America’s Voice for Population Stabilization
Since 1968, Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth or ZPG) has been America’s voice for population stabilization. We are the largest grassroots population organization in the United States—we have over 500,000 members, supporters, and participating educators!
Our core programs:
- Population Education (PopEd): We train K-12 teachers and produce curriculum materials that address population issues and reach 3 million students each year;
- Grassroots Outreach: We engage an active constituency of U.S. advocates for international family planning programs;
- Advocacy: We work directly with federal policymakers to fund and improve international family planning.
Population Connection works to ensure that every woman around the world who wants to delay or end childbearing has access to the health services and contraceptive supplies she needs in order to do so.
Our Approach
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.
We focus on the connections between human population growth and two main issue areas:
Making A Difference Since 1968
PopEd workshops conducted in 2015
634
PopEd workshops provide educators in schools—and even zoos, nature centers, and museums—with the tools they need to incorporate population concepts into their classes.
PopEd teachers trained in 2015
11,456
Our staff and Trainers’ Network volunteers facilitate workshops for teachers and nonformal educators at conferences and in-service programs, as well as for future teachers in their education methods classes at campuses throughout North America.
Activists trained to lobby in Washington, DC in 2016
173
At Capitol Hill Days we train future population activists to lobby for increased access to birth control and reproductive health care, both here in the U.S. and around the world.
Helms Amendment petitions sent to White House
700,000
We have sent more than 700,000 petitions to President Obama to reinterpret the Helms Amendment, which has placed restrictions on U.S. aid for safe abortion services abroad since 1973.
Ways To Get Involved
The Good Crisis
Population Connection's latest publication introduces new possibilities for the future of our nation—and our planet—that don’t depend on population growth.
Capitol Hill Days
Our 2016 event brought 173 activists to Washington DC for a weekend of training and lobbying!
Same Mission, New Name
Population Connection changed its name in 2002 to engage a new generation of supporters.
We Are Population Connection
Since 1968, Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth or ZPG) has been America's voice for population stabilization—we are the largest grassroots population organization in the United States, with over 40,000 members, and hundreds of thousands more supporters and participating educators!
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