BLACKOUT: Communities without Vital Data

A webinar from MACS 2030 and The Census Project

What happens if we lose the public data that fuels funding, representation, and private enterprise? Under new proposals in Congress, many rural communities and small population subgroups across the country will be "blacked out" due to insufficient data collection. Join our webinar to learn about:

• Canada's experience adopting similar proposals
• Why US Census experts predict a majority of annual survey data will be unusable if enacted
• What is at risk for vital planning and economic development information on health, income, poverty, population and much more

Panelists include:

Rosemay Bender, Statistics Canada

Kelly Ashe, Center for Rural Policy & Development

Christa Jones, U.S. Census Bureau

Beth Jarosz, Massive Data Institute, Georgetown University