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!
International Women’s Day
Presentation with Dandelion Africa
This year’s International Women’s Day theme is “Accelerate Action for gender equality”. Empowering women and girls is one of the most effective sustainable development levers, yet women’s rights sadly remain severely underfunded. We must change that!
Joining us for a virtual presentation is Wendo Sahar, Founder and Executive Director of Dandelion Africa. Dandelion Africa is a Kenyan, women-led NGO focused on women’s health and economic empowerment. Their programs focus on women’s and girls’ reproductive health, maternal child health, economic livelihoods, and advocacy on gender-based violence through men’s engagement. Wendo has over a decade of experience in grassroots sustainable programs rooted in community-driven solutions.
Through Dandelion, they have set up over 50 reproductive and maternal safe spaces, built three health centers and three libraries! Be sure to tune in to learn more about their programs and how Wendo is creating practical and systematic change in rural Kenya.
Date: Thursday, March 6th
Time: 1 pm ET/10 am PT
Register Here!
Page Turners Book Club
What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Through a collection of insightful essays and conversations, Johnson’s 2024 New York Times bestseller features diverse experts—including farmers, financiers, architects, and advocates—to envision a flourishing world where climate action triumphs. The book uses data, poetry, and art to offer a multifaceted perspective on addressing the climate crisis at the intersections of science, policy, culture, and justice. Johnson invites readers to move beyond apocalyptic narratives and instead imagine and strive for a transformed and replenished world. She asks, “What if we get climate action right?”
Date: Thursday, May 8th
Time: 4 pm ET/1 pm PT
Register Here!
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 HereGlobal Partners Series
Since 2016, we’ve made grants to organizations working on the ground in their communities to remove barriers to girls’ education, increase access to public health and family planning services, and conserve wildlife. We were able to expand this program in 2022 and are excited to showcase our amazing partners!
Event 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.
All 2022 Events
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 Series2021 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.
All 2021 Events
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 Day2020 Events
Over the past year, we’ve assembled a lineup of virtual events showcasing experts in reproductive rights, conservation, and population dynamics.
All 2020 Events
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