2020 Census Townhall

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Learn the importance of the census and how to best engage your community in being counted!

The census only happens every 10 years! However, the results account for our communities’ fair share of dollars, including how many hospital beds are available, roads, federal funds for pre-K and all schools, public works, transportation, employment, health care, public policy and other vital programs. The census data also determines how many congressional seats each state will receive. Join our knowledgeable panelists to learn everything you and your congregants and friends need to know about the Census. Federal funds, grants and support to the states, counties and all localities are based on population totals and breakdowns by sex, age, race and other factors. The census data also determine how many congressional seats each state will receive. Traci J. DeShazor, a native of Danville, Virginia, is a government relations professional with a focus on promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, strategic communications, and community engagement. Traci’s versatility as a public administrator has allowed her to inform a wide variety of social justice policies and initiatives throughout her career. Most notably, Traci’s work informed the recruitment of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s first-ever Chief Diversity Officer, historic restoration of rights efforts—restoring the voting and civil rights of nearly 200,000 individuals since 2016, the codifying of Virginia’s first-ever African American Advisory Board, and the creation of the Commonwealth Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.Rev. Alisha L. Gordon is an awarded faith leader, preacher, and educator whose work intersects faith, culture, and politics. A native of Decatur, Georgia, Rev. Gordon earned her Bachelor of English from Spelman College and a Masters of Divinity from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.Alisha’s published work has been featured in national publications, including The Huffington Post, WGN’s groundbreaking television show, Underground, Emory University, the General Commission on Religion and Race, and the United Methodist Church. In 2016, she received a Presidential Commendation from Dr. Elmira Mangum, president of Florida A&amp;M University in Tallahassee, Florida for her contributions to the university as convocation speaker. In 2015, she was the winner of the Candler School of Theology Community Service Award, and a founding member of award-winning CORE, the Candler Centennial Coalition on Racial Equality.She is the former Executive Minister of Programs at the historic Riverside Church in the City of New YorkThe Reverend Doctor Leo Whitaker is a native of Newport News, Virginia, where he was born the eighth of nine children to the late Perry David and Realer Whitaker. As a young boy, he became a member of the First Church of Newport News (Baptist), where the late Dr. Fred J. Boddie, Jr., was his pastor. He graduated with honors from high school and onto Howard University earning a Bachelor of Arts, Virginia Union University, School Theology earning a Master of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary earning a Master of Arts in Christian Education, and to earning the Doctor of Ministry degree from Virginia Union University, School of Theology. At the 118th Annual Session of the Baptist General Convention of Virginia in June, 2017, unanimously invited Dr. Leo Whitaker to serve as its third Executive Minister, and as of January 1, 2018, Dr. Leo Whitaker has returned to BGC as he believes the BGC is the place to be! At BGC, he leads over 1,075 Baptist churches, 29 associations, and BGC office staff to greater ministry.

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