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Count us in

Help people understand how censuses and surveys ask about birthplace, ancestry and language, so they can answer as they choose.

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Proposed
Milestones
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Countries
5
Decision
D10

01Why it matters

Policy follows numbers. Where statistics cannot see a community, its schools, services and needs go unseen too.

02What we ask

  1. 1

    Read the observatory note for your country.

  2. 2

    When a census or survey asks about ancestry or language, answer as you choose. We never tell anyone what to answer.

  3. 3

    Tell us how your country’s statistics ask, so the note stays accurate.

03Milestones

  1. Observatory note for every country programmeIn progress
  2. Plain-language guide to each census that asks about ancestry or languagePlanned
  3. Guides translated into the community’s languagesPlanned

04Where

05Learn

  • Iranian diaspora studies · Foundations

    Waves of the Iranian diaspora

    Why and how Iranians left, where they settled, and how each wave built its community.

    Wave 1 · 16 h Outline drafted

06Rules this campaign keeps

  • Non-partisan. IDCDC does not campaign for or against any party, candidate, faction or armed actor.
  • No fundraising. Campaigns never collect or route money.
  • No pressure. Nobody is told how to vote, answer or believe.
  • Lawful everywhere. Every action is legal where it takes place.
  • Safe by design. No lists of supporters are published. You choose what you share.
  • Evidence first. Every claim carries its source and label.
Cite this page
APA

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Count us in. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/civic/campaigns/count-us-in/

Chicago

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Count Us In.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/civic/campaigns/count-us-in/.

BibTeX
@misc{idcdc2026_civic_campaigns_count_us_in,
	author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Count us in},
	url = {https://iranians.global/civic/campaigns/count-us-in/},
	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/civic/campaigns/count-us-in/},
}

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07Research and sources

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

  1. Symposium on Adding a Middle Eastern or North African category to the US Census

    Dan Cassino · 2023 · Survey Practice

    ArticleOpenAlexCrossrefOpen access

  2. What the Latest Census Results Reveal about Iranian Americans

    Neda Maghbouleh, Amy Malek · 2023 · Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies

    ArticleDataCiteOpenAIRE

  3. Middle Eastern and North African: Recognizing the New US Census Category in Anesthesiology Research and Practice

    Karen Semaan, Dmitry Tumin · 2024 · Anesthesia & Analgesia

    ArticleOpenAlexCrossref

  4. From white to what? MENA and Iranian American non-white reflected race

    Neda Maghbouleh · 2019 · Ethnic and Racial Studies

    ArticleOpenAIRE

  5. A Recommendation for Net Undercount Estimation in Iran Population and Dwelling Censuses

    Sepideh Mosaferi, reza Navvabpour · 2012 · Journal of Statistical Research of Iran

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY-NC

Sources, licences and fetch dates: Crossref (Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown), 2026-10-23; DataCite (CC0 1.0 (DataCite metadata)), 2026-10-23; OpenAIRE (CC BY 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph)), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23.