2020 CENSUS YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
The 2020 Census counts everyone who lives in the United States, every 10 years. Responses to the 2020 Census shape how more than $675 billion in federal funding is distributed annually to local communities. It also determines how many seats Colorado gets in Congress and provides data for redrawing legislative districts.
Responding to the 2020 Census shapes our community's future, and Muslim Youth for Positive Impact has recruited MYPI 2020 Census youth ambassadors to help ensure a complete and accurate count in Colorado's Muslim community. Thanks to the support of Together We Count and Faith in Public Life we were awarded funds to make this possible!
Census Support Team
Aisha Mohamed
Program Manager
Huma Babak Ebadi
MYPI Executive Director
Nadeen Ibrahim
Volunteer Census Specialist
CENSUS YOUTH AMBASSADORS
Elias Hashem
Fatima Pasha
Giulia Kramer
Haroon Nessari
Ibrahim Khan
Lailah Safi
Mariam Akbar
Mustafa Rashid
Obayda Zuraiqi
Oula Mansour
Marwa Abassi
Yousuf Hassan
Mastoorah Faizi
Mohamed Ibrahim
OUTREACH
We reached our community as co-chairs of the Muslim community Complete Count Committee, which effectively motivated the vast majority of the nearly 100,000 member community to complete the 2020 Census. This includes racial and ethnic communities, immigrants, refugees, and people with limited English.
SUCCESSES
Hosted 10 in-person Events
Collaborated with the Somali and Oromo communities in Colorado to host a mobile questionnaire assistance site in Fort Morgan’s East African rural community.
Paired with several mosques throughout the state to include Census flyers in nearly 700 food care packages delivered to low-income households.
Hosted 50 Virtual Events/Outreaches
Our Virtual 2020 and Nasheed event garnered more than 650 views the same day it was hosted with more than 10 shares on key Muslim community pages.
Hosted a virtual conversation with the Colorado Imam Council and US Census Bureau that reached nearly 1,000 people.
We were invited to share our Census outreach strategy and success with Senator Bennet’s office through Together We Count.
Creation of 2020 Census PSA
Included multilingual, multicultural, and multiple identities of the Muslim community.
It reached more than 600 views and was shared by the statewide Colorado Imam Council on Census Day.
Muslim Community Complete Count Committee
First to co-launch and co-chair statewide.
Reached nearly 100,000 community members.
Op-Ed: During Ramadan, Count Us In!
Read about our efforts in this article.
CHALLENGES
