Lowenthal to Discuss the 2020 Census at RMA Meeting

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Terri Ann Lowenthal

The Retired Men’s Association of Greenwich (RMA) will host Terri Ann Lowenthal discussing “The 2020 Census: Counting Under Adversity,” Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 11 a.m.

The U.S. Census is a decennial population count mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution. The Constitution vests Congress with responsibility for overseeing the census, a function it has delegated by law to the U.S. Census Bureau (an agency of the Department of Commerce). The 2020 Census will be the 23rd since the first enumeration in 1790. This daunting task, having to account now for over 300 million people, involves many policy, technical, administrative and legal challenges. The data are critical for determining representation in Congress and allocating federal program dollars throughout the country. Lowenthal will explain the law and the process that will be used, and will cover some controversial issues that will have an impact on the conduct of the census, including the recent proposal to require information about one’s citizenship.

Lowenthal is a nationally recognized expert, consultant, and frequent speaker on the U.S. census and policy issues affecting federal statistics. During a 14-year career as a congressional aide in both the House and Senate, she was staff director of the House census oversight subcommittee from 1987-94 and later covered the Census Bureau and broader federal statistical activities for the 2008 Obama Presidential Transition Team. She started her congressional career with former Connecticut Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. Lowenthal now advises a variety of government, business, philanthropic, and other stakeholders on census policy and operational issues. She holds a B.A. in Africana Studies from Cornell University and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. She was a member of the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission and served on the Cornell University Council and President’s Council of Cornell Women. Lowenthal still finds time to be an ice skating coach of 43+ years and is a proud member of the Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena (Washington, D.C.) board of directors. She now lives and works in her hometown of Stamford.

The program is free and open to the public, and takes place at the First Presbyterian Church, 1 West Putnam Ave. For additional information visit greenwichrma.org or contact info@greenwichrma.org

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