Yalla Count MENA In!
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Yalla Count MENA In!
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No Middle Eastern Or North African Category On 2020 Census, Bureau Says
No Middle Eastern Or North African Category On 2020 Census, Bureau Says

There's been a decades-long push for the U.S. Census Bureau to collect more detailed data on people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa, also known as MENA. Advocates of that campaign hit another roadblock Friday, when the Census Bureau announced it is not planning to add a MENA category to the 2020 census. Read More →

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lfb 313January 29, 2018NPR
US Census 2020: The importance of being counted
US Census 2020: The importance of being counted

AJ’s The Stream hosts discussion on the importance of an accurate Census count with former U.S. Census Bureau Director Kenneth Prewitt, AAI Executive Director Maya Berry, Senior Editor and Chief Economics Writer for FiveThirtyEight Ben Casselman, and Latino GLBT History Project President Jose Plaza. Watch Here →

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lfb 313April 5, 2017Al Jazeera
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Yalla, Count MENA In! is a national, grassroots coalition-led effort to secure a MENA category for the 2030 Census to achieve an accurate count of Arab Americans. It is a project of the Arab American Institute Foundation (AAI).

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