We invite you to attend a virtual event with us!
Join us for webinars, presentations, film screenings, and training courses held throughout the year! Virtual events are an easy and accessible way for you to learn more about population issues, connect with Population Connection staff, and meet others interested in working together for a more sustainable future for our planet.
Please contact us at engage@popconnect.org if you have any additional thoughts or feedback for future events—we love hearing from you!
The Environmental Fallout of Aid Cuts
Presentation with Robert Bagyenda, Former USAID Team Leader, and Margaret Edison, Former Director of the Nigeria Population Commission
Join us for a thought-provoking webinar exploring how reductions in international aid are undermining sustainable development goals worldwide. Global aid cuts have far-reaching consequence–disrupting progress in environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), especially in regions most vulnerable to climate change.
Featured speakers include Robert Bagyenda, Former USAID Team Leader for the Environment, Engineering, and Climate Unit, who will discuss how program shutdowns have affected environmental initiatives in Uganda. In addition, Margaret Edison, Former Director of the Nigeria Population Commission, will share insights into the cascading effects of lost funding across interconnected sectors.
We’ll wrap up the webinar with a Q&A session moderated by Population Connection Communications Manager, Olivia Nater.
Date: Thursday, November 13th
Time: 12pm ET/9am PT
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Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion
Book Club Discussion
This New York Times bestseller reframes the abortion debate by placing responsibility for unwanted pregnancies on men. Author Gabrielle Blair presents 28 concise, witty, and evidence-based arguments showing how contraception is simpler, more accessible, and less burdensome for men than for women. By contrasting the ease of condoms with the complex, ongoing demands of female contraceptives, the book calls on men to take more accountability.
Date: Thursday, November 20th
Time: 4pm ET/1pm PT
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*We don’t record book club meetings, so tune in live, if you can, to catch the discussion!
2025 Year in Review
Presentation with Population Connection and Population Connection Action Fund
Join us as we showcase our organization’s most noteworthy accomplishments from the year, all made possible by our dedicated network of supporters!
Our Population Education staff and volunteer trainers facilitated over 700 workshops for over 11,000 future and current teachers in 45 states and four Canadian provinces! We cut through misleading media headlines in letters to the editor in The Guardian and The New York Times. We partnered with YouGov to investigate the extent to which alarmist “baby bust” headlines are influencing public perception. The devastating cuts to essential health care programs fueled our sister organization, Population Connection Action Fund, to mobilize hundreds of activists. Additionally, we intensified our efforts at major international conferences to advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide.
We invite you to join us as senior staff take us through these achievements and program updates!
Date: Thursday, December 11th
Time: 2pm ET/11am PT
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In Case You Missed It...
2025 Events
All year long we host virtual events to keep supporters informed and engaged with our mission! Events include guest speakers, an annual photo contest, and presentations from Global Partners. Catch up on our latest virtual events by exploring our 2025 archive.
More Details Here2024 Events
We hosted inspiring presentations with Global Partners, unpacked population projections with demography experts, held engaging discussions at our book club, and learned more about PopConnect programs through staff presentations!
More Details Here2023 Events
Throughout the year, we hosted a variety of virtual events including guest speakers, a photo contest, Global Partners presentations, and book club meetings. Our events have fostered a vibrant community dialogue on population trends, reproductive rights, and sustainable development.
More Details HereEvent Archive
2022 Events
We’ve had a full year of virtual events, hosting experts in the fields of conservation, population issues, sustainable development, and women’s empowerment.
Featured Events:
8 Billion Mini Series
Leading up to the 8 billion milestone, we hosted a number of events where we discussed how our growing population hampers progress toward environmental preservation, climate change efforts, and poverty alleviation. We heard from community organizers in Uganda, youth activists in Nepal, and PopConnect staff based across the country.
8 Billion Mini SeriesDemography Series
This spring we hosted our virtual demography series! Hannah Evans, our Senior Analyst, hosted educational sessions once a month from March to June that explored the various ways in which human population trends and dynamics affect global sustainable development and environmental change.
Demography Series
2021 Events
For the past year, we’ve successfully conducted a series of virtual events, featuring renowned professionals specializing in conservation, sustainable development, demography, and reproductive rights.
Featured Events:
Book Club Meetings
In 2021 we started our “Page Turners” Book Club, excited to have a new way to connect with our members and supporters on the latest publications that discuss population dynamics, sustainable development, and environmental issues. Every two months, we hosted one-hour discussions on books chosen by our audience. Publications include The New Climate War by Michael E. Mann and The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert.
Page Turners Book ClubEarth Day Passport Series
We celebrated this year’s Earth Day all month long, hosting speakers from organizations around the world to discuss family planning services and reproductive rights in their communities. We wrapped up presentations with an on-demand screening of the new documentary, 2040, followed by a discussion of the film on Earth Day!
2021 Earth Day
2020 Events
Over the past year, we’ve assembled a lineup of virtual events showcasing experts in reproductive rights, conservation, and population dynamics.
Featured Events:
2020 Population + Climate Change Course
An introduction to population studies, this month-long course is particularly useful for anyone interested in volunteering with Population Connection in the future. The weekly sessions take a deeper look at how population dynamics relate to global issues such as poverty, sustainable development, access to health care, climate change, and the health of our planet.
Population and Climate Change Course2020 Earth Day Challenge
Leading up to the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we held a virtual Earth Day challenge consisting of daily actions individuals could partake in to reduce their environmental impact. Two of the challenges included tuning in to presentations hosted by our President John Segar and Communications Manager Hannah Evans.
2020 Earth Day