The Portland Trail Blazers organization has embraced campaigns surrounding voter registration/turnout and census participation, as detailed by Joe Freeman of The Oregonian. This push has been spurred on by the NBA player protests against racial injustice that occurred near the end of August.
One of the organization’s focuses is on getting citizens to fill out the census in order to receive proper funding for communities across the state:
The most immediate push surrounds the 2020 census, which is due Sept. 30. With roughly two weeks remaining, less than 70% of Oregonians have completed census registrations, and the Blazers have reached out to work with the nonprofit We Count Oregon to encourage statewide participation.