The Our MN Census Campaign (OMCC) is currrently made up of 13 organizations that started as a co-creation table in 2018 to help the MCMP create our community engagement strategy, the MCMP Communications & Mobilization Plan.
Transitioning from co-creation to implementation, our OMCC organizations have been working with their respective historically undercounted communities for the last two-plus years. Earlier this year we launched our MCMP Relational Organizing Toolkit to really focus in on peer-to-peer engagement this Spring with our trusted messengers. However, as the spread of COVID-19 has put that approach on the sideline, the toolkit still has great information and resources that can be applied to non in-person communications.
OMCC Members
African Career Education Resource (ACER) Denise Butler 763-318-3750
Asian American Organizing Project (AAOP) Linda Her 612-377-2561
Anika Foundation Anika Robbins 612-670-6355
CAPI Victor Yang 612-767-9517
Children's Defense Fund Jennifer Bertram 612-600-5115
Hmong American Census Network Chris Yang 651-470-3824
Islamic Civic Society of America Wali Dirie 612-817-9934
Isuroon Merissa Larson 612-353-5765
Kootasca Community Action Alice Moren 218-999-5728
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Shelly Diaz 320-292-4234
Navigate MN Carlos Ramos 612-659-6641
People Serving People Nicque Mabrey 612-323-1503
Voices for Racial Justice Monica Hurtado 612-746-4224
Minnesota Tribal Nations are an integral thread of the fabric of Minnesota and a historically undercounted community. We're proud to be partnering with Native Governance Center to be able to support 2020 Census engagement within the community in both urban and rural areas.
Our MCMP Tribal Hub Coordinator is, Shelly Diaz, 320-292-4234.
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Minnesota is much, much bigger and greater than just the Twin Cities metro. This hub is focused on providing technical assistance and coordination to partners engaging our historically undercounted communities in greater and rural Minnesota. Supported by MN's Initiative Foundations and the Blandin Foundation.
Our MCMP Greater/Rural MN Hub Coordinator is, Niel Ritchie, 612-270-0276.
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Minnesota has a robust nonprofit sector, so who better to help us support the 2020 Census engagement efforts of some of our on-the-ground organizations than the MN Council of Nonprofits. We have been able to support 36 nonprofits in their engagement efforts with historically undercounted communities across the state.
Our MCMP Nonprofit Hub Coordinator is, Michelle Chang, 651-757-3078.
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CCC's have formed all over Minnesota in coordination with the Census Bureau to help local leaders and trusted messengers organize their 2020 Census engagement efforts. The MN State Demographic Center working with MCF and the Minneapolis Foundation has funded over 200 CCC's across the state.
Our MCMP CCC Hub Coordinator is, Andrew Virden, 612-655-8896.
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