State of the Union May 2025
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in April: 12
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2025: 148
- Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2025: 325
Advocacy Emails
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- Total # of Advocacy Emails in April: 3,319
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2025: 12,185
- Advocacy Emails Goal for 2025: 50,000
- % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 77%
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Political Affairs Team
Aram Jung bird-dogged Representative Jim Clyburn
Veronica Fan met with Richard Evans, Senator Cantwell’s Director of Central Washington Outreach (D-WA)
Advocate Allison Chi, bird-dogged Representative Sarah McBride
Updates from DC
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Recognition
Congratulations to the following team members who have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition
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- Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
- Political Team: Anna Templeton
- Bird-Dog Award:
- Political Team: Jane Cox, Greta Breton, Aram Jung, Allison Chi
- President’s Circle Award:
- Political Team: Veronica Fan
- Nonprofit Leadership Team: Angelica Aragiusto
- Articles of the Month: From Python to Plate: AI Fighting Food Insecurity in Thailand by Helena Birbrower
- Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
Getting the Word Out
Regional Director Team
Dani Masri attended a networking event at the University of Puget Sound
Political Team
Sophie Fitzpatrick
Aram Jung presented to the UNICEF Club at her school
Jeff Zhou attended a networking event at the University of Southern California
PR/Marketing Team
Alex Cortez
Sonia Kaila
Content Team
Autumn Summer hosted a living room summit
1-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Political Affairs Team
Caitlyn Yukna in McKinney, TX
Alex Boehm in Arlington, VA
Haley Manley, Raleigh, North Carolina
Nonprofit Leadership Team
Alyazia Mahmood – NPL – UK
PR/Marketing Team
Nina Grant
Hannah Hudson
Socorro Leon Cazares
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
Veronica Fan – Union-Bulletin
Max Kurzweil – Pennlive
Helena Birbrower – The Davis Enterprise
Sarang Kim – The Herald-Times
Content Team
Caspian Davies – Exeter Economics Review
Fundraising
Nonprofit Leadership Team
Riley Lane, Fundraising Flier
Riley Lane – Fundraising Outside
Political Affairs Team
Thomas Sithiphong held a Yu-Gi-Oh card drive fundraiser
Claudio Rocha tabled outside of a local store for his mobilization and fundraising
PR/Marketing Team
Socorro Leon Cazares
Videos
PR/Marketing Team
Antonia Penna Rojas
Rodrigo Berlanga Rodriguez
Isabella Valarese
Eleanor Vanecko
Sarah Schmitt
Tala Dier
TikToks
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