9.25.20

Contact:
Ryan Berni
ryan@unumfund.org
504-417-1933

(NEW ORLEANS, LA) – Today, Judge Lucy H. Koh issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration from winding down the census count by September 30, a month before the scheduled completion date of October 31. Below is a response statement from E Pluribus Unum founder and president Mitch Landrieu:

“This updated deadline will give often undercounted communities a better chance to complete the census and help reduce disparities that have been allowed to fester for generations. It is a necessary step toward achieving racial and economic equity, especially for those of us living in the South. The 2020 Census will direct as much as $1.5 trillion through more than 300 programs for the next decade and divvy up political power through reapportionment and redistricting. Without an accurate census count, our collective recovery from COVID-19 will be far more difficult in the future. Ultimately, undercounts result in communities with means getting more resources than those without, creating even larger divides. E Pluribus Unum will continue to engage our communities across the south to ensure we get to a more complete count.”

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