Resettlement workers are getting creative during the coronavirus pandemic to urge refugees to participate in the U.S. census.
In this April 17, 2020, photo, Tareke Tesfameachel, a refugee from Eritrea who was resettled in the United States in 2012, harvests vegetables at a refugee-run community garden plot in Phoenix for the International Rescue Committee to distribute to newly arrived refugees with census materials. Advocates are concerned that the coronavirus has added another burden for refugees arriving in the U.S. They worry that the disease threatens refugee participation in the census.
To encourage refugees to take part, workers for the International Rescue Committee in suburban Phoenix include census instructions along with Swiss chard, fennel and green onions harvested from a refugee-run garden. “There is no question that the coronavirus knocked the wind out of census outreach, especially for communities that are harder to reach,” said D’Vera Cohn, a census specialist with the Pew Research Center in Washington. “But the good thing about everyone being home is that you know where to find them.”
“Even as we focus on the public health and safety of our communities, a fair and accurate census is a way we can support our communities for years to come,” Aster said.in New York, said that “every person who does not fill out the form translates into a loss of money for that community.”
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