State of the Union September 2017

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Note from the President:

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Announcing the winner of the 2017 mobilizing competition…

BELLA CHAFFEY!!!!!

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Congratulations to our Mobilizing Star Award Winners:  Ariel So, PR/Mktg team; Cameron Gebben, PR/Mktg team;  Chelsea Jones, PR/Mktg team; Cody deDianous, Political Affairs team;  Madeline Wiles, PR/Mktg team; Sean Newhouse, Content team; and Sidney Ross, HR team.

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Political Updates
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The READ Act has passed! Here’s the press release from Congresswoman Nita Lowey’s office. Thank you for all of your advocacy and mobilizing efforts over the past nine months.

Lobbying Efforts

• Total Lobbying Meetings in August:  53   
  
• Total Lobbying Meetings Since the Start of the Year:  348; We are getting closer to our annual goal of 400 meetings for this year!
• 2017 Goal: 400

Advocacy Emails

• Total Advocacy Emails in August:  An impressive 7,361 emails sent!
• Total Advocacy Emails Since the Start of the Year:  Borgen Project interns and volunteers have mobilized 47,000 emails to Congress since the start of the year! To put that in perspective – that’s 7,775 more emails than we had between January and December of 2016!
• % of Congress Emailed Since the Start of the Year:  96%. Let’s take this to 100% by the end of 2017.[hr]

Meetings with Members of Congress

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Clint meets with Senator Patty Murray (D – WA) on Capitol Hill.

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Clint and Board Member Don Girskis meet with Representative Adam Smith (D – WA 9th) on Capitol Hill. Representative Smith is also an Honorary Board Member of The Borgen Project.

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Congressional Office Meetings

Imani Fields, Political Affairs team, meets with a staffer for Senator Sherrod Brown (D – OH).

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Here is the latest from Warren about the goings-on in Washington D.C.

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Content Team Updates
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HR Team Updates
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There is a 17% increase in applicants for August 2016 vs. August 2017.

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Recognition
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Congratulations to the following team members that have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition.
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Bird-dog Award:  Ilana Luther, Political Affairs team; Megan Crain, Political Affairs team; and Styrling Tanguosso, Advocate.

Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):  Amanda Quinn, Content team.

Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):  Ariel So, PR/Mktg team;  Emma Pizzuti, Political Affairs team;  John Hardie, Political Affairs team;  Lindsey Robideau, Content team; and Sydney Missigman, Content team.

Honors Award (raised $3,000 or more):  Taylor Larson, Political Affairs team. Taylor has currently raised $3,245 and is the first team member to EVER receive this award! Congratulations, Taylor!

President’s Circle:  Kayla Terrero, Political Affairs team and Megan Crain, Political Affairs team.

Public Outreach Award:  Sean Newhouse, Content team.
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Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
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Getting the Word Out
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Clint was recently quoted in this Aljazeera article Syrian refugees trade violence for thirst.

Letters to the Editor

Haley Gouge, Regional Director, Reflecting on Harvey; all lives are worth saving in the Daily Courier (page A4).

Irena Huang, Content team, We need to invest in resources for girls in Reporter-Herald.

Styrling Tanguosso, Advocate, Letter: Global Poverty Reduction and the Economy in the Citizen-Times.

Sara Venusti, Political Affairs team, Letter: We should invest more in foreign aid in NorthJersey.com.

One-Mile Campaigns

Brittany Fitzgerald, PR/Mktg team, conducted her campaign throughout the Milwaukee County public park where she posted fliers, interacted with others in the park and chalked sidewalks.

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Emily Sheppard, PR/Marketing team, got help from family and friends for her campaign. They organized into three groups and hung up Borgen Project fliers and handed out Call Congress cards across the University of Wyoming campus.

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Mobilizing

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HR team member, Asher Parvu, teaches a friend how to call Congress.

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Katherine Gallagher, Content team, set up a mobilizing station at her cookout fundraiser.

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Regional Director, Haley Gouge, designed a postcard and a business card for her mobilizing efforts.

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Fundraising

Check out some of the fundraising activities from this past month.
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Aslam Kakar, Content team, created these donation jars as part of his fundraising campaign.

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Emma O’Rourke, HR team, held a friends & family pizza fundraiser.

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Katherine Gallagher, Content team, held a cookout fundraiser.

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PR/Mktg team member, Laura Packwood, held a benefit dinner.

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Megan Crain, Political Affairs team, ran a half-marathon.

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