10/14/2026
From American Geographical Society: “Geography Connects Us All. And the Future Needs Geographers! From climate change to public health, food security, and environmental sustainability, helps us understand the relationships among people, places, and our planet, and find solutions to our shared challenges. It also opens doors to a remarkable range of careers. Geographers work across government, business, academia, and nonprofit organizations, applying critical thinking, spatial analysis, data visualization, fieldwork, and geospatial technologies to real-world problems. According to the latest available data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, geography ranks among the top 10 college majors with the lowest unemployment rates.”
🌍 Geography Connects Us All. And the Future Needs Geographers! From climate change to public health, food security, and environmental sustainability, geography helps us understand the relationships among people, places, and our planet, and find solutions to our shared challenges.
It also opens doors to a remarkable range of careers. Geographers work across government, business, academia, and nonprofit organizations, applying critical thinking, spatial analysis, data visualization, fieldwork, and geospatial technologies to real-world problems. According to the latest available data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, geography ranks among the top 10 college majors with the lowest unemployment rates. ( https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market #--:explore:outcomes-by-major )
At the American Geographical Society (AGS), we believe geography education is essential to preparing the next generation to navigate an increasingly interconnected world. As we celebrate 175 years of advancing geographic knowledge, education, exploration, and innovation, we invite you to support our 175th Anniversary Campaign and help ensure that geography continues to connect, inspire, and empower future generations.
And join us November 19–20 in New York City for Geography 2050: Africa Shaping Tomorrow! 🌍 Together, we’ll bring our diverse, interdisciplinary geo-community together for forward-looking conversations about Africa, the world’s most dynamically growing continent, and the geographic forces shaping its future.
Support geography education. Invest in the future of geography. Connect with our wide geo-community in person at Geo2050, this November in New York!
🔗 Support AGS’s 175th Anniversary Campaign: https://www.americangeo.org/donate
đź”— Join us at Geography 2050: Africa Shaping Tomorrow: https://geography2050.org
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