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We'd love to come to your campus or help organize an event to raise awareness
about the connections between women's empowerment, the environment, and
population. We are also happy to come do activist trainings and help out
in any way that we can. Here are just some ideas of workshops that we
can facilitate on your campus:
If you are interested, members of the Campus Outreach Program receive
trainings and workshops for free! Just call 1-800-767-1956
or email campus@populationconnection.org.
We would be happy to tailor a training or workshop to your needs.
Workshop Descriptions:
Front Burner Issues: The latest on Pharmacists’
Refusal, Emergency Contraception, International Family Planning funding,
and how you can turn up the heat on Capitol Hill!
If you’re eager to find out the latest information about key population,
environment and women’s rights legislation – this workshop
is for you! Following legislation in Congress can be tricky, especially
if you’re not up-to-date on the current nuances of the issue. This
workshop will explore the key legislative issues involving international
and domestic family planning issues. We’ll also discuss and demonstrate
effective ways to take action on these issues.
6.4 Billion People in your Backyard: How
to take the Population Message to the Local Level
The major technological advances of the past century bring the six billion
people of the world into closer contact with each other than ever before,
while inequitable and unjust social, political, and corporate policies
alienate us from our responsibility to each other and the Earth. At the
same time we have a hard time grasping the scope of the global issue of
population because it manifests itself in so many different ways. In this
workshop, participants explore the environmental, political, social, and
economic issues facing particular peoples throughout the world. Armed
with clear messaging, workshop participants will learn how to educate
and inform the rest of their community about crucial population issues.
Emergency School Board Meeting on Sex Ed:
Decide What’s Taught in your School District
With the controversy over funding for sexuality education programs heating
up - this workshop will examine the opposing views regarding what should
be included in sexuality education programs in public schools. We will
examine the various schools of thought on sexuality education - including
whether or not to discuss sex, contraceptives, condoms, abstinence, sexual
preference, or the prevention of HIV/AIDS. Participants will simulate
a school board meeting where community members on both sides of the issue
address the school board. (Background information will be provided to
frame arguments.)
Hello Congress: How to Effectively Lobby
your Representative
Having trouble gaining the courage to write a letter to your member of
Congress or arrange a meeting with them? We'll show you the ins and outs
of a successful interaction with your Representatives. Using population
as an example, we will discuss key talking points and follow up strategies.
After attending this workshop, you'll be equipped to both avoid misconceptions
about your issue and gain support for your cause.
Food for Thought: An Interactive
Demonstration of World Population and Resource Distribution
There are more than six billion people on Earth today. This thought-provoking
and interactive workshop goes beyond the numbers to demonstrate the inequitable
distribution of population and resources among the different regions of
the world and goes on to study the social effects of these inequities
as well as solutions to so many of our social, political, and environmental
challenges.
Workshop participants will explore the environmental, political, social
and economic issues facing particular peoples throughout the world. Through
this awareness of how we are all connected, participants will learn the
significance of family planning and environmental protection in addressing
the problems of rapid population growth and over consumption of resources.
This workshop offers advocacy skills on environmental issues, women's
rights and family planning.
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