POPULATION CONNECTION ACTION FUND

FIELD & OUTREACH: TO ASSIST POPULATION CONNECTION ACTION FUND ACTIVISTS NATIONWIDE IN BUILDING AND SUSTAINING STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL, MEDIA AND LOBBYING EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF POPULATION CONNECTION ACTION FUND THROUGH ORGANIZING AND PROVIDING TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND FUNDING. REPRESENT POPULATION CONNECTION ACTION FUND IN COALITIONS FOCUSED ON GRASSROOTS ACTION AND AT PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS AS NEEDED. TO PUT PRESSURE ON ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING, AND TO WORK TO ELECT CANDIDATES WHO WILL ADVANCE PRO INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICY ONCE IN OFFICE. 2024 HIGLIGHTS INCLUDE: RE-INTRODUCING OUR #FIGHT4HER CAMPAIGN ON THE GROUND IN SIX LOCATIONS: PHOENIX AND TUCSON, ARIZONA; NEW HAMPSHIRE; LAS VEGAS, NEVADA; COLUMBUS, OHIO; AND THE LEHIGH VALLEY OF PENNSYLVANIA. WE RAN AN ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON ENDING THE GLOBAL GAG RULE FROM MARCH THROUGH SEPTEMBER, AND THEN VOTER EDUCATION AND GOTV CANVASSES FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH EARLY NOVEMBER. THROUGH THE ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN, WE COLLECTED 6,858 PETITIONS PLEDGING TO #FIGHT4HER AND SUPPORT REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, ENGAGED CAMPUSES, BROADER COMMUNITIES, FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND DEVELOPED VOLUNTEER LEADERS THROUGH A SUMMER FELLOW TRAINING PROGRAM. WE HOSTED SIX #FIGHT4HER SUMMITS IN EACH CAMPAIGN LOCATION THAT HAD 202 ATTENDEES AND ENGAGED COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS INCLUDING SEN. JEANNE SHAHEEN (D-NH) AND REP. CHRIS PAPPS (D-NH-01). IN THE LEADUP TO THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION, OUR VOTER EDUCATION CANVASSES IN THE 4TH AND 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF ARIZONA; 1ST AND 2ND CD'S OF NEW HAMPSHIRE; THE 1ST, 3RD, AND 4TH CD'S OF NEVADA, THE 15TH CD OF OHIO; AND THE 7TH CD OF PENNSYLVANIA RESULTED IN KNOCKING ON 126,349 DOORS AND SPEAKING WITH 39,701 POTENTIAL VOTERS. OUR PARTISAN GET-OUT-THE-VOTE CANVASSES IN THE 6TH CD OF ARIZONA, THE 1ST, 3RD, AND 4TH CD'S OF NEVADA, AND THE 7TH CD OF PENNSYLVANIA RESULTED IN KNOCKING ON 11,765 DOORS AND SPEAKING WITH 4,831 POTENTIAL VOTERS. TWO OF OUR FIELD STAFF ATTENDED THE NETROOTS NATION CONFERENCE IN BALTIMORE, IN JULY, AND AS AN ORGANIZATION WE SPONSORED 10 ACTIVISTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO ATTEND THE EVENT, AS WELL. WE ALSO TABLED AT NETROOTS, HANDING OUT SWAG AND COLLECTING #FIGHT4HER PETITION SIGNATURES.

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS: WE WORKED TO PROMOTE THE GLOBAL HEALTH, EMPOWERMENT AND RIGHTS (HER) ACT TO PREVENT A FUTURE PRESIDENT FROM REIMPOSING THE GLOBAL GAG RULE; WE WORKED TO INCREASE US INVESTMENT IN FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS AROUND THE WORLD; WE WORKED TO SUPPORT AID TO THE UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA); WE SUPPORTED LEGISLATION TO PROTECT AMERICAN WOMEN'S ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, INCLUDING SAFE ABORTION; WE WORKED TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE TITLE X DOMESTIC FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM; WE WORKED TO EDUCATE CANDIDATES FOR FEDERAL OFFICE ON THE NEED FOR REAL INVESTMENT IN COMPREHENSIVE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD; WE WORKED TO PROMOTE THE ABORTION IS HEALTHCARE EVERYWHERE ACT TO REPEAL HELMS AMENDMENT.