This toolkit is for our community leaders and messengers to use to communicate with people who care about the environment and access to the outdoors in our communities. Use the sample copy below—and please, customize it to your own voice and tone—to share messages of support through your organization’s channels.
This resource is designed to be printed on a double-sided 18″ x 24″ yard sign—with one side in English and the other in Spanish. Have community members place these signs in their yards to remind people passing by to complete the census.
This toolkit includes sample content for organizations and community leaders to use to remind people that completing the census is one way to ensure communities get the resources they need—and that the deadline to complete the census is fast approaching! Use the sample messaging to share messages of support through your organization’s channels. This toolkit should be used in September and October (or whenever the census is wrapping up) to remind communities that the deadline to complete the census is around the corner.
This toolkit includes sample content for organizations to use to remind people about how completing the census and registering to vote are both vital to bringing political power to our communities. Use the sample messaging to share messages on social media, via text messages, in e-newsletters and email blasts, and on your website. These messages can be used at any time, but are particularly relevant around voter registration day, and as election day approaches. National Voter Registration Day is September 22 and election day is November 3.
The process of counting people experiencing homelessness in the 2020 Census is particularly challenging and unique given the COVID-19 pandemic. This flyer offers information and instructions for service providers who work with people experiencing homelessness at group facilities, soup kitchens, shelters, and regularly scheduled food vans to help count the people they serve.
These audio files feature a variety of people from Washington state speaking about why it is important to complete the 2020 Census. Use these 30-second spots in media outreach or radio ads. Download the file via Dropbox.
This toolkit includes sample content for organizations to use to help remind people that the 2020 Census is not done yet, and about how completing the census is critical to ensure our schools are properly funded for the next 10 years. Use the sample messaging to share messages on social media, via text message, in e-newsletters and email blasts, and on your website. These messages should be used throughout August and early September as students across the country prepare to go back to school.
This toolkit includes sample content for organizations to remind people about how to celebrate the Fourth of July—by being counted as vital members of our communities. Use the sample messaging to share messages on social media, via text message, in e-newsletters and email blasts, and on your website.
June is Pride Month! And by empowering our LGBTQ+ community to complete the census, we can show our pride and bring our community the resources we need for our future. This toolkit is for our community-based organizations, leaders, and messengers. Download the toolkit, which includes sample social media content and graphics, text messages, and email content, and use it to share messages of support through your organization’s channels.
This set of posters focuses on how completing the census is important to ensure our communities get the resources needed to support essential workers. Post these wherever people might see them.