*New* US Census Event: Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census (10/19/26)

Posted: 2026-09-17 11:25:28 ()

Danah Boyd is coming to Seattle to share insights from her new book “Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census.”  She’ll be joined at Town Hall by Ron Jarmin, the former Acting Director of the US Census Bureau. Come join them for a fun conversation about democracy’s data.

 

When: October 19 @ 6PM

Where: The Wyncote NW Forum, 1119 8th Ave (Entrance off Seneca St.), Seattle, 98101 United States

Register: https://townhallseattle.org/event/danah-boyd/

Pre-order a book: You can pre-order the book via Elliott Bay Book Company on Town Hall’s site and they’ll have it at the event for signing!

 

The book is available in French and English, audiobook, and ebook. You can pre-order the book through Town Hall (via Ellliott Bay Book Company) and they’ll have it at the event! Or ask your library for a copy! For a full tour list and info about the book, see:  https://www.danah.org/data-are-made-not-found/ 

 

If you can’t come to the Seattle event, Data & Society will be hosting a virtual discussion on September 23 at 1PM ET.

 

Description. In the US, the census data are at the heart of democracy’s data; they determine the allocation of federal resources and political power.  “Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census” tells the story of what it took for the Census Bureau to make its namesake data in 2020, amidst a pandemic, natural disasters, and political pressure. The making of these data is more than meets the eye. Civil servants pulled off “the impossible” to deliver on their promises to the American public.  Check the book out to learn what is behind democracy’s data – and what we all need to do to make sure that we have these critical data well into the future.