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!
Photo Challenge
What’s Your #MyPopulationNumber?
On Earth Day and every day, it’s important that we make the connections between population dynamics and environmental sustainability. This year, help amplify our efforts by participating in our #MyPopulationNumber photo challenge! Photos will be featured on our website to grow our network of advocates passionate about addressing population challenges. If your photo meets any of the special categories, you’ll also be entered to win a special Population Connection prize!
Date: Open Submission
Share Your #MyPopNumber!
Presentation with Dr. Céline Delacroix
Elevating Population Dynamics and Family Planning in Environmental Dialogue
This Earth Day, we’re hosting Dr. Céline Delacroix, Director of the FP/Earth project with the Population Institute.
Dr. Delacroix will present the findings from a 2023 journal article she wrote with Dr. Nkechi S. Owoo, a Ghanaian Health and Demographic Economist, that explores the perspectives of sub-Saharan African policymakers, researchers, and activists on the linkages between reproductive rights, population dynamics, and environmental sustainability.
Date: Monday, April 22nd
Time: 2:00 pm ET/11:00 am PT
Register Here!
Panel Discussion
Population, Health, and Environment: The importance of drawing PHE links to close funding gaps
We are hosting a virtual side event to the UN’s 57th Session of the Commission on Population and Development with Population Matters and Population Media Center! During the panel discussion, we’ll highlight how addressing the critical connections between population and sustainable development can help increase international reproductive health and rights funding. Panelists include Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, a current member of our Board of Directors and the Founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health, our longest-running Global Partner.
Date: Tuesday, April 23rd
Time: 12-1:15 pm ET/9-10:15 am PT
Register Here!
Page Turners Book Club
Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
In her exploration of womanhood and motherhood, historian Peggy O’Donnell Heffington delves into the stories of women who have navigated the choice to have—or not have—children. Drawing on extensive research as well as personal experience, Heffington highlights the shared struggles of women across generations and how they deal with societal pressures, economic constraints, environmental concerns, and infertility—and emphasizes the importance of understanding this history to reframe current conversations around motherhood and the bonds between women.
Date: Thursday, May 9th
Time: 4:00 pm ET/1:00 pm PT
Register Here!
In Case You Missed It...
2024 Events
Join us throughout the year for virtual events! We’ve hosted inspiring presentations with Global Partners, engaging discussions at our book club, and webinars with Population Connection staff, including our CEO, John Seager!
More Details HereGlobal Partners Series
Since 2016, we’ve made grants or donations to small-to-medium sized 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!
2023 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.
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