It helps to follow people on social media who can always help keep important issues “up front and out loud.”

That’s one reason I follow Kris Nordstrom’s Twitter feed.

Today he reminded me of the need to get people to fill out the census survey. North Carolina is not doing so well in its completion percentage.

In fact, if you follow that ncdemography.org link, you get this information.

And participating in the census is both educational and helps funding for public education and other social services that directly affect our public school students. From the actual US government census website:

Please, take time to fill it out and encourage all students to ask their families to fill it out as well.