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@urbaninstitute
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Joined July 2015
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)
@hansilowang
NEW: House
@OversightDems
Chair
@RepMaloney
&
@RepRashida
lead a letter urging
@OMBPress
Dir.
@ShalandaYoung46
to change federal data standards to add a category for people of Middle Eastern or North African descent, who are currently categorized as white oversight.house.gov/sites/democrat
Dear Director Young and Director Santos: We write to ask that you end the longstanding erasure of a group of our fellow Americans by adding the Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) response category to the decennial census and the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) standards for federal data on race and ethnicity. This long-overdue action would reverse a baseless decision by the Trump Administration—which overruled the Census Bureau’s recommendation to add a MENA category—and would ensure that this vibrant American community can receive crucial federal resources and support. We also ask that the inclusion of a MENA category be paired with a commensurate increase in funding for programs serving the needs of communities of color across the country, since members of the Middle Eastern and North African community were previously excluded from these programs. OMB has not addressed a MENA classification within federal data on race and ethnicity in 25 years. In 1997, the agency...
within its “White” reference category.2 Since members of the MENA community trace their roots to either the Middle East or North Africa, OMB’s standards fail to capture the lived experience of many community members.3 For over a century, Americans of Middle Eastern or North African descent have been making valuable contributions to every aspect of American society—through the labor of workers, the innovations of scientists, the ingenuity of small business owners, and the creativity of artists.4 Many individuals in the MENA community have strong social bonds, forming a coherent social group within American society that shares many communal values regarding family and religion, moral values such as honor, hospitality, and humility, and common experiences of emigration and acculturation. As you are aware, federal standards for the classification of data on race and ethnicity impact far more than population totals in the decennial census. OMB standards determine how our political...
category be added to the 2020 Census but noted that this “will ultimately be OMB’s decision.”6 Despite support from expert statisticians within the Census Bureau and the American public, the Trump Administration unilaterally and unjustifiably decided to exclude a MENA category from the 2020 Census. Congress has repeatedly recognized that the MENA community should be considered an underserved minority group under federal law. In September 2021, the Committee on Education and Labor highlighted “that Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) communities,” among other groups, “have been excluded from the definition of ‘culturally specific’ in other federal programs for domestic violence and sexual assault victims.” The Education and Labor Committee recommended that the Department of Health and Human Services include organizations serving the MENA community within its “grants for culturally specific services for racial and ethnic minority populations.”7 Similarly, on January 13, 2022...
The Committee on Oversight and Reform is the principal oversight committee of the House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X. In addition, the Committee has jurisdiction over “[p]opulation and demography generally, including the Census.”10 If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact Committee staff at (202) 225-5051. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Elaine Maag
@ElaineMaag
Oh, Virginia, you have the chance to do something great for low-income, working families. Our #EITC in Virginia could do so much more for our lowest income workers - but to do that, it needs to be made refundable. This
@TCIFiscal
report lays out the options.
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🥁 We just released our analysis of budget proposals from the “money committees” of @VaHouse and @VaSenate! We hope this makes it easier to understand & compare $$ that is on the table. Please share far and wide - the #VaBudget impacts us all! bit.ly/CommitteeBudge
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Christopher Davis
@DavisChrisW
Check out our recent blog post about the impact of the Supreme Court's decision to vacate the CDC's federal eviction moratorium. We find that 2.1 million renters are at risk for eviction in localities that do not offer eviction protections.
urban.org
With Limited State and Local Protections, the End of the Federal Eviction Moratorium Puts Millions...
Expanding state and local protections and accelerating emergency rental assistance is critical to keeping renters in their homes.
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Graham MacDonald
@GrahamIMac
🚨We are hiring!🚨 Have ~<2 years experience and want to learn how to architect data systems used by 1000s of researchers, build decision assist tools for governments and communities, do big data analysis, and much more? Apply! Data Engineering Analyst: urban.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Urban-Ca
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Graham MacDonald
@GrahamIMac
Job loss tool update: We now calculate that there are still 5+ million fewer low-income jobs than there were in February 2020, but there continue to be gains. We'll be watching harder-hit places like CA and NY as new data are released this summer.
urban.org
Where Low-Income Jobs Are Being Lost to COVID-19
Which neighborhoods are most vulnerable to COVID-19 job losses? Our estimates can help nonprofits, foundations, and government target support where it’s most needed.
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Christopher Davis
@DavisChrisW
overall comment about coverage tonight: for the states and counties that have partial reporting, the commentary about what types of vote were not in yet (mail-in, early vote, election-day) was awful. What's the point of showing who's up or not if we don't know what's missing?
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@DavisChrisW
Fox News, which has been estimating 87-90 percent probability of a Biden win tonight, just changed it's probability dial for Democrats winning the Senate from 50 percent to 15 percent.
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Graham MacDonald
@GrahamIMac
Updated low income job loss estimates from the latest jobs data today show an improving picture - ~750k low-income jobs recovered last month. But there are still over 6 million jobs lost since February, and the pace of recovery seems to be slowing.
urban.org
Where Low-Income Jobs Are Being Lost to COVID-19
Which neighborhoods are most vulnerable to COVID-19 job losses? Our estimates can help nonprofits, foundations, and government target support where it’s most needed.
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