State of the Union September 2025

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in August: 22
  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2025: 293
  • Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2025: 325

Advocacy Emails

    • Total # of Advocacy Emails in August: 3,568
    • Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2025: 28,630
    • Advocacy Emails Goal for 2025: 50,000
    • % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 91%

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Our team met with Senator Schiff’s staff (D-CA)

Aidan Ferguson, Owen Wu, Nadav Margalit, and Nicole Hadar met with Senator Ed Markey’s office (D-MA)

Political Affairs Team member Emily Page, met with her MP, Deirdre Costigan (Ealing Southall) who later posted about it on Instagram

Political Affairs Team member, Nadav Margalit bird-dogged on social media during a livestream held by Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4)

 

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

    • Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
      • Political Team: Anna Jones
    • Bird-Dog Award:
      • Political Team: Victoria Trinh
    • Article of the Month: Recycling Human Waste In Biochar by Sam Barbagallo

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

Getting the Word Out

Advocates Olivia Kruger and Ella Artzer gave a presentation together at a local church

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Ellen Kimber at her information event

Political Affairs Team member, Madhiha Fathima Latheef Syed, held a street swarm

1-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Political Affairs Team

Jadyn Ocampo

Max Wachter

Usha Bhusal

Michela O’Doherty

Ava Dargon had help from her friend!

 

Sarah Martin, Tabling at Marblehead Lighthouse

Christel Fernandez Lecanda

Isaac Vasquez

Nonprofit Leadership Team

Verna Chen

Anwesa Debnath

Gregorie Marincas-Bucy

Content Team

Joe Webb

Letters to the Editor

PR/Marketing Team

Content Team

 

Fundraising

Political Affairs Team

Usha Bhusal held a garage sale

Oliver Cook is selling friendship bracelets and crocheted scrunchies for their fundraising

Kyler Naquin is doing drawings/portraits for his fundraising

Videos

Political Affairs Team

Madeline Yee

Peyton Sutcliffe

Zoë Fruland

Meghan Lai