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Here are some suggestions that worked for them: • Set clear achievable goals and objectives. • Identify what the committee will focus on. Some examples include increasing the response rate in public housing communities among cultural/ ethnic groups in your area or among students in colleges/universities, outreach and promotion to youth and elderly in the community, or a global approach if no other CCCs are in the area. • Develop an action plan that includes activities and events which will support your efforts and help you meet your goals and objectives. • Create promotional materials that appeal to your community. • Implement special events that will generate interest and participation in the census. • Use social media to engage your community. Sample Activities of Community Complete Count Committees 2018-2019 • Make a list of community -based organizations in your area. Hold a meeting with leaders of the organizations and solicit their help in creating a census awareness campaign targeted to community members. • Host a Census Solutions Workshop with other community -based organizations in your area to come up with innovative and engaging ways to reach your communities. • Check the community calendar in your area for events. Contact organizations to see if you can have a census table to pass out census materials to increase awareness. • Plan and solicit sponsors for a "Census Day/Night Street Festival" in late 2019. Think of creative games or activities where census information can be incorporated. • Develop a 2019 Census Activity Calendar, ask organizations to choose a month in which they will sponsor census activities or promote census awareness. • Ask organizations to include a census article or message in all of their publications and social media channels from April 2019 to July 2020. January -March 2020 • Encourage organizations to include 2020 Census on the agenda of their meetings, workshops, or conferences. • Distribute/post on social media fliers announcing the invitation to respond to the census at busy locations in the community. • Make public statements of support and the impor- tance of participating in the 2020 Census. April 2020 • Encourage households to complete the question- naire online, by phone, or by mail. • Plan a Census Day event to motivate the commu- nity response. • Look online or check with your census contact person about response rates for your community. If rates are low, plan special events or activities to motivate individuals to respond. • Remind households if they didn't respond online, by phone, or mail their questionnaire back, a cen- sus worker may come to their home. Encourage households to cooperate with census workers. May 2020 • Continue to encourage community individuals to cooperate with census workers. • Evaluate what worked best for your community and briefly report this information to your census contact. • Celebrate your success and thank all those involved in making it happen. U.S. Census Bureau 2020 Census Complete Count Committee Guide 7