BEGINNING STRATEGY OF DOING A SERIES OF MULTIPLE EVENTS OVER THE THREE DAYS THAT LEAD UP TO THE COUNT, UM, WITH A GENERAL AWARENESS CAMPAIGN THAT WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY, UM, WITHIN THEIR KEY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THAT SECTOR.
THE HOMELESS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE NOT MET YET, UM, BUT THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, UH, BETWEEN THE MAJOR ENTITIES IN TOWN.
AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU, BOTH, UM, ON HOW TO PROCESS ENUMERATORS, UM, TO GET OUT IN THESE, UM, AREAS UNACCOMPANIED.
UM, SO THEY'RE JUST KIND OF, THEY'RE ON PAUSE.
UM, OUR RENTERS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE NOT MET, BUT THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS, PRIMARILY WITH THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, SAHA AND SAM, TO PUSH OUT THE INFORMATION TO LANDLORD AND PROPERTY OWNERS THROUGH THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS THE AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY-BASED SECTOR.
OUR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE HELD TWO WORKING GROUP MEETINGS AND ARE PLANNING TO MEET MONTHLY THROUGH THE REST OF THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS BIWEEKLY BEGINNING IN 2020.
AND THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALL TARGETING THEIR SERVICE POPULATIONS, UM, WITH WITHIN THE AREAS WHERE THEY WORK.
'CAUSE UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, REFUGEE POPULATIONS AND IMMIGRANTS, AND THEY'RE SEEKING RESOURCES IN A VARIETY OF LANGUAGES.
AND THE FUNDING TO ENSURE THAT APPROPRIATE MATERIALS ARE, ARE PRINTED AND AVAILABLE.
AND I KNOW THAT, UM, ONE OF THE MATERIALS THAT THEY STILL NEED IS IN THE POSH TWO LANGUAGE.
AND SO WE NEED TO GET SOME INTERPRETATION IN THAT FIELD.
AND THIS IS THE LANGUAGE OF THE AFGHANI, THE AFGHANI MEN WHO, UM, HAVE SERVED THE US MILITARY.
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IT NEEDS A SPECIFIC PIECE, AND THAT'S A GAP THAT WE HAVE FOR THE DISABILITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.WE'RE SCHEDULED TO CONVENE OVER LUNCH ON NOVEMBER 12TH, AND THEN AGAIN, UM, WE'LL MEET ON JANUARY 14TH.
AND SO OUR STRATEGY WILL COME OUT OF THAT NOVEMBER 12TH MEETING.
AND THEN OUR SENIOR ORGANIZATIONS HAVE GATHERED, UM, THROUGH VARIOUS, UH, COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS, INCLUDING SALSA, WHICH IS THE SUCCESSFULLY AGING AND LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO, THE JOINT COMMISSION OF ELDERLY AFFAIRS AND A A R P AND HAVE KEY STRATEGIES TO REACH THE POPULATIONS THROUGH NUTRITION CENTERS, SENIOR CENTERS, SENIOR HOUSING FACILITIES, AND SENIOR PROGRAMS, UM, IN CHURCHES TO PROVIDE THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, UM, TO THE, THE ATTENDEES OF THESE FACILITIES.
UM, BUT THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING ONLY THE HISTORICALLY UNDERCOUNTED AREAS.
SO THEY'RE NOT GOING AFTER ALL SENIORS ALL OVER.
THEY'RE GONNA BE VERY STRATEGIC IN JUST HITTING THOSE, UM, AT RISK TO BE UNDERCOUNTED POPULATIONS.
BLANTON REPRESENTING THE HIGHER EDUCATION TASK FORCE.
IS THAT USEFUL? YES, VERY USEFUL.
UM, SO FOR, UH, THE HIGHER EDUCATION TASK FORCE, UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A REALLY, REALLY GOOD RESPONSE, UM, WITH THIS, UM, TASK FORCE WITH INSTITUTIONS OF ALL TYPES THAT ARE BEYOND, UM, HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO THESE ARE YOUR PUBLIC AND YOUR PRIVATE, UH, UNIVERSITIES AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHERS, PROFIT AND, AND NOT PROFIT THAT, UH, HAVE COME TO THE TABLE FOR THIS.
SO REALLY GOOD REPRESENTATION.
UM, THE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE TASK FORCE HAVE BEEN VICE PRESIDENT OR PRESIDENTS OF THOSE INSTITUTIONS.
AND SO IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL THAT WE'VE MET AND REALLY COME UP WITH THESE 10 WAYS THAT EVERY CAMPUS IS COMMITTED TO SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT THE CENSUS.
AND SO A FEW OF THESE THAT I, I WILL HIGHLIGHT, UM, WE HAVE, UM, OF COURSE MESSAGING TO OUR STUDENTS, OUR FACULTY, OUR STAFF, UH, SUCH AS, UM, MASS TEXT AND MASS EMAIL, AS WELL AS JUST HAVING A PRESENCE ON OUR ONLINE PORTALS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO SIGN IN.
UM, EITHER STUDENTS DON'T REGISTER FOR CLASS OR FIGURE OUT THEIR GRADES OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT ALSO EMPLOYEES, WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO SIGN INTO AS WELL? SO MAKING SURE THERE'S MESSAGING RIGHT THERE ABOUT THE CENSUS CAMPUS EVENTS.
AND SO ALL OF OUR CAMPUS EVENTS IN THE SPRING SEMESTER, UH, REALLY CONNECTED TO THE CENSUS IN SOME WAY, MAKING SURE WE'RE PROMOTING THE CENSUS THERE, STARTS WITH WELCOME WEEK, UH, WHICH IS KIND OF THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASS, UH, IN JANUARY.
AND ALSO HAVING THE PRESIDENT OR THE C E O OF EACH INSTITUTION HAVE A, UH, VIDEO THAT KIND OF LAUNCHES THAT SPRING SEMESTER.
AND SO JUST REALLY RAISING THAT AWARENESS ABOUT THAT, UM, IN A VARIETY OF OTHER WAYS, GETTING OUR STUDENTS INVOLVED WITH THEIR STUDENT GOVERNMENT AND OTHER THINGS.
SO ALL THE INSTITUTIONS, UM, IN THE, IN THE AREA CAME TOGETHER AND AGREED ON THESE 10, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THESE 10.
AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED TO DO EVEN MORE.
UM, AND, UH, AND MANY OF US ARE, UM, ALSO THINKING ABOUT OUR RESIDENTIAL STUDENTS.
SO OF THE INSTITUTIONS, SOME, UM, HAVE STUDENTS THAT LIVE THERE ON CAMPUS AND MAKING SURE MESSAGING IS GOING TO THOSE STUDENTS AS WELL AS STUDENTS THAT ARE COMMUTER STUDENTS.
AND SO REALLY GETTING ALL OF THAT OUT.
AND ALSO EACH CAMPUS PRETTY MUCH HAS A COMMITTEE OR A WORKING GROUP, WHATEVER, UM, TERM THEY MAY USE TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE THESE 10 THINGS AND MORE.
AND SO THANKFULLY IT'S ALL GOING REALLY WELL.
THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY AROUND IT, AND, UH, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
NOW WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY OTHER TASK FORCE OR SUBCOMMITTEE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
I'M THE CO-CHAIR WITH THE BUSINESS AND LABOR SUBCOMMITTEE, AND ALSO ON THE ALAMO ASIAN COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK ON THESE OUTREACH KITS.
LAST SATURDAY, WE WERE AT THE DIWALI DOWNTOWN.
THE YELLOW TABLECLOTHS ARE AWESOME.
IT CATCHES PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.
UH, THE MAGNETS, MAGNETS WORK REALLY FINE.
SO I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 500 MAGNETS AND WE PASSED THEM OUT WITHIN THE FIRST
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TWO HOURS OF THE EVENT.UM, SO AGAIN, WHEN, UH, LILLIAN WAS TALKING ABOUT THE OUTREACH KITS AND REQUESTING THEM FOLKS, IT'S REALLY, REALLY SIMPLE.
SO DON'T LET THE THE FORM INTIMIDATE YOU.
OKAY? BUT THE, WHAT THE, THE LADIES, YOU KNOW, BERTHA, MARY, LILLIAN, AND THE GUY, WHERE'S DWAYNE? DWAYNE DWAY, RIGHT? I SAID, LADIES, BUT INCLUDING DWAYNE, RIGHT? THESE GUYS ARE AMAZING.
OKAY? SO YOU CAN'T GO WRONG, REQUEST A KIT.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE, SOME OF THE THINGS I WAS NOT PREPARED TO DO, BUT I ENDED UP DOING AT THE, AT THE, UM, OUTREACH WAS THEY STOPPED.
PEOPLE STARTED ASKING ME QUESTIONS LIKE, HEY, HOW COME I DIDN'T GET MY CENSUS FORM? I'VE NEVER GOTTEN A CENSUS FORM.
OR DO I HAVE TO LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO TO PARTICIPATE IN A CENSUS? OR HOW COME I APPLIED FOR A JOB WITH A CENSUS BUREAU AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING OR, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO IF YOU'RE OUT THERE, YOU CAN BE ASKED QUESTIONS.
AND I'M, AND I MADE REFERENCES TO THE, THE CITY WEBSITE, THE CENSUS WEBSITE, AND SMILED A LOT.
SO AGAIN, I WOULD REALLY WANNA THANK THE FOLKS FROM THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND THE BUREAU FOR DOING THIS AND PROVIDING ALL SUPPORT FOR US.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS THE ONLY FEEDBACK I WANNA GIVE YOU IS THE, THE OUTREACH KITS.
THEY WORK, GET THEM AND GET 'EM OUT THERE.
UH, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE THOSE RESOURCES UTILIZED, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT, UH, THEY WERE HELPFUL AND EASY TO ACCESS, UH, FROM THE COUNTY, SO THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER SUBCOMMITTEE, CHAIRS OR CO-CHAIRS FROM A TASK FORCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE? UH, WELL, I WANNA WALK YOU VERY QUICKLY THROUGH WHAT'S ON.
UH, IN, IN THE FOLDERS, YOU WILL SEE THE EXISTING F A Q THAT IS CURRENTLY ON OUR WEBSITE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
BEHIND THAT, YOU WILL SEE THREE FAQS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, WORKED ON BY THE DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES.
UH, THE, THE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE, THE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE SUBCOMMITTEE, AND THE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE WORKING ON HOUSEHOLDS TO REACH CHILDREN UNDER, UH, REACHING HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN UNDER FIVE MADE SPECIFIC REQUESTS BECAUSE THEIR TARGET POPULATIONS NEEDED A UNIQUE MESSAGE, A MORE SPECIFIC MESSAGE.
SO THE TASK FORCES HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE STAFF TO ENSURE THAT THE MESSAGING ON THE F A Q FITS THEIR POPULATION.
THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT.
THESE ARE EXAMPLES, UH, WHICH WE'LL, UH, WE WILL THEN TAKE BACK TO CREATIVE SERVICES AND HAVE THEM TRANSLATED SO THAT IT'LL BE FRONT AND BACK, JUST LIKE THE GENERAL F A Q THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE TOOLKIT SECTION.
PROBABLY WITHIN A WEEK, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG IT TAKES TO TRANSLATE, WE WILL HAVE THESE POSTED AND READY FOR USE.
UH, THESE AS KIN SAY, MAY NOT BE RESIDENT, UM, UH, APPEALING, BUT FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AS WE STILL EDUCATE OUR STAKEHOLDERS, UH, WE WANNA USE THEM.
AND NOT THAT THEY CAN'T BE USED WITH THE RESIDENTS IN DIFFERENT, UH, OUTREACH EVENTS, BUT DEFINITELY AS WE CONTINUE TO EDUCATE THOSE WHO WE WANT TO HAVE, HELP US GO INTO COMMUNITY TO EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS.
SO AS YOU READ THEM, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, UH, YOU WANNA PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE STAFF, PLEASE DO SO.
MARY, UH, HAS BEEN A LEAD POINT ON THESE, UH, FAQS, BUT AGAIN, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD HEARD, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SUBCOMMITTEES AND, AND WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE PROGRESS OF WHERE THOSE ARE.
UM, ALSO WANNA SHARE THAT AND I TUESDAY, DO YOU WANNA SHARE THE P S A INFORMATION WITH THEM? YEAH.
WELL, UM, SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY, UH, WITH THE BUREAU AND THE MEDIA COMMUNICATION SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE BUREAU'S MEDIA TEAM AND THE COUNTY AND THE CITY.
AND IF YOU TRY TO COORDINATE ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE,
SO, UH, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE STARTING TO GET TO THE PLACE WHERE WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS HAPPENING.
SO WHEN YOU SAY IT, BE CAREFUL 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA HAPPEN
WE'RE, WE'RE THANKFUL TO TUESDAY AND TO CHRISTIAN AND TO CHRISTINA WHO WILL NOW PICK UP THE BALL AND, AND, AND CONTINUE TO ROLL OUT ADDITIONAL PSAS FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, UH, THAT, UH, THAT THEY HAD.
THEY HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS ON HOW TO INCORPORATE, UH, CHILDREN, HOW TO INCORPORATE REAL PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, HOW TO ENSURE THAT THE MESSAGING IS RELEVANT AND RESONATES AND IS RESIDENT CENTRIC.
BUT I, I DID WANNA SHARE THAT.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE STARTED THE BALL AND WE'VE GOT SEVEN PSSAS THAT WERE IN POST-PRODUCTION, UH, RIGHT NOW IN, AND, UM, AND THERE'S MORE TO COME.
I KNOW CHRISTIAN WAS SAYING WE NEED POSTERS, AND THAT'S A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED, AND PLEASE
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LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF THAT.SO, TUESDAY, SORRY IF I STOLE YOUR THUNDER.
NO, I, I ASKED YOU TO DO THAT.
UM, ACTUALLY, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID NOT MENTION WAS WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF AN R F P TO GET SOCIAL MEDIA.
UH, WE ARE ON OUR COMMITTEE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING IT EVERY LEVEL.
AND SO BY DOING THIS R F P, WE'RE WORKING WITH DIFFERENT LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE GONNA HELP US GET THAT INFORMATION OUT.
SO, KEN, UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR COMMITTEE MEETING.
IF YOU CAN COME TO ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WE SUGGEST YOU DO SO.
THE MORE OPINIONS AND IDEAS THAT WE GET, THE BETTER FOR US.
AND I WILL ECHO KEN'S, UH, LOVE FOR THE OUTREACH KITS.
WE USED THEM FOR TWO OF OUR LARGE EVENTS THAT WE HAD.
UM, THANKFULLY SOMEONE FROM THE BUREAU DID COME, AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO SMILE AND ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU DID, BUT I STILL ANSWERED SEVERAL.
PEOPLE ARE STILL ASKING THOSE SAME QUESTIONS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT THAT INFORMATION.
BUT THE TOOLKITS ARE FANTASTIC.
WE STILL HAVE OURS BECAUSE WE PLAN ON USING IT AT EVERY EVENT THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN DO.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT IF YOU CAN, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN COMMUNICATIONS.
UH, TUESDAY ALSO SERVES ON OUR REVIEW, UH, COMMITTEE FOR THE SOCIAL MEDIA R F P THAT WE HOPE TO ANNOUNCE, UH, WITHIN A WEEK AND A HALF.
I WANNA HAVE ONE LAST, UH, PRESENTATION FROM EDMAN UHTO RODRIGUEZ FROM THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY, WHO'S GONNA SHARE THE, UH, DIGITAL DIVIDE, UH, STRATEGIES WE'RE HOPE TO IMPLEMENT.
MY NAME IS ELMAN TO RODRIGUEZ.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I WORK WITH RAMIRO SALAZAR.
I'M A PUBLIC SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR.
I OVERSEE A, A, A THIRD OF THE BRANCHES.
UH, BUT I'M ALSO ACTING AS THE CENSUS LIAISON FOR THE LIBRARY.
SO, AS I WAS LISTENING TO ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE COMMITTEES, I WANTED TO JUST REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE LIBRARY IS A RESOURCE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE WOULD BE LOVE FOR THE EDU FOR THE, UH, COMMUNITY, THE EDUCATED, UM, TEACHERS AND, AND ALL THE REST OF THOSE TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE AVAILABLE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T HAVE WIFI OR DON'T HAVE COMPUTERS AT HOME, THAT THEY CAN COME TO THEIR NEAR LIBRARY, WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR THEM.
ALSO, THE LIBRARY MIGHT BE ABLE TO PARTNER UP AND, AND BE INCLUDED IN CENSUS FAMILY DAY.
WE WOULD LOVE TO INCLUDE OUR LOCATIONS AS WELL, JUST TO CONTINUE TO BROADEN THAT COMPONENT FOR, UH, ANY FOREIGN LANGUAGE PRINTED MATERIALS THAT PERHAPS WE COULD PLACE THEM ON OUR, OUR LIBRARY'S WEBSITE AS A BANNER TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH A MUCH LARGER POPULATION.
SO, JUST AS YOU'RE CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT AND, AND CONSIDER AND BRAINSTORM, UH, PLEASE REACH OUT TO BERTHA.
IF YOU NEED SOMETHING FROM THE LIBRARY, WE'RE HAPPY TO BE A SUPPORT AND RESOURCE FOR YOU AS WELL.
CURRENTLY, UH, THE LIBRARY'S BEEN PARTNERING WITH THE, UH, CENSUS FOLKS.
WE HAD ABOUT NINE, NINE EVENTS, UH, TWO RECRUIT, UH, INDIVIDUALS TO BECOME EMPLOYED BY THE CENSUS.
AND WE'RE STILL AVAILABLE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WANNA BE ABLE TO MAYBE HELP WITH THE DOOR TO DOOR ACCOUNT OR ANY OF THESE OTHER, UH, JOBS THAT ARE A, UM, NEEDING TO BE FILLED.
AND, AND QUICKLY, UM, JUST, JUST AS A REMINDER THAT WE'RE HERE, WE'RE SUPPORTIVE, WE REALLY WANNA BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE JUST BROADEN THAT AND WIDEN THAT NET SO THAT ALL OUR COMMUNITY GETS TO PARTICIPATE.
NOW, WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL OF THE INTERNAL ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE COMMITTEE.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE IT THIS TIME TO INVITE OUR, OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, THE, THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON THAT MAY THWART OUR EFFORTS AND, AND HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE COME VIGILANT ABOUT THOSE EFFORTS? AND THEN HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE RESPOND? SO WITH THAT, I, I WANT TO INTRODUCE SANA MENDOZA, WHO IS NOW IN HER NEW POSITION AS, UH, AS, AS CHIEF
AS BERTA SAID, CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASKED FOR, RIGHT?
SO I'M THE NEW JULIO ALFARO, TALLER AND BEAUTIFUL, RIGHT? SO,
WE CANNOT HAVE A HIGH RESPONSE RATE WITHOUT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.
AND IF I SHOW UP AT THE DOOR WITH MY GOVERNMENT BADGE AT THE LEVEL OF MISTRUST THAT WE HAVE THESE DAYS FOR ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, UM, I'M NOT GONNA GET THE RESPONSE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET WITH YOUR FABULOUS OUTREACH STRATEGIES.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH KITS THAT WE GO OUT WITH.
SO I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT THE CENSUS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM NOT AS PARALLEL TRACKS LIKE ON A RAILWAY.
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I WANT US TO THINK OF IT AS WE'RE WALKING THE SIDEWALK TOGETHER SIDE BY SIDE.SO, WITH THAT SAID, WHAT I HEAR ABOUT ALL THE METRICS, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, I HAVE NOMINATED THIS C C C, UH, TO BE FEATURED.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW THE VOTING IS, BUT YOU KNOW, IF I CAN KIND OF WEIGH THAT SCALE, I'LL DO IT.
BUT HEADQUARTERS ASKED FOR A C C C THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND AS A LITMUS TEST OR A, AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER COMMITTEES TO FOLLOW.
SO OF COURSE, I RECOMMENDED MY HOMETOWN.
THIS IS, THIS IS A GREAT, GREAT COMMITTEE.
I'M OVER 20 PLUS PARTNERSHIP SPECIALISTS IN SAN ANTONIO AND IN AUSTIN, AND ALONG THE CORRIDORS.
SO WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR CHART AND I SEE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE CHECKED OFF, THAT'S FABULOUS.
MY CONCERN OR TWO CONCERNS, UH, ONE IS LIBRARIES AND ALL THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE CRITICAL TO THE RURAL AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS.
I WAS TALKING TO MS. JUDY CANALES EARLIER, AND I SAID, I'M A, I'M A BY TRAINING AN URBAN PLANNER.
SO I KNOW THAT THE URBAN CORE IS KIND OF LIKE FISH IN A BARREL, BUT WHEN WE GET OUT FURTHER AND WE START LOOKING AT THOSE HIGH LOW RESPONSE SCORES, THAT CONCERNS ME.
SO THE LIBRARY PARTNERSHIP WITH BIBLIOTECH, WITH SAN ANTONIO LIBRARY IS INTEGRAL.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S INTEGRAL AND Y'ALL ARE DELIVERING ALL OF THAT.
REALLY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING, BECAUSE MONEY'S AT STAKE OR COMMUNITIES AT STAKE.
I LOOK AT IT AS THIS IS A TIME FOR US TO VOTE FOR OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, I DON'T GET INVOLVED.
I DIDN'T VOTE YESTERDAY, DAH, DAH, DAH, DAH.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT INTERESTED ME.
WELL, THIS SHOULD INTEREST EVERYONE BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT PROGRAM MONEY, HOUSING DOLLARS, AND THAT, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO, TO MR. WASTE POINT AND ALL THE TOUGH QUESTIONS, LET ME GIVE YOU, BEFORE I GO INTO THE FRAUDS AND SCAMS AND SOME OF THE BARRIERS, LET ME TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT'S TO COME.
MY TEAM HAS IN SAN ANTONIO HAS MET PROBABLY WITH OVER 2000 PARTNERS.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE GO OUT, BASICALLY FACE TO FACE, DOOR TO DOOR WITH OUR LITTLE SPIEL OR OUTREACH KIT, AND WE TRY TO BUTTONHOLE YOU INTO ACCEPTING A COMMITMENT TO THE CENSUS.
SO THE TEAM IS STILL WORKING WITH THAT.
WE CONTINUE WALKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH YOU.
SOMETIMES WE BUMP INTO EACH OTHER.
I'VE, I'VE HEARD THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING.
DON'T GET FRUSTRATED BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY SAY, OH MY GOD, I HAD THAT LEAD AND THERE THEY GOT BEFORE ME.
OKAY? SO, UM, THE MAYOR ENGAGED US VERY, VERY EARLY.
SO THIS, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE, THE WAY THAT WE NEED TO GO HIGHLIGHT FOR, WHAT IS IT, A COUPLE OF WEEKS FROM NOW, UH, WE HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENSUS COMING TO SAN ANTONIO.
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT I GOT THE FRANTIC CALL.
SANNA, CAN YOU DO AN ITINERARY
THE THE DIRECTOR, RIGHT? SO, YEAH.
SO OF COURSE WHEN THEY ASKED ME, CAN YOU DO AN ITINERARY? WHAT DO YOU THINK I DID?
SO YOU MIGHT BE TASKED OR INVITED BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS HE WANTED TO DO WAS MEET WITH THE C CCC MEMBERS.
HE MIGHT NOT KNOW ME, BUT HE'S GONNA REMEMBER YOU FOLKS AND YOUR EFFORTS.
HE WILL BE HERE NOVEMBER 22ND FOR THE, UH, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.
AND THEN I HAVE, AND I'M GONNA TAP ON YOUR, UH, EXPERTISE, MISS TUESDAY NIGHT, BECAUSE, UH, I'M WORKING ON A TOUR FOR HIM, UH, FOR THE EAST SIDE.
AND SO SINCE I GREW UP ON THE EAST SIDE, I HAVE SOME IDEAS WITH THAT.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE WEST SIDE, MAYBE SOME HIGHER ED PLACES.
WE'LL KNOW MORE AS AS, AS WE MOVE ALONG.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IF YOU GET THE INVITE, ABSOLUTELY SAY YES, BECAUSE YOU GET A CHANCE TO SAY WHAT'S GOING ON IN SAN ANTONIO AND WHAT YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS.
AGAIN, UH, LEMME SEE MEETINGS.
I HAVE 10 PARTNERSHIP SPECIALS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, INCLUDING MYSELF.
UM, I KNOW I WAS LOOKING AT SELENA AND SAID, SORRY, I HAVEN'T BEEN AT YOUR MEETINGS.
WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO YOU.
OKAY? SO IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE A NEED OF SOMEONE TO GO TO YOUR BUSINESS OR GO TO YOUR CHURCH OR GO TO ANY FUNCTION, WE ARE THERE.
WE HAVE OUR DOG AND PONY SHOW WELL PACKAGED, AND WE'LL BE OUT THERE WITH YOU.
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SO, AND WE WILL SUPPORT ALL THE TOUGH QUESTIONS.SO SPEAKING OF TOUGH QUESTIONS, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, HAS BEEN THE RECRUITMENT AREA.
WE ARE HAVING TO, UH, EMPLOY 3000 PEOPLE TO GET TO THAT CRITICAL MASS OF EMPLOYEES.
WE INTERVIEW ABOUT 10 TO 15,000 PEOPLE.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THAT'S LIKE.
THIS IS A GOOD ECONOMY FOR MANY PEOPLE.
SO THEY HAVE THEIR CHOICE OF EMPLOYMENT.
THE JOBS THAT WE'RE ADVERTISING NOW ARE GOING TO BE BEGINNING IN JANUARY.
SO OUR CHALLENGE AS THE BUREAU IS TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS.
AND I THINK MR. WAY YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE HE SAID, OKAY, WELL I'M APPLYING FOR A JOB.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE HOLD UP? UH, BACKGROUND CHECKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TEND TO TAKE A LONG TIME.
SO AS WE GO INTO YOUR COMMUNITIES, UH, PLEASE HELP ME MANAGE THAT EXPECTATION.
THE JOBS WE'RE LOOKING FOR WILL BE PART OF THE ENUMERATION GROUP QUARTERS OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND THEY'LL BE HAPPENING IN JANUARY, BUT THEY NEED TO APPLY NOW.
LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO CAN APPLY.
WE JUST RECEIVED AN UPDATED WAIVER NON-CITIZENS CAN APPLY FOR JOBS.
SO WE WILL BE USING THEM AS THOSE FOLKS, AS TRANSLATORS SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING.
YOU WON'T SEE IT ON OUR WEBSITE YET, BUT IT'S SOON TO COME.
WE GOT THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CHANGE.
UH, BERTHA WOULD LIKE THIS, Y AND R, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT ON DECEMBER 9TH.
THAT'S OUR BIG, UM, PUBLIC RELATIONS ARM, UH, CONTRACT THAT'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT MEDIA DOLLAR.
SO SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU'LL BE IN, UH, YOU KNOW, HITTING AGAINST RESIDUAL QUESTIONS ABOUT CITIZENSHIP, STILL THE FEAR, OKAY? I THINK ALL OF US HERE ARE WELL-VERSED.
THE OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT BE TRIPPING, TRIPPING US UP HERE IN THIS ROOM ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IS MAILERS.
AND I HAVE SOME OF MY STAFF IN AUSTIN WHO HAVE SHOT PHOTOS, AND THERE'S, THEY, IT LOOKS VERY, VERY OFFICIAL.
IF I DIDN'T READ THE SMALL PRINT, I WOULDN'T KNOW BECAUSE IT LOOKS EXACT, IT'S LAID OUT EXACTLY LIKE THE CENSUS QUESTIONNAIRE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A FUNDRAISER FOR A POLITICAL PARTY.
AND YOU DON'T SEE THAT UNTIL YOU GET TO THE BACKSIDE ON THE LOWER CORNER BECAUSE IT ASKS ALL THE SAME QUESTIONS.
SO HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT? YOU KNOW, YOU YA, I'M OVER HERE GOING LIKE, SHAKE YOUR HEAD, RIGHT? UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO FOLKS, WE HAVE TO SAY, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY UNSOLICITED MAIL OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION? BECAUSE OFTENTIMES, ALTHOUGH THEY LOOK THE SAME, IT'S EXACT SAME QUESTIONNAIRE AND EVEN TRANSLATED NICELY, THEY'RE ASKING FOR MONEY.
THE CENSUS WILL NEVER ASK FOR MONEY.
WE NEED THE MONEY
SO ANYWAY, UH, THE, THE, THEY'RE ASKING FOR MONEY, WE WON'T DO THAT.
OKAY? THEY'RE ASKING FOR BANKING INFORMATION ON THE PHONES.
OH, WE'RE THE, WITH THE US CENSUS BUREAU, YOU KNOW, WHO'S THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD? AND SO THEY SAY ALL THE RIGHT WORDS.
SO IMAGINE THOSE OF US HERE WHO KNOW WHAT THE CENSUS IS ALL ABOUT.
BUT IMAGINE MY MOM WHO'S MAYBE NOT AS CURRENT ON ALL THE LITTLE TECHNOLOGY AND THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN OR GO WRONG.
AND SHE GETS THAT PHONE CALL AND SHE SAYS, OH, MIKA WORKS FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
I'M GONNA TELL 'EM MY LICENSE.
SO, UM, NO, THERE'S NOTHING THERE ANYWAY.
BUT ANYWAY, SO, UH, THOSE THINGS, IF YOU HEAR THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING, UM, CALLS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UH, SOLICITATION, PEOPLE KNOCKING ON THEIR DOOR, POSING AS CENSUS WORKERS, A CENSUS WORKER WILL HAVE AN ID BADGE, LIKE THE ONE I DON'T HAVE ON RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE IT'S ON MY OTHER SUIT,
UH, BUT IT'LL HAVE A PHOTO ID AND THEN WE WILL BE CARRYING EQUIPMENT THAT HAS A CENSUS US CENSUS LOGO ON IT.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT NUMBER IF YOU WANNA TAKE IT DOWN.
THAT'S OUR CENTRAL FRAUD HOTLINE.
I DON'T KNOW THE STAFFING HOURS, I HAVEN'T TRIED TO CALL IT MYSELF YET.
INTERNALLY WE HAVE A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER WHO WORKS WITH THE CENSUS BUREAU AND I HAVE
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FORWARDED SEVERAL OF THESE FLYERS OR THESE PSEUDO QUESTIONNAIRES TO THEM TO SHOW THEM WHAT'S GOING ON.AND THEY DO THE RESEARCH AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT, BUT THEY START CONTACTING LOCAL AUTHORITIES ABOUT POSSIBLE FRAUD OR SCAMS. SO THOSE, THOSE OF US WHO WORK FOR, UH, PEOPLE THAT ENGLISH MIGHT NOT BE THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE, THE ELDERLY, THE DISABLED, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING OR THAT MIGHT BE COMING TO THEIR DOORSTEP OR IN THEIR MAILBOX.
HAS ANYBODY DEALT WITH ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR DOES THAT COME UP WITH ANYBODY? OH YES.
THEY SAID SOMEONE FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU IS AT THE DOOR.
THEY HAVE A BAG THAT'S GOT THE CENSUS LOGO ON THERE AND THEY HAD A, UH, CENSUS ID.
THEY SAID, IS THIS FOR REAL? IT'S LIKE, I HAVE NO IDEA.
DID I GET THAT CALL BREAKDOWN? WAS THAT ONE OF THE ONES YOU SENT ME? NO.
NO, I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE THIS IS IN BOSTON.
SO ANYWAY, UH, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE FRAUD HOTLINE, AT LEAST I CAN REFER IT TO THEM.
BUT BEFORE IT'S LIKE, I HAVE NO IDEA.
IT'S LIKE, UH, YOU HAVE TO MAYBE CALL THE LOCAL OFFICE MIGHT ADDRESS CANVAS.
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT IS THAT THE CENSUS IS ALWAYS DOING OPERATIONS, LEGITIMATE OPERATIONS.
ANYWAY, WE JUST FINISHED A ADDRESS CANVASSING AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
WE ALWAYS DO THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY ALSO.
SO YOU WILL HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE LEGITIMATE CENSUS WORKERS.
HOW DOES SOMEONE DISCERN THE DIFFERENCE? SO IT IS THE BADGE AND IT IS THE LOGO ON THE INFRA ON THE, UH, KIT.
IF YOU SUSPECT A FRAUD OR A FAKE CENSUS WORKER, AT THAT POINT YOU CALL THE POLICE FIRST.
'CAUSE THAT'S A DIRECT THREAT TO YOUR DOORSTEP.
OKAY? IF IT'S IN PERSON AND THEN WE, WE CAN LOOK AT THE FRAUD HOTLINE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS IN IDENTIFYING THE SOURCE OF THAT CONFUSION OR THE GROUP THAT'S DOING THAT.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN PRETTY WIDESPREAD.
I'VE SEEN IT ACTUALLY, AND I'M NOT SURE WHY I'VE SEEN IT MORE RECENTLY IN AUSTIN RATHER THAN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO YET.
SO MY TEAM FONG AND HER TEAM, UH, OVER THERE IS, I, I GET THESE DAILY DIFFERENT FORMAT, THE QUESTIONNAIRE AND A DIFFERENT MAILER.
UH, YOU KNOW, SO THAT, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE WARNING SITES.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR US, EXCUSE ME, IS THAT WE PUT ON OUR INFORMATION THAT THE CENSUS STARTS APRIL 1ST.
THAT'S MISSING ON SO MANY OF OUR UM, PUBLICATIONS, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT ON THERE AND THAT IT'S ONLY GOING TO RUN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
I THINK ALSO WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN HELPFUL, AND IT'S KIND OF WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE FOR THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT TIME IS THAT SAME MESSAGING ABOUT THE CENSUS.
WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, OKAY, PEOPLE ARE COMING TO ADDRESS CANVAS AND THIS IS WHAT TO EXPECT.
YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.
IF IT'S MORE THAN THAT, THEN THEY'RE NOT FOR REAL.
THE MAILING IS GONNA BE IN MARCH IS WHAT WE WERE, RIGHT.
EXPECT THAT IN THE MAILING, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO THIS, SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THESE REAL FANCY TIMELINES WHERE WE SAY THE EDUCATION PROCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY STOPS IN DECEMBER.
IT GOES ON UNTIL THE VERY END BECAUSE TO THE POINTS YOU'RE MAKING, WE SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PERHAPS WEREN'T WELL-INFORMED.
I KNOW THAT IN JULY I SAW THE, UM, NOTICE TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOLKS THAT CAME OUT FROM HEADQUARTERS IN THE CENSUS.
AND THEN I REMEMBER RECEIVING A CALL FROM BERTHA SAYING, WE DON'T HAVE IT.
SO I ENDED UP HA AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS IN SOMEONE'S DESK OR WE DON'T KNOW, BUT UH, WE ENDED UP SENDING IT OUT TO BEXAR COUNTY INTO THE CITY SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THAT ADDRESS CANVASSING WAS GOING ON BECAUSE WE DID GET CALLS AND WE SAW IT ON TV AND ON THE RADIO AS WE HEARD IT ON THE RADIO AS WELL.
AND ALSO THAT'S WHERE THE EDUCATION PROCESS CONTINUES WITH EVERYTHING THAT THE COMMITTEE'S DOING, WHICH IS REMIND THEM THAT THEY WILL BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CENSUS IN MARCH.
UM, WE ARE GOING LIVE WITH THE ONLINE PORTION A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN WE HAD SAID PREVIOUSLY.
WE HAD SAID THE 23RD OF MARCH.
WE'RE NOW UP AT THE 12TH OF MARCH.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO KNOW AS WELL.
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SO CONTINUING TO EDUCATE THE FOLKS ON WHAT THE CENSUS REALLY IS, HOW, WHAT THE OUTREACH LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR COMMUNITY IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.ANYTHING I CAN DO OR MY TEAM CAN DO TO ASSIST, WE ARE THERE.
BERTA TALKS TO ME MORE SHE THAN SHE TALKS TO HER HUSBAND.
SO WE LAUGH ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I HEAR, I SAY, WHERE ARE YOU? I'M IN NORTH TERMINAL, WHY ARE YOU CALLING
I WORKED A CENSUS IN 2010 AND UH, BUT I WAS WORKING A DIFFERENT CAPACITY.
I WAS WORKING THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE.
SO WHAT I WAS DOING THEN WAS I WAS LOOKING AT THE RESULTS AFTER THEY HAPPENED.
OKAY? SO I KNEW WHERE THE LOW COUNT AREAS AND WHERE THE, THE UM, OPPORTUNITIES WERE.
SO THIS TIME AROUND I SAID, OH NO, NO, NO, I WANNA BEAT THE FRONT END.
'CAUSE TO SEE IT
SO, UM, ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PARTICIPATION, THE ENTHUSIASM.
WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
I DO WANNA INTRODUCE TWO OF MY NEWEST TEAM MEMBERS.
THEY ASKED ME THE OTHER DAY, SO WHAT'S MY LANE? AND I SAID, OKAY, YOU SEE THIS BEAR COUNTY? THAT'S YOURS
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, VERONICA YEZ STAND UP, GO AHEAD AND SAY HI.
SHE COMES TO US FROM, UH, LAREDO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, PUBLIC RELATIONS, UM, CRACKER JACKET, ANYTHING THAT I PUT HER TO DO, BOY I LOVE IT.
AND SHE CAME AT THE RIGHT, AT THE RIGHT TIME.
'CAUSE THE REST OF MY TEAM'S KIND OF LIKE SANNA, WE CAN'T GO ANY FASTER.
AND THEN I HAVE MISS CARELLI DE LA TORRES COMES FROM US, FROM UA.
SO ANYWAY, THOSE, YOU WILL SEE THESE TWO LADIES AT SOME OF YOUR MEETINGS.
I HAVE LOST A COUPLE OF PEOPLE AND I HAVE SOME CHANGES ON COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, BUT MY FOLKS ARE INTERCHANGEABLE BECAUSE WHAT YOU NEED IS GOOD CENSUS INFORMATION AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? OKAY.
SO BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO REBECCA TO CLOSE OUT OUR MEETING, I DO WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT'S IN THE BAGS OVER THERE.
UM, SO ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, THIS IS JUST A VERY SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT, UH, WE KNOW YOU DO FROM A PLACE OF COMMITMENT AND PASSION FOR GETTING A COMPLETE COUNT, BUT ALSO FOR THOSE, UH, STAKEHOLDERS WHO YOU ARE WORKING WITH AND THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY, UH, INTERFACE WITH.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK SADIE IF I COULD REACH INTO YOUR BAG AND, AND OPEN IT FOR YOU, OR YOU CAN OPEN IT FOR YOURSELF AND THEN SHARE, SHARE WITH EVERYBODY.
'CAUSE JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, AS YOU WALK OUT WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE GETTING.
AND SO WE'VE, WE HAVE THESE BIG OLD HUGE BUTTONS,
SO AS YOU GO ON IN A COMMUNITY, UH, YOU ARE NOW DECKED OUT TO BE A CENSUS CHAMPION.
YOU REALLY ARE THE, THE CHAMPIONS WHO ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS COMPLETE COUNT.
AND, AND OF COURSE THE, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY KNOW, UH, WHO IS WHO IS GOING TO HELP US TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.
SO PLEASE, UH, DO PICK UP A BAG.
IT IS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LABELED.
SO PLEASE, UH, BY COMMITTEE, I THINK WE TRIED.
AND AS WE STATED FROM THE BEGINNING, UH, WAY BACK IN APRIL AND, AND CONTINUE TO, TO LET YOU ALL KNOW FROM THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE, YOU ARE THE CORE OF THE, OF THE CENSUS FOR 2020.
YOU ARE THE TRUSTED LEADERS THAT THE JUDGE AND THE MAYOR APPOINTED.
SO IT IS YOUR EFFORTS COMBINED WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BRING THE CENSUS TO BEX COUNTY TO A MUCH GREATER COUNT THAN WE'VE HAD BEFORE.
AND IT IS ALL BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING ON FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS.
AND FOR THE NEXT, GOSH, NEXT NINE MONTHS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO BABIES BEFORE THIS IS OVER
SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR FOR
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AND WITH THE, A LOT OF THE OVERLAP THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT NINE MONTHS.PLEASE TAKE A LUNCH AND PLEASE TAKE A BAG AND WE'LL BE SEEING YOU IN JANUARY.
AND IF YOU HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU WANNA TAKE A SELFIE OR SOME GROUP PICTURES BY SOME OF THESE BANNERS AND POST WHAT WE WERE DOING HERE TODAY, PLEASE, WE WANNA STAY IN THE MEDIA.
WE WANNA STAY IN THE PUBLIC'S EYE.
UH, SO, UH, THEY MAKE A GOOD BACKGROUND.