Mission
Population Connection describes their mission as such:
"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."
In an interview with Discovery News, John Seager, President and CEO of Population Connection, stated,
"Population stabilization is not a cure all, but without it, it will be hard to solve much of anything else."
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