About this Event

Census response is critical for the well-being of our city. What's at stake? Billions in federal funds for housing, education, and health care. Time is short. The census forms will arrive in the mail beginning March 12. Learn how you can help. Come hear:

• Dale Ho, Director, Voting Rights Project, ACLU, on the battle at the Supreme Court to remove the citizenship question from the census

• Kenneth Prewitt, Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs, Special Assistant to the President of Columbia University, and former Director of the United States Census Bureau, on how census results can skew development

• Meeta Anand, Senior Fellow, New York Immigration Coalition on the risks and rewards of census response

• Julie Menin, Director, NYC Census 2020 and Executive Assistant Corporation Counsel on the impact of census results on our city

• Jeffrey Wice, Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow, New York Law School, and national redistricting expert, on redistricting the right way

• Denise Quijada, Census Manager, Sadie Nash Leadership Project, on opening the door to young leaders in historically under counted neighborhoods

• Onida Coward Mayers, Vice President, The MirRam Group, Former Director, NYC Votes, and voter engagement expert, on the drive to be civically engaged

• Roger Juan Maldonado, President of the NYC Bar Association and Partner at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, on the role of the Bar Association in the life of our city

Join us for an uplifting educational evening with plenty of time for networking with speakers and attendees in the beautiful, historic home of the NYC Bar, which is a New York City Landmark.

Here is the Eventbrite link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/get-counted-nyc-attorneys-and-friends-network-with-experts-and-activists-tickets-94539635595?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Here is the NYC Bar link (but to register here nonmembers have to telephone):

https://services.nycbar.org/EventDetail?EventKey=ELC031020&WebsiteKey=f71e12f3-524e-4f8c-a5f7-0d16ce7b3314