State of the Union April 2018

Note from the President: The AGOA and MCA Modernization Act just passed in the Senate! The bill now heads to the President to be signed into law. We’ve done lots of lobbying on this bill and it’s great to see it pass in Congress. Great work to everybody who has emailed Congress in support of the bill and mobilized others to do the same.

~ Clint Borgen

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Political Updates
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Lobbying Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in March: 72
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2018: 219
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2018: 560

Advocacy Emails

Number of Advocacy Emails in March: 5,021
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2018: 100,000
% of Congress Emailed in March: 81%
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Congressional Office Meetings

Advocate Paul Benedict met with Morgan Brand. Morgan is a Legislative Aide for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D – NY).

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America’s Role in the World: Why Leading Globally Matters for Washington – USGLC event

In-Office staff Alisa Yamaguchi, Amy Pettigrew, and Maja Stamenkovska, as well as Political Affairs Team member Pamela Lara Perez attended last month’s U.S. Global Leadership Conference (USGLC) event. Each of them were all able to meet Representative Derek Kilmer (D – WA 6th) who was the event’s featured speaker. Below are photos from the event courtesy of Pamela. For more information about USGLC and the full reel of photos – visit the event’s page here.

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Rep. Derek Kilmer (D – WA 6th).

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Pamela Lara Perez, Political Affairs Team member, with Rep. Kilmer.

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The panel of featured guest speakers.

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Listen to the latest from Warren about the goings-on in D.C.

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Content Team Updates

This March borgenproject.org had 376,416 visitors. This is the new all-time record for our website!

Here are the Top 10 Articles for March on BORGEN Magazine.

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HR Team Updates

There is an 80% increase in applicants – March 2017 vs. March 2018.

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Recognition

Congratulations to the following team members that have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition.

Bird-dog Award: Abby Jones, Political Affairs Team; Amy Ramirez, Political Affairs Team; Michael Langley, Regional Director; and Pamela Lara Perez, Political Affairs Team.
Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more): David Parau, Advocate; Michael Israel, Content Team; and Paul Benedict, Advocate.
Public Outreach Award: Abby Jones, Political Affairs Team; Ivanna Chumatschko, Political Affairs Team; and Johanna Simpson, Political Affairs Team (April 2018).

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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Letters to the Editor

Frank Young, Regional Director, in Santa Maria Times – Letters to the Editor: Pondering our country’s global role.

Lauren Baker, HR Team, in The State Journal-Register – Letter: U.S. should do more to end global poverty.

Sehej Singh, Political Affairs Team, in The Mercury News – Letter: The power of foreign aid must not be compromised.[hr_invisible]

Fliers

Here are some of the fliers designed by our team members.

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PR/Marketing Team member Celeste Gomez for her One-Mile Campaign.

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Written by Advocate Sarah Chocron to mobilize others to call congressional leaders in Kansas.

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Bearathon at Baylor University

PR/Marketing Team member Paul Brastrom ran the Bearathon road race at Baylor University. He and his friends wore Borgen Project t-shirts throughout the event and Paul was interviewed by his school’s newspaper the Baylor Lauriat – Bearathon runners race to shine light on the Borgen Project.
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