Overpopulation threatens the quality of life for people everywhere. Population Connection is the national grassroots population organization that educates young people and advocates progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth’s resources.
Thank you to our amazing network of supporters! With your help, we’ve educated more young people about global population growth, rallied advocates to protect family planning programs, and worked to include population in conversations on sustainable development.
Together with our sister organization, Population Connection Action Fund, we advocate for accessible reproductive health care and modern contraception for everyone. Ensuring people can make their own informed reproductive decisions benefits everyone, including our beleaguered planet and the other species it hosts.
Educating young people about the impact of our numbers and consumption patterns helps them become more thoughtful future professionals, parents (if they choose to have children), consumers, and voters. Despite the importance of population literacy, however, our Population Education program is the only remaining one of its kind in the United States. With a staff of 13, a volunteer network of nearly 700 teacher trainers, and approximately 50,000 educators using our curriculum materials in their classrooms, we reach about 3 million K–12 students each year.
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You are the only people doing the work that really counts. As a lifelong environmentalist, writer, and former national media director for Greenpeace, my big gripe was that no one was paying attention to the critical issue of our time: overpopulation. Neville Williams
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We keep our members and supporters engaged through various virtual events. Come to our next one and meet like-minded folks who support population stabilization!
Help us spread the message that zero population growth is necessary for a sustainable future. Write to your local newspaper or simply talk to friends and family about your passion for population stabilization.
Population Connection Action Fund mobilized thousands of activists through petitions, volunteer meetings, partner-led events, and #Fight4HER summits.
11,000+ Educators
Population Education hosted workshops for more than 11,000 K-12 educators throughout the U.S. and Canada, providing them with the materials and resources they need to teach PopEd in their classrooms.
900+ Supporters
Membership Relations engaged with our supporter base through 14 virtual events, including book club discussions and webinars featuring our Global Partners, guest speakers, and Population Connection staff.
Membership Relations engaged with our supporter base through 14