This is a virtual event; Zoom information will be emailed to attendees closer to the date!

Community Action: Resist the U.S. Census Bureau Reclassification

Did you know? The U.S. Census Bureau is using the MARC (Modified Age and Race Census) data files to reclassify folks who selected “Some Other Race” or multiple race categories without our consent. The data doesn’t lie; the number of people who identify as two or more races has decreased from 33.8 million to14.6 million… while those identifying as white increased by 40.5 million.

Gather with community to condemn the unjust use of the MARC data files to reclassify data collected in the U.S. 2020 Census. This will be an interactive, virtual event where folks will actively participate in gathering contact information for their local representatives and media outlets as well as writing letters for a call to action against the MARC method.

About the Facilitator: Dante Comet (She/Her) is a racial justice advocate based in the unceded, ancestral lands of the Munsee tribe of the Lenni Lenape people known as Lenapehoking (colonially known as Manhattan, New York).
She is currently part of AAJIL’s Core Team and facilitates a Community Lab called Mixed Asian Multitudes. Her passions lie in exploring “mixed” Asian advocacy and identity as well as building bridges for shared liberation.