Actions

The years between each decennial census are filled with actions that help you and organization serve your audiences, communicate needs, implement wise data-based decisions, and plan for the future. The actions supporting each milestone and year are based on and sourced from historical actions organizations like yours have taken to use, support, and strengthen the census, as well as Get Out The Count (GOTC). These are only examples.

Select the current year to review potential actions you can take now, or select past or future action years to catch up and plan for what is next. Most actions are cross-referenced for relevance to specific audiences. Some actions include references to examples from specific organizations like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the ACLU, and the NAACP.

Review the yearly Actions Overview posts frequently, as future Actions will be updated with additional ideas and resources as we get closer to that year. Current year and previous year Actions Overview posts may be updated as well, as appropriate to keep each year accurate and relevant. Examples of updates to previous Actions range from updated hyperlinks when the underlying resources are moved to new urls, to relevant best practices developed and submitted by census Champions like you and your organization.

2021-2022 Actions Overview

Here are just some of the actions you and your organization should have taken in 2021 and 2022 in order to demonstrate the impact of the census and lay early groundwork for the 2030 Census. If you haven't yet taken some or any of these actions, that's okay. It's never too late to pick up the Roadmap and get back on track.

2023-2025 Actions Overview

Here are just some of the actions you and your organization can take now through 2025 in order to become an early trusted messenger about the importance of the 2023-2025. If you haven't yet taken the previous years' actions, that's okay. It's never too late to pick up the Roadmap and get back on track.

2026 Actions Overview

Even though we're still a few years away from 2026, it's never too early to look ahead to important census milestones and actions you and your organization can incorporate into strategic and operational planning. Planning now will give you the ability to build vital added capacity in the leadup to 2030.

2027 Actions Overview

By 2027 it will be time to meaningfully form and build out census coalitions which will amplify your impact in the years which follow. Those are just some of the actions you can look ahead to for that year.

2028 Actions Overview

2028 should show your coalition filling out, ramping up, and aligning with larger national efforts in order to maximize your impact and streamline your outreach. Look ahead to these actions now.

2029 Actions Overview

Having followed the Roadmap in the leadup to this year, you will feel prepared and empowered to think boldly and creatively. Technology and communication trends to get out the count may have evolved, but you will have adapted to this evolution in all of your ongoing actions leading up to this year.

2030 Actions Overview

This is the long-awaited destination where all of your Roadmap activities come together to make you a driver of representation, resource-building, and change in your community.

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