Get Counted

Call Your Girlfriend

Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The U.S. Census is underway and - if you just started snoozing, gently nudge yourself awake. This once-a-decade opportunity to be counted. Why? As Jeri Green of the National Urban League tells us, the Census is used to determine everything from how Congressional seats states get to federal funding for student loans, and much more. And now you complete it online. It's especially important for people from marginalized communities to get counted. Go to My2020Census.gov to fill out the quick and easy from and tell your besties!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Call Your Girlfriend.
0:03.8	A podcast for long distance festies everywhere.
0:06.8	I'm Amina Tussaud.
0:08.6	I'm Ann Friedman.
0:10.4	Hi Ann.
0:11.8	Hi Amina Tussaud.
0:14.6	What are we talking about today?
0:15.8	What is on our agenda today?
0:17.1	Wow.
0:17.6	Today we are talking about why the census is really,
0:20.4	really, really, really important.
0:21.9	Call your girlfriend.
0:27.7	It's time you had the talk.
0:32.0	Give your reasons.
0:33.9	Say it's not her fault.
0:39.8	Ready you, just met somebody new.
0:44.8	Tell her not to get in the way.
0:48.9	What are we even saying?
0:51.7	I truly am like there's everything and nothing to say.
0:55.0	Every time I got a really bad attitude about pandemic, I really have to remind myself that
1:01.8	I am not suffering at all.
1:03.9	That's not to say that it's not hard and it's not awful or to minimize just the existential
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