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In an NPR"All Things Considered"  interview yesterday, Arturo Vargas, NALEO Executive Director and ZeroDivide Board Chair, explains why undocumented Latinos living in the U.S. should participate in the 2010 Census.

NY Times article on ZD grantee Radio Bilingue, an organization that is integrating traditional (radio) media with online (webcast) content.

The Funders' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) and National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) discuss strategies to ensure a full count of immigrant and undocumented populations in the 2010 census.

On my list of New Year's resolutions is to spend a few more minutes a day in the blogosphere...here's what I'll be reading.

10th Annual SEA registration now open

ZeroDivide's blog now listed under Guy Kawasaki's new Alltop.com site.

ZeroDivide consultant Paul Lamb featured on KQED radio's "Perspectives"

On Monday, ZeroDivide graduated the second class of our Zfellows at the wonderful Museum of the African Diaspora located in San Francisco. (I recommend checking out their new exhibit: Africa.Dot.Com: From Drums to Digital.)

I point to an article by Laura Efurd on media policy and the next Presidency over at Grantmaker’s for Film and Electronic Media’s website entitled Media Policy And The Next Presidency: The Time Is Now.

Here are her suggestions for funders:

• Support educational and informational activities related to media and technology policy issues throughout the electoral process, such as education forums.

• Fund research to gather more robust data on broadband access, media ownership, and the digital divide.