- Population Connection
Population Connection is an organization in the United States, formerly known as Zero Population Growth. They adopted their current name in
2002 .Zero Population Growth was originally founded in1968 byPaul R. Ehrlich ,Richard Bowers , andCharles Remington , in the wake of the impact from Ehrlich's best-selling book, "The Population Bomb ".Population Connection started educating young people about forty years ago with their Population Education program. They also advocate for action to stabilize the world population at a level that can be sustained by the Earth's resources. Their mission statement is as follows:
Overpopulation threatens the quality of life for people everywhere. Population Connection is the national grassroots population organization that educates young people and advocates progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth's resources.
By
2008 , membership in ZPG had reached 35,000 members. The organization's headquarters is in Washington, D.C. Population Connection works on issues concerningoverpopulation andreproductive rights , and publishes a quarterly magazine, "The Reporter".Population Connection supporters live nationwide. Their "Making the Global Local" program reaches out to residents of twelve cities across the nation, chosen for their proximity to a large public university, progressive atmosphere, and large membership base. Grassroots organizers in these cities distribute information about the organization and the issues it covers at festivals, farmers markets, and member meetings.
On
May 8 ,2008 , the group officially abandoned the policy of advocating reduced immigration to the U.S. as a method of limiting population growth. Its newly adopted policy states:It is Population Connection's view that immigration pressures on the U.S. population are best relieved by addressing factors which compel people to leave their homes and families and immigrate to the United States. [http://www.populationconnection.org/About_Us/policies.html]
Population Connection advocates strongly for comprehensive sexuality education in the United States and abroad (when using U.S. government funds); the refunding of the
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); and the repeal of theGlobal gag rule , a policy first instated by President Reagan in 1984 in Mexico City. It was repealed by President Clinton and then reinstated by President Bush. The policy states that the U.S. governmental cannot give funding to foreign non-profits that perform, counsel women on, or lobby for more rights surrounding abortion. The policy is officially called theMexico City Policy .ee also
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Overpopulation External links
* [http://www.populationconnection.org/ Official site]
* [https://www.populationconnection.org/About_Us/history.html More extensive history of Zero Population Growth]
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