Climate Change Project Update

Population Connection launched our climate change resource portal for college professors, teachers, students, and advocates of all kinds! This is the first phase in a climate change project aimed at spotlighting one of the most effective ways to address the climate crisis: the full empowerment of women and girls through education and access to family planning services.

Announcing the 2020 Student Video Contest Winners!

Eighteen talented middle and high school students have taken a top spot in the 2019-2020 World of 7 Billion student video contest for their videos about the effect of human population growth on climate resiliency, economic opportunities, and water systems. The winners tackled topics ranging from microfinance and urban sanitation systems to climate justice, and overfishing.

Join the Experts for our Summer Speaker Series!

Join experts in the fields of conservation, reproductive health care, and reproductive rights as part of our Summer Speaker Series! We are excited to host Brian Dixon of Population Connection and Population Connection Action Fund, Rodrigo Barillas of WINGS Guatemala, and Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka of Conservation Through Public Health as they speak about their areas of expertise over the coming months.

Urgent Update on New CGA Rates

If you have considered initiating a Charitable Gift Annuity with Population Connection, now might be the right time. Based on current circumstances, the American Council on Gift Annuities will lower payout rates starting July 1, 2020:

"In general, the suggested maximum payout rates will be lowered by 0.3 to 0.5 percentage points, based on the annuitant(s) age(s) (e.g., payout reduction of $30 to $50 on a $10,000 donation). The new ACGA suggested maximum charitable gift annuity rates will become effective on July 1, 2020.”
(from https://www.acga-web.org/)

If you’d like to take advantage of the current higher rate, please get in touch with us at [email protected] immediately to begin setting up your CGA. We can honor current, more favorable annuity rates through the end of June. Remember, once you set up your CGA, your annuity rate and payments are guaranteed for life and will never change.