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Stand up, be counted | Census 2010
by Kati Garner, published on February 4, 2010 at 3:47 PM
Storyline: Happenings around Sacramento
Hmong Dance Performers was one of the diverse groups that were part of the Census 2010 open house in the new office, located in the U.S. Post Office at 801 I Street. The Census is preparing for its huge task of counting all residents. They are stressing everyone needs counted, legal or not.
Ballet Folklorico Nube de Oro (above and below) also entertained as well as The Peacock Girls, TOSA- Polynesian Dance Performers
and Alinicia- Rhythm & Blues Band. Other performers were Sacramento Women's Chorus, Kirby Shields, and Harrison Eldridge. CA State Army National Guard presented colors.
The Grant High School Drum Corps marched from the Census office to City Hall next door.
Sister Libby Fernandez, Executive Director, Loaves and Fishes explained how the homeless will be counting their peers for this census. She explained they want to be recognized and counted.
Other speakers included Mayor Kevin Johnson, Senator Curren Price, California State Senate, 26th District; Ditas Katague, Director, Census 2010, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research; Gustavo Arroyo,Sacramento City Unified School District Board Member; Mary Watts, U.S. Census Bureau, Partnership Specialist, 2010 Census “Portrait of America” and Tom Szabla, Assistant Regional Census Manager,U.S. Census Bureau, Seattle Regional Census Center. Will Wright, local Census office manager, was the Master of Ceremonies.
The 2010 Census questionnaire has just 10 questions and will arrive in maiboxes in March.
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February 5, 2010 | 5:00 PM
On what basis Sr. Libby said what is reported, I cannot imagine. Ms. Fernandez's isn't athorized to speak for homeless people any more than her support of communist groups like the League of Revolutionaries for a New America whom she hosts at Loaves & Fishes is appropriate or indicative of homeless people.
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