POPULATION CONNECTION

FIELD AND OUTREACH: FIELD AND OUTREACH: TO ASSIST POPULATION CONNECTION ACTIVISTS NATIONWIDE IN BUILDING AND SUSTAINING STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL, MEDIA AND LOBBYING EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF POPULATION CONNECTION THROUGH ORGANIZING AND PROVIDING TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND FUNDING. REPRESENT POPULATION CONNECTION IN COALITIONS FOCUSED ON GRASSROOTS ACTION AND AT PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS AS NEEDED. 2024 HIGLIGHTS INCLUDE: 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. WE ENGAGED ACTIVISTS ONLINE, FOLLOWING THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION, ASKING OUR SUPPORTERS TO URGE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO DO EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO PROTECT GLOBAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS BEFORE LEAVING OFFICE, AND ASKING OUR SUPPORTERS TO CONTACT THEIR CONGRESSPEOPLE, ASKING THEM TO VOTE NO ON A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE HAD THE POWER TO STRIP NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OF THEIR NON-PROFIT STATUS IF THEY WERE DEEMED A "TERRORIST SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION" BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

POPULATION EDUCATION: TO PROMOTE POPULATION LITERACY AMONG AMERICAN YOUTH BY (1) PROVIDING EDUCATORS WITH TEACHING RESOURCES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS TO HELP THEM EFFECTIVELY COVER POPULATION DYNAMICS AND THEIR IMPACTS IN K-12 CLASSROOMS; AND (2) PREPARING EDUCATORS TO OFFER TRAINING TO OTHER TEACHERS THROUGH THE POPULATION EDUCATION TRAINING NETWORK (PETNET). FINALLY, TO PROVIDE FOLLOW-UP ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION ENABLING FORMER TRAINEES TO APPLY THEIR TRAINING MOST EFFECTIVELY. 2024 HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:- STAFF AND VOLUNTEER TEACHER TRAINERS CONDUCTED 627 POP ED WORKSHOPS (BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL) FOR EDUCATORS IN 47 U.S. STATES AND TERRITORIES AND 4 CANADIAN PROVINCES. - FACILITATED 2 LEADERSHIP INSTITUTES TO TRAIN NEW WORKSHOP FACILITATORS. THESE WERE HELD IN CHARLOTTE, NC AND DETROIT, MI FOR A TOTAL OF 51 NEW TRAINERS.- JUDGED 2,293 STUDENT VIDEO SUBMISSIONS TO THE 13TH ANNUAL WORLD OF 8 BILLION VIDEO CONTEST FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, COVERING THE TOPICS OF CLIMATE MIGRATION, INVASIVE SPECIES, AND HEALTH- FACILITATED A GRADUATE-LEVEL ONLINE COURSE FOR 22 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS THROUGH ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024.- COMPLETED A NEW EDITION OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM, "COUNTING ON PEOPLE: K-5 ACTIVITIES FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP"- EXHIBITED MATERIALS AT TWO MAJOR TEACHER CONVENTIONS (NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION DENVER; NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES IN BOSTON).- WE HAD 219 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS IN 2024.