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Months Before 2020 Census Gets Underway, State Nonprofits Boost Campaigns

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“If you have a greater number of Hawaiians that are reflected through the census, that’s more political credibility, it’s more mana … power and influence,” noted Joe Kuhio Lewis, the head of the council, in comments to Honolulu Civil Beat. Beyond awareness, organized Census campaigns are at times taking on an advocacy angle.