State of the Union June 2022
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in May: 40
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2022: 181
- Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2022: 300
Advocacy Emails
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in May: 6,419
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2022: 29,737
- Advocacy Emails Goal for 2022: 200,000
- % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 95%
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Amy Pettigrew – Senior Program Manager, Abdullah Ibrahimzada – Program Manager and Sarah Kuhns – Political Affairs Team Member met with Congresswoman Gwen Moore’s (D-WI-04) Senior Legislative Assistant, Izmira Aitch about the International Affairs Budget, Girls LEAD Act and Keeping Girls in School Act. Rep. Moore is a strong supporter of the International Affairs Budget!
Updates from DC
Listen in to hear all of the latest updates from DC.
Recognition
Congratulations to the following team members who have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition
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- Big Kahuna Award (raised $5,000 or more):
- Content Team: Anna Zawistowski
- Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
- Political Team: Hannah May
- Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
- Political Team: Jessica Hatfield
- Content Team: Lena Maassen
- President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
- Political Team: Max Jensen
- Nonprofit Leadership Team: Soumanetra Ghosh
- Articles of the Month:
- Technology Can Bolster Resilience to Drought in East Africa by Kaitlyn DeWeerd
- Transit Monitoring: A New Method to Fight Human Trafficking by Paula Cornell
- Big Kahuna Award (raised $5,000 or more):
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Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
Getting the Word Out
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
PR/Marketing Team member, Emmanuel Kwizera postering in Rwanda
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Sammifay Hunter
PR/Marketing Team member, Nicholas Downing
Political Affairs Team member, Christopher Lauria in Freehold, NJ
Christopher actually did two one-mile campaigns, here is a photo of his in Newark, NJ
PR/Marketing Team member, Xiarui Zhang
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
- Sarah Kuhns in The Shaw Local
PR/Marketing Team
- Sandy Ceballos in The Signal
- Jack Casolani in the Long Island Press
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials
PR/Marketing Team member, Kali Thomas
Regional Director, Sreyas Yennampelli
HR Team member, Cassandra Christiansen
Fundraising
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Catherine Lico had a bake sale
TikTok
The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.
Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them [email protected].
Videos
Political Affairs Team member, Casey Cockrell
PR/Marketing Team member, Xiarui Zhang
Political Affairs Team member, John Murphy
PR/Marketing Team member, Xiarui Zhang