State of the Union April 2025

The President of The Borgen Project spoke at the World Forum in Berlin in March. The World Forum on the Future of Democracy, AI/Tech and Humankind brought together people ranging from human rights leaders to current and former Heads of States.

President Bill Clinton, Secretary Hillary Clinton, President of Taiwan Lai Ching-te, Heads of States of Kosovo, Israel, Palestine, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Romania, Moldova, and Lithuania, Nobel Peace Laureates Maria Ressa & Oleksandra Mathviichuk, Co-Godfather of AI Yoshua Bengio, the “President of Russia in-exile” Vladimir Kara-Murza, the High Representative for Bosnia Christian Schmidt and the Founder of The World Forum & Cinema for Peace Jaka Bizilj.

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in March: 33
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2025: 136
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2025: 325

Advocacy Emails

- Total # of Advocacy Emails in March: 2,857
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2025: 8,344
- Advocacy Emails Goal for 2025: 50,000
- % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 70%

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

- Bird-Dog Award:
  - Political Team: Pranav Sudhir
- Articles of the Month: Cuba Skate: Skateboarding In Cuba by Jacob Christopher

Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.

Getting the Word Out

Nonprofit Leadership Team

Hannah Spilhaus held a swarm

Content Team

Arabella Kamunyori

Cheyenne Weller

Political Affairs Team

Lila Tschetter

Sophie Fitzpatrick

PR/Marketing Team

Socorro Leon Cazares

1-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Political Affairs Team

Mohamed Tahar Kossai Hadji

Jamie Mclaughlan

Emaan Gubitra

Erica Estes

Nonprofit Leadership Team

Anna Smith.

Letters to the Editor

PR/Marketing Team

Hongbo Ren – The Mancunion

Fundraising

Political Affairs Team

Freya Youssef held a clothing exchange for her fundraiser

Sam Johnson sold cards for his fundraising campaign

Sumanpreet Mehat hiked Mount Snowdon, Wales for their fundraiser

Nonprofit Leadership Team

Anna Smith completed a half marathon for her fundraising campaign

Anna also presented to her Church congregation for her fundraiser

Alyazia Mahmood hosted a bake sale for her fundraiser

Content Team

Helena Pryce’s fundraising flier

Videos

Political Affairs Team

Jamie Mclaughlan

Haley Manley

TikToks

@ydb_borgenproject If you want to make a change in your area, get in contact with your leaders and join The Borgen Project! #charity #politcs #awarness #theborgenproject ♬ original sound ydb_borgenproject

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Yason Borjas