Please join AAARI for our first Evening Lecture of the Spring semester, "2010 Census Hard-To-Count Interactive Map & New York City's Asian Population", by Steven Romalewski & Howard Shih, on Friday, March 2, 2010, from 6PM to 8PM, at 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan.

The Census 2010 Hard-To-Count Interactive Map provides a powerful, interactive mapping tool for community groups, local governments, the media, public officials, and others to help boost participation in the 2010 Census.

The mapping site not only pinpoints census tracts that the U.S. Census Bureau considers difficult to enumerate, it also displays the detailed demographic and housing characteristics that the Census Bureau believes will create challenges to achieving an accurate count in certain communities, allowing census advocates to tailor their activities and messages to address specific barriers, such as language difficulties or low educational attainment.

In addition to a demonstration of the Interactive Map, current data regarding New York City's Asian population will also be presented by the Asian American Federation.

Steven Romalewski joined the Center for Urban Research (CUR) in January 2006 to launch and direct the CUNY Mapping Service as a project of CUR. Prior to joining CUR, Romalewski co-founded and directed the Community Mapping Assistance Project (CMAP) at NYPIRG.

Romalewski was awarded a Charles H. Revson Fellowship at Columbia University in 1995, and received his MS in urban planning from Columbia in 1998.  He also teaches graduate-level GIS courses at Pratt Institute's Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment.

Howard Shih is the Census Programs Director for the Asian American Federation. Mr. Shih is leading the Federation's outreach initiative to build awareness and encourage Asian Americans to participate fully in the Census 2010.  In addition, Mr. Shih is responsible for the Census Information Center (CIC), officially designated by the Census Bureau as a repository of Census data.

Prior to join the Federation, Mr. Shih was an analyst with a public policy consulting firm, CONSAD Research, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mr. Shih has a Masters degree in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.

Note: Live webcast of this talk will be available online at www.aaari.info, beginning at 6:15PM EST. Streaming video and audio podcast (on iTunes) of the discussion will be available after the lecture.

To register for this talk, please RSVP to this email with your contact information including zip code, or call our office at 212-869-0182/0187. Please be prepared to show proper identification at the front desk when entering the building for security purposes.