African-American Outreach Toolkit

Table of Contents

 

Plan Your Outreach Strategy

1. Hard to Count Factors
2. 2010 Census Coming to Your ‘Hood – the importance of ethnic media outreach

Resources for Your Staff

3. Talking Points
4. National Urban League Policy Institute Fact Sheet
5. Sample Public Service Announcements

Outreach Materials (for Consumers or Community Stakeholders)
6. African American Outreach Poster
7. African American Senior Outreach Flyer
8. African American Senior Outreach Flyer with Census Questions - Use in group settings to talk through the questions - new
9. Flyer - Answering Your Questions about the Census - new
10. Community Development Flyer
11. African American Action Poster - post in March 2010 - new
See Community-Based Agency Toolkit for additional flyer options

Engage Faith-Based Communities

See Faith-Based Organization Toolkit for materials to engage
faith-communities

Engage Schools

See Schools Toolkit for materials to engage schools

Do-It-Yourself Flyers, Brochures and Event Invitations
12. Customizable Event Notice
13. Customizable Flyer
14. Customizable Brochure

For more information, please contact AgeOptions at (708)383-0258 (Voice) or (708)524-1653 (TTY).

Toolkit materials were created by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, NonProfits Count, the National Urban League and AgeOptions.

Funds for these materials were provided through a grant award
from the Illinois Census Funders Initiative to AgeOptions for program coordination.