On Tuesday, August 19, the Coalition on Human Needs is once again hosting a webinar to help advocates and analysts prepare for the release of annual data from the Census Bureau about poverty, income, and health insurance in the U.S. The webinar will take place from 2:00 - 3:30 (EST) on the web, and feature Jared Bernstein of the Economic Policy Insitute, Douglas Hall, Acting Managing Director of Connecticut Voices for Children, Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs, and will be moderated by Ellen Teller, Director of Government Affairs, Food Research and Action Center. If you are not familiar with CHN's webinar or the annual data release of poverty information from Census, here's a bit of information about what you can expect if you sign up and participate. The webinar will help you: * to find and understand national numbers and the findings for your state when they're released on August 26 * to see accurate trends over time; whether your state fares better or worse than the national average * to compare the new data (from 2007) with what we know about the economic woes of 2008, and * how to talk about the new findings to help build the growing movement for a national commitment to dramatically reduce U.S. poverty. To sign up to participate and for more information, see CHN's webinar webpage.