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State of the Union May 2024

May 14, 2024

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in April: 94
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2024: 166
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2024: 390

Advocacy Emails

Total # of Advocacy Emails in April: 2,713
Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2024: 15,589
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2024: 84,000
% of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 87%

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Political Team member Jacob Hung and Amy Jenkins, Senior Program manager, met with Representative Keating’s (D-MA-09) Foreign Policy Advisor, Ben Cooper.

David Zhu – Political Affairs Team member at Congressman Ro Khanna’s [D-CA-17] town hall in Fremont, CA

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

- - Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
    - Political Team: Sanjeeta Khullar
    - Content Team: Estelle Lee
    - PR/Marketing Team: Amara Keeney
  - Bird-Dog Award:
    - Political Team: David Zhu
  - Articles of the Month:
    - Ecuador’s Flower Industry: $1 Billion Sector Aids Rural Populations by William Galante
    - The Implementation of a Malaria Vaccine in Cameroon by Lilah Dees

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

Fred Pauley completed his mile campaign in Birkenhead, UK

Aeisha Varu in Leicester, UK

Political Affairs Team members

Krista Amoth – Concord, NH

James Schultz – PA

Celeste Schreifels – OR

Clyde Quarles – MN

Conor Lockwood – Liverpool, UK

Jamie Richardson – Toronto, Canada

Cameron Etchells – Enfield, UK

Carisa Balmos – TX

Content Team

Madison McCray

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

Charles Hill Islington Tribune
Krista Amoth Concord Monitor

PR/Marketing Team

Delara Baria Platform Magazine
Mackenzie Rawlin The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

Fred Pauley – PR/Marketing Team member

Delara Baria – PR/Marketing Team member

Isabella Green – Content Team member

Isabella Green’s furry friends supporting the cause!

Fundraising

Julie Baghdady – PR/Marketing Team member, worked as a bartender at an event and all tips went to her fundraising campaign

James McAlinden – Content Team member had a “how many sweets are in the jar” for his fundraiser

Isabella Green – Content Team member, hosting a paint-and-sip evening for her fundraising

Houda Sahibeddine – Political Affairs Team member held a bake sale

Kiera Gorman – Content Team member, hosted a garage/yard sale for her fundraising

TikTok

@user6170203755 Support the International Affairs Budget and other poverty reduction legislation in the link below! Thank you so much! #fightpoverty #borgenproject ♬ original sound – Aidan

Nonprofit Leadership Team member Aidan Fernandes

Videos

Isabelle Hickman – PR/Marketing Team member

Juliana Ortiz – Political Affairs Team member

Oscar Cramer – PR/Marketing Team member

Robert Marshall – PR/Marketing Team member

Emily Buisseret – PR/Marketing Team member

Shanqi Mo – PR/Marketing Team member

Renos Kadros – PR/Marketing Team member

David Zhu – Political Affairs Team member

Thomas Schmitz – Political Affairs Team member

Ireh Kim – Political Affairs Team member

Maria Rosaria Bitti – Political Affairs Team member

Moodie Alboresha – Political Affairs Team member