Hoporenkv Native American Podcast

How Important is the 2020 Census in Indian Country featuring Shelly Tucciarelli and Marlene Weisrock

Episode Summary

In today’s podcast Krystal Cedeno and Wilma Noah sit down with Marlene Weisrock who was the Community Tribal Census Specialist (Retired) for the US Census Bureau. Shelly Tucciarelli, niece to Marlene and owner of Turtle Clan Development Services and Subject Matter Expert for The Native Learning Center joins in on the conversation emphasizing the importance of the US Census to Indian Country. Krystal and Wilma discover that Marlene Weisrock worked for the US Census Bureau for 40 years from 1980-2010! Marlene has quite a bit of experience in getting Indian Country involved with the US Census and she wanted to share that knowledge with you. Listen in on today's podcast to get information on: - Marlene's Role within the US Census Bureau - How the Census in Indian Country is Different - Challenges that Marlene Faced within the Census Bureau