Friend,

Together, we’ve worked tirelessly over the past year.

Because of you, we are gaining ground in the fight to stabilize global population. To meet this goal, we will continue every day to advocate for every person, everywhere, to gain access to the family planning options and full spectrum of reproductive health care services they need to decide whether—and when—to become pregnant or have a child.

Your support this year made the following—and more—possible! With your help, we:

• Mobilized nearly 350 activists at our annual Capitol Hill Days advocacy event in Washington, D.C., with Population Connection Action Fund. These activists personally lobbied over 150 members of Congress to repeal Trump’s odious Global Gag Rule, to advocate for dramatically increased U.S. aid for family planning programs, and to restore funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

• Empowered members (like you!) to volunteer at 152 local community events across the country—from Earth Day festivals to VegFests, from film screenings to workplace giving fairs—to spread the message about global population growth to their friends, families, and neighbors.

• Engaged thousands of students and teachers in North America and abroad through our innovative Population Education teacher training workshops, original lesson plans, and online student activities at Worldof7Billion.org and WorldPopulationHistory.org.

• Trained more than 12,000 teachers in 750+ Population Education workshops nationwide so that they will go on to bring our original curricular materials into their K-12 classrooms.

• Galvanized thousands of activists across the country to participate in our hard-hitting advocacy campaign with Population Connection Action Fund, #Fight4HER, to build momentum toward repealing the Global Gag Rule.

I can’t thank you enough for standing up with us for basic human rights—and for preserving Earth’s resources for future generations.

In the year ahead, thanks to you and so many other supporters like you, we'll advocate for increases in reproductive health assistance, urge Americans to support progressive family planning policies, and educate tomorrow's leaders about the troubling realities of rapid population growth. Thank you for making this possible.

I am truly grateful for your generous support—and wish you a safe and joyous holiday season.

Happy Thanksgiving!

John Seager
President and CEO