Last week, our Movement Building Project went to Detroit to train nonprofit leaders and volunteers on key skills for mobilizing communities in support of an accurate count in the 2010 census.  This training, in partnership with Michigan Voice (a statewide table of 501c3 nonprofit organizations), brought together civic engagement, direct service, and community-based organizations.

The census is the basis of many decisions about how resources are allocated, services provided, and how we are represented in Washington.  We need local nonprofit organizations, who have relationships and infrastructure on the ground in communities, to organize and make sure that under-represented communities complete the census so we have a fair redistricting process and an accurate picture of the constituents of our country.

For a good take on the critical role nonprofits can play in mobilizing for the 2010 census, check out this post on Nonprofits Next - a good resource for emerging trends in nonprofit leadership from diverse perspectives.

Read the full post from Nonprofits Next: Diversity - Making it Really Count