![OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Oakland councilman Noel Gallo holds...]()
OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Oakland councilman Noel Gallo holds a census 2020 banner atop a truck as he leads a census caravan along International Boulevard in the Fruitvale district in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Mayor Libby Schaaf, The Unity Council staff and volunteers took part in the event. Their goal is to reach hard-to-count communities in the area who have not yet been counted. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
![OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Volunteer Jose Cervantes, left, and...]()
OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Volunteer Jose Cervantes, left, and Mayor Libby Schaaf greet each other with an elbow bump as they get ready to take part in a census caravan along International Boulevard in the Fruitvale district in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Oakland councilman Noel Gallo, The Unity Council staff and volunteers took part in the event. Their goal is to reach hard-to-count communities in the area who have not yet been counted. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
![OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Itzel Diaz, of the Unity...]()
OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Itzel Diaz, of the Unity Council, decorates a truck with Census 2020 posters to take part in a census caravan along International Boulevard in the Fruitvale district in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Oakland councilman Noel Gallo, The Unity Council staff and volunteers took part in the event. Their goal is to reach hard-to-count communities in the area who have not yet been counted. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
![OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf holds...]()
OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf holds a census sign as they get ready to take part in a census caravan along International Boulevard in the Fruitvale district in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Oakland councilman Noel Gallo, The Unity Council staff and volunteers took part in the event. Their goal is to reach hard-to-count communities in the area who have not yet been counted. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
![OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Volunteer Jose Cervantes, left, and...]()
OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Volunteer Jose Cervantes, left, and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf decorate a van with Census 2020 posters to take part in a census caravan on the streets of the Fruitvale district in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Oakland councilman Noel Gallo, The Unity Council staff and volunteers took part in the event. Their goal is to reach hard-to-count communities in the area who have not yet been counted. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, front row center, Oakland councilman Noel Gallo, second row center, The Unity Council staff and volunteers hold up Census 2020 signs and posters as they get ready to take part in a census caravan on the streets of the Fruitvale district in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Their goal is to reach hard-to-count communities in the area who have not yet been counted. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
![OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Itzel Diaz, of the Unity...]()
OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Itzel Diaz, of the Unity Council, decorates a truck with Census 2020 posters to take part in a census caravan on the streets of the Fruitvale district in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Oakland councilman Noel Gallo, The Unity Council staff and volunteers took part in the event. Their goal is to reach hard-to-count communities in the area who have not yet been counted. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
![OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Amanda Gallo, left, and her...]()
OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Amanda Gallo, left, and her mother, Aliza Gallo, daughter and wife of Oakland Councilman Noel Gallo, respectively, get ready to take part in a census caravan on the streets of the Fruitvale district in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Oakland councilman Noel Gallo, The Unity Council staff and volunteers took part in the event. Their goal is to reach hard-to-count communities in the area who have not yet been counted. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
![OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Community activist Jose Ortiz, right,...]()
OAKLAND, CA - MAY 2: Community activist Jose Ortiz, right, Oakland councilman Noel Gallo, left, and volunteers decorate a truck with Census 2020 posters and signs to take part in a census caravan along International Boulevard in the Fruitvale district in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, The Unity Council staff and volunteers took part in the event. Their goal is to reach hard-to-count communities in the area who have not yet been counted. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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In order to reach hard-to-count communities in Oakland, Mayor Libby Schaaf, Councilman Noel Gallo, The Unity Council staff and volunteers took part in a Census Caravan.
A decorated caravan of cars traveled through the Fruitvale District informing residents that it is not too late for families to be counted for the 2020 U.S. Census by going online, by phone or by mail. U.S. Census Bureau employees, community activist Jose Ortiz, and the Urban Promise Middle School also took part in the event, which practiced safe social distancing.
