State of the Union January 2026

 

 

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in December: 13
  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2025: 429
  • Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2025: 325

Advocacy Emails

    • Total # of Advocacy Emails in December: 1,320
    • Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2025: 42,773
    • Advocacy Emails Goal for 2025: 50,000
    • % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 95%

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Regional Director Team member, Josh Brookin meeting with the Speaker of the House of Commons

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Youssouf Ouattara met with Senator Jana Stewart, (Victoria, Australia)

Content Team member, Yunjae Lee met with his MP (Burnaby, Canada)

Political Affairs Team member, Caid Campbell bird-dogged Representative Emily Randall (D-WA-6) via Facebook live

 

Updates from DC

Listen in to hear all of the latest updates from DC.

 

Getting the Word Out

Political Team

Oliver Lefferts presenting to a class at University

Maddy Beck held her information event

Isaiah Lopez held his information event, and had between 150-200 attendees! Included in the attendees was Jesse Borrego, a famous actor from the 90s and early 2000’s. The photo is of Isaiah with Jesse at the event.

Content Team

Yunjae Lee presenting at his information event

 

1-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Political Team

Giulia Rossi implemented her one-mile campaign in Montreal, Quebec

Katrina Jacoby posted fliers around Seattle, Washington

Nonprofit Leadership Team

Sarah Frankhouse implemented her 1-mile campaign

 

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

 

Fundraising

Content Team

Yunjae Lee made and sold lemonade for his fundraiser