This webinar, recorded September 10, 2019, discusses census and data security, diving deeper into how the Census Bureau will be addressing security challenges on the first ever online census questionnaire. We also dicscuss how the Census Bureau keeps census data confidential and how census data are used to allocate federal funding. The webinar is recorded, and a recording and the presentation will be shared following the webinar.

For previous webinars and more census resources, go to CountUsIn2020.org.

Speakers:

Julia Marks is a staff attorney with the Voting Rights and Census program at Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus. Before joining Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus, she clerked for the Hon. Keith P. Ellison of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Julia previously litigated civil rights class actions and other high-impact cases at Disability Rights Advocates to expand access to public- and private-sector services.

Jonathan Stein is the head of Voting Rights and Census programs at Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus. He works to increase access to California’s democracy for historically disenfranchised communities, including immigrant and limited-English speaking communities, communities of color, low-income communities, people with disabilities, and the formerly incarcerated. He previously served as a voting rights staff attorney for the ACLU of California.

Maria Filippelli is a Public Interest Technology Census Fellow at New America. She has a background in urban planning, civic technology, and data science. Previously, Maria worked at DataKind, an organization that harnesses the power of data science in the service of humanity. She worked as a data science manager with a project portfolio largely focused on democratic freedoms and civil liberties.

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