http://www.hispanictips.com Essential Hispanic & Latino News :: Relevant, Trusted, Comprehensive and Useful Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/23/grass-roots-latino-community-preparing-for-census-knock-on-the-door/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/23/grass-roots-latino-community-preparing-for-census-knock-on-the-door/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:32:20 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=68345 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=68345 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/23/pan-american-bank-backs-complete-count-effort-and-latino-census-summit/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/23/pan-american-bank-backs-complete-count-effort-and-latino-census-summit/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:10:06 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=68316 Pan American Bank (Los Angeles) today announced its participation in and support of the East Los Angeles Complete Count Committee. The East Los Angeles Complete Count Committee is comprised of local community members, non-profits, businesses and government officials, working together to encourage the hard-to-count population in East Los Angeles to complete the census survey.

“East Los Angeles has historically been considered a ‘hard-to-count’ community based upon a number of factors that affect many of the local residents, including fear, misunderstanding and lack of interest,” said Pan American Bank President and CEO Jesse Torres. “What many residents do not understand is that the census figures determine how nearly $400 billion in federal funds are disbursed each year. As the only bank headquartered in East Los Angeles, Pan American Bank needs to do its part to ensure that our community receives its share of federal investment. Such investments include monies related to education, infrastructure, social services and other critical projects. This is important to our community.”

The U.S. government utilizes census information relative to population density, levels of income, age, and other factors to determine how to allocate funds across the Country. According to Torres, “studies have found that Los Angeles County lost more money than any other county because of undercounts during the 2000 census. East Los Angeles needs to get counted.”

On December 12, 2009, the East Los Angeles Complete Count Committee will host a Press Conference and Latino Census Summit. The event is aimed at reaching out to hard-to-count populations in Los Angeles County. The event will feature television and radio personalities, Latino advocates, and local elected officials. Following the press conference the East Los Angeles Complete Count Committee will host the first annual Latino Census Summit where expert panelists will deliver important information regarding the 2010 census.

Established in 1964, Pan American Bank is California’s oldest Latino-owned bank. Headquartered in East Los Angeles, Pan American Bank serves the needs of the Latino communities in Los Angeles and Santa Ana. Founded by former U.S. Treasurer Romana Acosta Banuelos, the Bank has stayed true to its mission of transforming and empowering Latino communities through banking relationships built on trust, service, respect, communication, and guidance.

Contacts

Pan American Bank
Tony Ramirez
323-264-3310
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“The community won an important battle today in the fight for a fair and accurate 2010 census that counts every person in the United States as required by the U.S. Constitution. By voting today for cloture on the Commerce-State-Justice Appropriations bill, the Senate effectively ended debate on the divisive Vitter-Bennett amendment. The amendment, which would have forced the Census Bureau to add questions on citizenship and immigration status to the census form less than six months before the count, is clearly unconstitutional. Under the 14th amendment to the Constitution, the apportionment of members of the House of Representatives is based on a full count of persons – not just citizens – in each state.

Any changes to the 2010 census form would cause "logistical issues" because the bureau has already printed over 100 million copies of the form, which does not contain any questions about U.S. citizenship. Any attempt to exclude or deter illegal residents from participating in the decennial count would violate "the tradition and the law" of the census, which is mandated as a counting of all U.S. residents in the place where they usually live.

We commend the Senate for standing up for the Constitution and for sparing the nation from the damage the amendment would have done to the census and to the civil rights of millions of people – both native-born and immigrant – who would have been discouraged from being counted had the amendment passed. We also hope that today's vote sends a strong message that the Senate is committed to a 2010 census in which every person counts and every person is counted.”

The Census Bureau has enlisted the help of community leaders nationwide to encourage Hispanics to participate in the decennial count and to convince skeptical respondents that their personal information will be kept private.

The League of United Latin American Citizens, the oldest and largest Hispanic membership organization in the country, advances the economic conditions, educational attainment, political influence, health, housing and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils nationwide. 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