Home Depot Center News

WHAT:
The 2010 Census Portrait of America Road Tour is part of the largest civic outreach and awareness campaign in U.S. history - stopping and exhibiting at more than 800 events nationwide. Traveling more than 1,547 days and more than 150,000 miles across the country, 13 Road Tour vehicles will provide the public with an educational, engaging and interactive experience to bring the 2010 Census to life and motivate America's growing and increasingly diverse population to complete and mail back the 10-question census form when it arrives in mailboxes March 15-17.

At each stop on the tour, attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the 2010 Census and the positive impact their participation can have on their local communities and the nation; view a sample 2010 Census form and learn how the collected information is used; and contribute stories and photos to the Portrait of America project to explain why \"I count!\" and view messages from other Road Tour participants.

WHEN:
Wednesday, Feb. 24
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE:
California State University, Dominguez Hills North Lawn
1000 E. Victoria St., Carson, Calif.

WHO:
CSU Dominguez Hills, the City of Carson and The Home Depot Center have partnered to bring the 2010 Census Portrait of America Road Tour to Carson and the South Bay.

For more information about the 2010 Census Road Tour visit http://2010.census.gov/2010census/roadtour/

Media contact:
Amy Bentley-Smith
California State University, Dominguez Hills
(310) 243-2455; abentleysmith@csudh.edu