Making Sense of the Census
Caribbean L 26 ife, April 17-23, 2020
Lisa S. Dozier Funeral Services
provides live streaming for
Caribbean families
By Tangerine Clarke
Caribbean nationals who are being
deprived of the customary going home
celebration for deceased loved one due
to Covid-19 social distancing restrictions,
have found a savior in Brooklyn
Funeral Director Lisa S. Dozier, who is
helping mourners say a fond farewell via
a live streaming platform.
Despite that the funeral service had
offered live streaming in the past for
families who were unable to travel to
the U.S. from the Caribbean, Lisa S.
Dozier Funeral Service Inc. at 2043
Atlantic Ave. in Brownsville/Bedford-
Stuyvesant /Crown environs, is making
a huge difference in bringing comfort to
relatives who now grieve in more ways
than one.
According to 24-year-old Dozier who
established her funeral service in 2015,
her job has become more challenging
with the new national guidelines,
and city mandates, associated with the
COVIS-19 virus, whereby, funerals are
limited to no more than 10 people.
As such, Dozier is bridging the gap
during this difficult time, offering livestreaming
services at the funeral home
and church, that allows many extended
family and friends the opportunity to
attend remotely, and memorialize their
loved ones the right way.
She is providing this live streaming
service alternative, done before the
pandemic, “which made us feel very
equipped during this time of the COVID-
19 crisis.”
The live-streamed funeral, allows
extended family members to join the
service and their families remotely. This
option is well received according to
her.
“Live streaming is definitely shorter.
Not many people are in the room,
a preacher is present to give words
of encouragement and it’s a one-hour
viewing, during a live streaming funeral,
said Dozier,” who noted that live
Funeral Services Director, Lisa S.
Dozier. Lisa S. Dozier/ Facebook
streaming is also still engaging than
others may assume.
During the final viewing, families are
allowed to leave comments.
Dozier said she has personally adjusted
to the latest changes due to COVID-
19, even though she and staff are
exposed to people who have died due
to the virus. Their focus however, is to
protect themselves daily.
She asserts that the pandemic has
affected her business and the entire
funeral industry tremendously because
family members can’t grieve properly,
and are robbed of the right to do so.
“These families can’t mourn the loss,
and see their loved ones one last time,”
she said.
“My goal is to essentially provide both
quality and professional services in a
loving atmosphere.”
Realizing that any type of loss can
be overwhelming, my staff and I are
committed to providing a comfortable
setting during transition, said the Lisa
S. Dozier Funeral Service Inc website.
To learn more, go to www.lisadozierfuneralservice.
com, or e-mail dozierfunerals@
gmail.com.
By Julie Menin, Director of NYC Census
2020 and Bitta Mostofi, Commissioner of the
Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
The census is for everyone, and this
Immigrant Heritage Week, we’re launching
a new way for immigrant communities
to learn about it! This week, NYC
Census 2020 and the Mayor’s Office of
Immigrant Affairs launched two new We
Speak NYC educational videos, in partnership
with the City University of New
York, to explain the importance of participating
in the census.
In a city with more than 200 languages
spoken, and where nearly half of our 3.1
million immigrant New Yorkers have
limited English proficiency, We Speak
NYC, NYC’s English language learning
program, is a key resource for New Yorkers
to learn about city services, practice
their English conversation skills, and
build community. So while New Yorkers
are gaining new language skills, it’s also
a great opportunity to get the facts about
the 2020 Census in one fell swoop.
The new videos emphasize that
the census is for everyone and that it’s
safe, easy, and vitally important to our
communities. The more of us who are
counted, the more money and resources
our communities receive to provide for
us. And importantly, they also highlight
that there is no immigration or citizenship
question on the census and that responses
are completely confidential.
This new partnership also comes at
a crucial time. Immigrant communities
have been gravely impacted by COVID-19,
but they are also at a high risk of going
undercounted. Our hospitals, healthcare,
emergency services, and other
public services all depend on the census
for funding and resources — a complete
count could not be more critical for our
communities’ health and future.
Fortunately, this new partnership
can help close that gap by speaking directly
to immigrant communities and
helping to combat the fear and misinformation
around the 2020 Census. And
most importantly, these videos will give
viewers both the facts and the language
they need to support a complete count in
their own communities.
Remember, the census is about all of
us, and the only way we can make sure
our city gets what we deserve is by helping
to get our families, friends, and neighbors
counted. Do your part and let’s make
it count!
Fill out the census now at my2020census.
gov.
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