APPLY NOW for the 2026-2027 SRCD U.S. Policy Fellowship Program! Immerse yourself in state or federal policymaking while earning a competitive stipend and benefiting from tailored professional development. Learn more here: bit.ly/3Q8jVvS 📅 Due January 6, 2026 at 11:59pm ET. @srcdorg.bsky.social

PAA members, to show your backing to end the federal government shutdown, COSSA has crafted an action alert for you. Contact your representatives now to press for a resolution and expedite the FY 2026 funding process. Let's avoid further delays! buff.ly/yfrVO6W #EndShutdown

36 organizations, ~400 individuals from 45 states and DC signed our letter to Congress opposing USDA's termination of food security data collection. Read (and share) our letter here: bit.ly/CPSFSS

The application period for National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families fellowship program focused on #economic well-being and #ECE research among Hispanic families is now open. Applications are due by 5 p.m. ET on November 21, 2025. buff.ly/6FXKYd1 #EmScholars

The submission deadline for the 2026 Virtual Applied Demography Conference has been extended! Submit your proposal by Monday, Oct. 27: buff.ly/t6Ie1Ik Government employee having a hard time meeting this deadline? E-mail or DM us.

Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) webinar this Thursday featuring three former commissioners will: - provide updates, - describe strategies, & - offer a menu of concrete ways for you to engage with Friends of BLS. All are welcome. Register at link. #EconSky #NumbersDay #PolicySky

Signed! Please sign the petition below. I only just saw this. Halting the collection of this extremely important data on food insecurity would be a tragedy! There is no alternative source of this data. How are policymakers in the US going to alleviate poverty with no data on it?

The @popassocamerica.bsky.social has a sign-on letter explaining why USDA's Food Security Supplement does not merit cancellation. This survey is useful to Republicans and Democrats -- anybody who believes the American economy can deliver prosperity and food security for all.

Submit an abstract, a session or a workshop for the 2026 Applied Demography Conference. buff.ly/AXxaFU0 Deadline 1 week! Does your work or relate to counting or characterizing populations, or generating/using population data to make decisions? If "Yes" to any of these, this conference is for you.

Join letter to congressional leaders rejecting USDA's decision to halt data collection and release of food security reports. Support restoring funding for the Food Security Supplement in the Current Population Survey. Individuals: buff.ly/m2pb60w Organizations: buff.ly/VLQjNjg

PAA and Government Affairs Committee member Colleen Heflin, alongside colleagues, authored this op-ed piece in The Hill: Now is not the time to stop measuring food insecurity buff.ly/sFy8n7u

Does your work or field of study relate to counting or characterizing populations, or generating/using population data to make decisions? If "Yes" to any of these, then this conference is for you. Submit your session proposal by Oct. 23: buff.ly/cpJKBKC

Are you following our journal @readdemography.bsky.social here? Get issue and article updates, plus other news and posts from population research

As the federal #shutdown enters week 2, GPAC is monitoring developments and working with partners (@cossa.bsky.social) to address disruptions. If your research/funding has been affected, share impacts via our portal—your examples help strengthen advocacy for a swift resolution. buff.ly/pIO1QQw

Deadline approaching! Looking forward to your submissions to Session 813 "Union Formation, Dissolution, & Singlehood" 💍💔💃🏻

Dedicated PAA member, Jordan Conwell, @capsutaustin.bsky.social, has 3 reasons you should come to #PAA2026 ⬇️📹 The deadline is TOMORROW, Sunday, Oct. 5 to submit your work and present in St. Louis next May. Call for papers and details here: buff.ly/HoZlR1U

Demographers studying queer families: Please consider submitting to the session I am chairing on the topic! #demographyofsexuality #LGBTQfamilies

I am organizing session 1307 "Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Inequalities in Mortality" at #PAA2026: 📍 May 6-9 in St. Louis, MO 📆 Deadline: October 5, 2025 Submit your research on mortality inequalities at the @popassocamerica.bsky.social link below: www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...

Papers, posters, exhibits, books, connection, community, demography -- #PAA2026 will have it all! You don't want to miss this. Make sure to submit your work by Sunday, Oct. 5. buff.ly/HoZlR1U

Very excited to announce that @srhayford.bsky.social, @lesja.bsky.social, and I will be guest-editing a special volume of @prpr-journal.bsky.social on "Contemporary Pronatalism in Demographic Context"! Submissions due March 1, 2026. link.springer.com/collections/...

I am organizing the session Migration and Demographic Dynamics: Impacts on Age-Sex Structure, Mortality or Fertility at #PAA2026: 📍 May 6-9 in St. Louis, Missouri 📆 Deadline: October 5, 2025 We welcome rich empirical, theoretical, or methodological contributions. #Migration #Fertility #Mortality

4 days left! Submit your work by Sunday, Oct. 5. Join demographers and social and health scientists at all career stages, from the US and abroad, next May in St. Louis, Missouri for #PAA2026. buff.ly/HoZlR1U

The @popassocamerica.bsky.social deadline is coming up on Sunday 📆 I welcome submissions to Session 708: Older Workers, Longer Working Lives, and Health. I look forward to reading your work in this area!

Assistant professor of sociology @drschut.bsky.social explains why she 💚s PAA. Watch and share this video to tell the world about this unique, interdisciplinary, supportive space for population research. And see it in action at #PAA2026.

📢 Registration is open & the agenda is now available! Participate in the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on "Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century", taking place from Nov 19–21 2025 at @oeaw.bsky.social in Vienna and online. 🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve... #WICVienna #demography

Latest horrifying news on Trump administration erasing national data: they're ending data collection on food security by Census. Explanation of why this is a big deal: updates.dataindex.us/archive/fors... @npi.ucanr.edu @donmoyn.bsky.social @centeronbudget.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social

The PAA Applied Demography Conference provides a unique opportunity for you to showcase applied demography, strengthen professional networks, and bring the applied demography community together. The Call for Submissions is now open! Deadline Oct. 23. buff.ly/jSjI2Ru

Deadline approaching! Looking forward to your submissions to the "Union Formation, Dissolution, and Singlehood" session 813 (under Family Demography). #PAA2026

House Appropriations Committee Advances Key Spending Bills: Rejects Administration’s Proposed Funding Cuts and Praises Population Research buff.ly/9nu03sX

COMMUNITY: All the other reasons flow from this reason. And, I think we all could use a bit more community these days.

The top 5 reasons to attend #PAA2026. Repost THIS with YOUR #1 reason to come to the premier conference of demographers and social and health scientists from the United States and abroad. buff.ly/3KR6NRM

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in federal grant funding that it froze at the University of California, Los Angeles. buff.ly/VgVzDpI

So many reasons to come to #PAA2026: 1) the best place to receive feedback from peers and interdisciplinary scholars 2) hearing latest research, methods, ideas from colleagues 3) the community 🫶 Attendees keep coming back year after year! Submit your work by Oct. 5. buff.ly/3KR6NRM

PAA, along with APC, is listed in yesterday's Wall Street Journal @wsj.com recognizing the groups that support the Rally for Medical Research. We look forward to rallying with them today and Thursday. buff.ly/VL9SJyz

Fired by Trump last month, Erika McEntarfer raised the alarm on political meddling in economic data collection.

We invite proposal submissions to conduct workshops in conjunction with #PAA2026. Workshops topics could include (but not limited to): statistical methods, data set usage, data visualization, research communication, and professional development. Submission deadline Nov. 3: buff.ly/sEkwgbM

Decreased federal #ResearchFunding is making it more difficult to conduct social-environmental research but there are practical, low-cost methods that can help sustain this research with limited financial support. Learn more at our September 22 webinar: buff.ly/1cr4gY7

PARC Research Associate Letícia Marteleto @leticiamarteleto.bsky.social was elected to the Board of Directors of the PAA @popassocamerica.bsky.social. Her term begins on January 1, 2026. www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...

Make sure your job listing is seen by demographers and population research professionals! PAA members receive a free 30-day posting and all announcements are in the newsletter. Upgrades available to make sure your job listing is noticed! buff.ly/Fg5D6fK

Hard at work on your #PAA2026 submission? The deadline is in 3 weeks! Submit your work by Sunday, Oct. 5. buff.ly/Uu9sG50

Have you seen our two new action alerts? 📢 Take a quick moment and respond! Now is the time to ACT! cossa.org/new-action-a...

Join ASA for the in-person event “Meeting the Moment: How Sociological Research Can Inform Public Policy” with Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social of U of Iowa & Beth Pearson of @warren.senate.gov, Oct. 21 in Washington DC. FREE! https://bit.ly/ASAMoment

Tax policy is a structural determinant of population health – this Sept. 29 workshop examines tax policy decisions at various levels influence opportunities for health, with attention to design and distributional effects of tax systems. buff.ly/w337lfX

While Trump has advanced a handful of policies explicitly billed as “pro-family,” some conservatives are dismayed he hasn’t done more yet on one of his campaign’s most animating issues. buff.ly/NnH8HYu @politico.com

🚨 The Cornell Population Center is recruiting our next CPC Rhodes Postdoctoral Fellow (start: Aug 2026). We welcome outstanding early-career scholars in all disciplines engaging population research. Apply + share widely: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30347

We are pleased to cosponsor the 13th “Rally for Medical Research Hill Day” on Sept. 18. The event brings hundreds of supporters of NIH, including patients and scientists, to DC to promote NIH research and urge sustained investment in the agency. Registration deadline today: buff.ly/zxCVGYh

Conservative young men have latched on to the "the birth rate is too low" narrative from Musk and others, along with the "let's get back to the traditional family" narrative in which women should be subservient to men.

1 month to submit! Your submissions are welcome for the PAA 2026 Annual Meeting and we look forward to a full and rigorous scientific conference next spring in St. Louis! buff.ly/Uu9sG50

@popassocamerica.bsky.social invites you to an in-person congressional briefing, "U.S. Birth Rate Trends: Patterns, Drivers, and Implications for American Families", on Wednesday, October 8, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in 2075 Rayburn House Office Building. www.populationassociation.org/events/event...

Congratulations to the newly chosen officers, directors, and committee members of PAA. We appreciate all who voted and thank each candidate for their dedication to our organization. buff.ly/7wyphAH