Archive for category: State of the Union

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

• Total # of Lobbying Meetings in November: 18
• Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2020: 1196
• Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2020: 710

Advocacy Emails

• Total # of Advocacy Emails in November: 25,389
• Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2020: 255,620
• Advocacy Emails Goal for 2020: 120,000
• % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 100%

Congressional Office Meetings and Live Events

Political Affairs Team member, Caleb Kebede, presented to a Rotary Club

Political Affairs Team member, Kayla Garcia, presented to members of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

PR/Marketing Team member, Julian Bryant presented to the City Council

Political Affairs Team member, Jasmine Thomassy bird dogged Congresswoman Elaine Luria (D-VA)

Political Affairs Team member, Maggie Walsh received a handwritten letter from her Senator about The Borgen Project

Recognition

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

• • • Honors Award (raised $3,000 or more): 
      • PR/Marketing Team: Lillian Bertelkamp
      • Content Team: Jack Silvers
    • Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
      • PR/Marketing Team: Robert Rogers
    • Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
      • Political Affairs Team: Alexander Vanik, Devin Wallner, Jamie Davis, Madison Coleman, Madison Routledge, Conor McGrane, Hana Zalvan, Lucia Grant, Noah Whitman, Asia Rose DuVernay
      • Content Team: Eva Pound, Violet Chazkel
        
      • PR/Marketing Team: Ian Gibbs, Matthew McCormick, Tai Robinson, Lauren Hartley
        
      • HR Team: Naina Vyas, Olivia Lender
      • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Monique Towns, Kayla Crow, Lora AL-Hammood, Alessandra Ayers
    • Bird Dog Award:
      • Political Affairs Team: Madison Rosewall
    • President’s Circle (50 or more people mobilized): 
      • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Kenneth Huynh
      • Political Affairs Team: Kyle Peterson, Madison Coleman, Margaret Walsh, Marie Leone, Mollie Ping, Nishan Kafle, Rachel Sun, Rose Stewart-Maddox, Rycki Cruz, Sean Panajotovic, Siobhan Nolan, Stephani Hutson, Thomas Kwon, Vera Muzzio, Vojsava Ramaj, Ximena Eguia, Noah Bray, Mollie Ping, Lily Sellers, Madison Rosewall, MeiLi Haan
    • Articles of the Month:
      • COVID-19 in the Sahel by Christopher Millard
      • Two Bills to Improve Mexico’s Economy by Jillian Reese
      • Unitaid Brings Covid Technologies to the Developing World by Jack Silvers

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

Getting the Word Out

Informational Events

PR/Marketing Team members, Kacey Mapp and Lillian Bertelkamp tabled on their university campus to raise awareness about The Borgen Project

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Content Team member, Jillian Reese

Content Team member, Mary Qualls

HR Team member, Carlie Suggs

HR Team member, Sofia Bicho

Political Affairs Team member, Lucia Grante

Political Affairs Team member, Kayla Garcia

Political Affairs Team member, Luisa Klein

Political Affairs Team member, Emre Kantarci

Political Affairs Team member, Marie Leone

Political Affairs Team member, Stevanna Sargeant

Political Affairs Team member, Rani Lauwers

Political Affairs Team member, Mollie Ping

PR/Marketing Team member, Miguel Mendes

Content Team member, Emma Jessica Maytham

Political Affairs Team member, Joseph Thompson

Political Affairs Team member, Abigail Shearer

Political Affairs Team member, Madison Coleman

Political Affairs Team member, Caroline Greene

Political Affairs Team member, Margaret Walsh

PR/Marketing Team member, Gabriela Cortez

PR/Marketing Team member, Anakaren Maldonado

PR/Marketing Team member, Kacey Mapp

PR/Marketing Team member, Joshua Massaquoi

PR/Marketing Team member, Jessica Gobble

PR/Marketing Team member, Lauren Hartley

PR/Marketing Team member, Nayab Abbas

PR/Marketing Team member, Sarah Belasco

PR/Marketing Team member, Zhilin Jiang

Political Affairs Team member, Megan Morrison

PR/Marketing Team member, Tai Robinson

PR/Marketing Team member, Sarina Lavon

PR/Marketing Team member, Briana Nguyen

PR/Marketing Team member, Rachel Daniel

PR/Marketing Team member, Ian Gibbs

Advocate, Kawsar Yasin

PR/Marketing Team member, Reenua Jones

HR Team member, Omar Baki

Swarms

Political Affairs team member, Lejla Dervišević, and her friends doing a swarm

Political Affairs Team member, Maryam Khan, hosted a swarm

Letters to the Editor

PR/Marketing Team

• Allison Steele in The New Dawn
• Carla Quispe in Newstimes
• Julian Bryant in The Register-Guard

Nonprofit Leadership Team

• Rose Crum in RR Observer
• Olivia Schultheis in Teton Valley News
• Sharon Johnson

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

PR/Marketing Team member,
Mikayla Smith

PR/Marketing Team member, Anakaren Maldonado

PR/Marketing Team member, Matthew McCormick

Political Affairs Team member, Sadie Fleig

PR/Marketing Team member, Wanting Su

Content Team member, Johana Vazquez

HR Team member, Porscha Levi

Nonprofit Leadership team member, Paige Hamilton

PR/Marketing Team member, Julian Bryant

Fundraising

Political Affairs intern, Maryam Khan, baked to raise money

Political Affairs Intern, Rani Lauwers, designed some handmade stickers for her fundraising campaign

PR/Marketing Team member, Kacey Mapp, made stickers for her fundraising campaign

Regional Director, Melia Reyther-Espinoza sold customized tote bags

Content Team Member, Zachary Kunze, created candles for his fundraising campaign, with a little bit of help from his children!

Social Media Outreach

Joanna Barbero, PR/Marketing Team member, got a story reposted by @sportshumor, an account with 220k followers

PR/Marketing Team member, Rachel Daniel, got a story reposted by @theangelchante, an account with 19.5k followers

PR/Marketing Team member, Lissette Cabral, got an influencer to post her graphic on their Instagram page

Political Affairs Team member, Morgan Turner, reached out to @nowsimplified with 89.9K followers on Instagram who tagged The Borgen Project on their story

PR/Marketing Team member, Jessica Gobble got a story reposted by @dandydoodlez (11.4 k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Lillian Bertelkamp, got a story reposted by an account with 68 k followers on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Tiana Oster, got Jillian Dearwater (57.1 K followers)to repost this image on her story

PR/Marketing Team member, Ryan Eitner, got a story reposted by an influencer

PR/Marketing Team member, Bridget Caffrey, got a story reposted by @sydprogress (150k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Danielle Powderley, got a story reposted by an account with 14.5 k followers on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Trey Steckline, got a story reposted by an influencer with 62 k followers

Twitter

 

Political Affairs Team member, Morgan Turner, got a reply from Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN)

Videos

Dear Senator Feinstein, Please Support the Keeping Girls in School Act by Political Affairs Team member, Noah Whitman

Noah also called into C-SPAN and talked about the importance of protecting the International Affairs Budget

The Borgen Project and Christmas by Political Affairs Team member, Madison Routledge

How to Call Congress by Regional Director Rosalind Coats

Global Poverty and Dance by Political Affairs Team member, Anna Grace Kolodny

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

• Total # of Lobbying Meetings in September: 117
• Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2020: 1081
• Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2020: 710

Advocacy Emails

• Total # of Advocacy Emails in September: 27,681
• Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2020: 202,344
• Advocacy Emails Goal for 2020: 120,000
• % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 100%

Congressional Office Meetings and Live Events

Political Affairs Team member Jessica Nguyen attended a virtual town hall meeting for Occoquan, Virginia

Grace Harlan, Political Affairs Team, bird-dogged Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) while live with National Security Action!

Adriane Phi, Nonprofit Leadership Team, met with Rick Larson’s (D-WA) staff member JZ Golden

Momina Chaudhry, Political Affairs Team, presented to a Religion and Human Rights Class

Ceara Stewart and Alicia Gonzalez, Political Affairs Team, met with a staffer of Rep. Jacobs (R-NY) to discuss the Youth, Freedom, and Security Act

Carson Taylor, Political Affairs Team, bird-dogged Instagram live video for #teamjoetalks with Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT)

Anna Ryu, Political Affairs Team, attended a letter writing event with Swing Left Philadelphia

Nisaa DuFourm, Nonproft Leadership Team, bird-dogged Rep. Madeleine Dean’s (D-PA) virtual town hall on Facebook Live

Nelly Harb, Regional Director, bird-dogged Rep.  Dwight Evan’s (D-PA) virtual town hall

Christy Johnson, Advocate, met with Senator Josh Hawley’s (R-MO) District Director, Ben Gruender

Cori Dill, Political Affairs Team, bird-dogged Kamala Harris (D-CA) on her Instagram Live with Lizzo

Caleb Kebede, Political Affairs Team, presented to Rotary Club

Siddhant Urunkar, Political Affairs Team, bird-dogged Representative Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ)

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Samantha Picaro, attended Tom Malinowski’s (D-NJ) Facebook event named “Congress in your Kitchen”

Recognition

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

• • • Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
      • PR/Marketing Team: Alexa Bates
      • Political Affairs Team: Peter Gobeille
      • Content Team: Elizabeth Stankovits, Jack Silvers
      • In-Office Team: Annie Baur
    • Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
      • Political Affairs Team: Rachel Greenspan, Elissa DeTellis, Kevin Schmidek, Micaela Mittleman, Nelson Kappas, Anna Ryu, Bernardo Pinto, Grace Harlan, Liam McNett, Matthew Donovan, Samuel Nall, Jamie Ziah
      • Content Team: Isabella Thorpe, Josie Collier, McKenna Black, Margherita Bassi, Chhavi Mehra, Ritika Saligram, Eliza Cochran, Henry Comes-Pritchett, Jeff Keare, Leina Gabra, Matthew Otey, Sydney Leiter, Samantha Friborg
      • PR/Marketing Team: Tessa Rodgers, Kyle McKee, Luopeiwen Yi, Mackenzie Sager, Molly Deegan
      • HR Team: Katherine Starkey, Belen Lopez Guerra
      • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Adriane Phi, Nisaa DuFour, Jessia Avila
    • Bird Dog Award:
      • Political Affairs Team: Megan Marie Owens
      • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Nisaa DuFour, Jessia Avila
    • President’s Circle:
      • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Raynna Jackson, Elleigh Spragg, Nisaa DuFour
      • Political Affairs Team: Cori Dill, Nicholas Belofsky, Nehal Tibrewal, Megan Marie Owens, Mason Cantrell, Anna Ryu, Matthew Donovan, Jasmine Thomassy
      • Content Team: Beti Sharew
    • Public Outreach Award (50 or more people mobilized): 
      • Political Affairs Team: Rachel Greenspan, Megan Marie Owen, Melissa Myrtaj, Lydia Lee, Jessica Nguyen
      • PR/Marketing Team: Cortarius Polk
    • Articles of the Month:
      • Refugees in Jordan: NGOs Helping During COVID-19  by Grace Harlan
      • Poverty in Bhutan: How Hazelnuts Are Helping by Dalton Dunning

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

Getting the Word Out

Informational Events

The Borgen Project by Statyn Coppage, PR/Marketing Team

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Political Affairs Team member Brianna Alvarez

PR/Marketing Team member Lucas Swanson

Content Team member Adrianna Tomasello

Political Affairs Team member Julia Roseneck

PR/Marketing Team member Kei-Lin Gatling

Political Affairs Team member Momina Chaudhry

Content Team member Karli Stone

Regional Director, Diego Tambazidis

Political Affairs Team member, Jessica Nguyen

PR/Marketing Team member, Paige Hankins

PR/Marketing Team member, Kayla Garcia

HR team member, Sartaj Grewal

HR team member, Kevin Malibiran

HR team member, Katherine Starkey

HR team member, Ke’Shawn Vaughan

PR/Marketing Team member, Lindsay Flinn

Swarms

Belen Lopez, HR Team, hosted a swarm from Peru

Regional Director, Kaitlyn Piechnik

Letters to the Editor

Content Team

• Jonathan Helton in the Chester County Independent
• Hannah Carroll in the Post and Courier
• Michael Strau in The Independent
• Kiahna Stephens in The Denver Post
• Alyssa Hogan in the Telegram
• Jazmin Johnson in the Tri-City Herald

Political Affairs Team

• Megan Marie Owens in the Post-Gazette
• Michael Roberts in Newsday
• Bailey Grijalva in the Seacoast Online
• Momina Chaudhry in Bakersfield.com and for a second letter
• Ellen Mahoney in Roanoke.com
• Katherine Tannous in Chapelboro.com
• Zoe Owens in the Union Recorder and in the Metro West Daily News
• Isabela Watson in The Riverdale Press
• John Baker in the Cape Gazette and the Delaware State News
• Nelson Kappas in the VC Star and Thousand Oaks Acorn
• Sherise Tracey in the South Florida Sun Sentinel
• Nick Belofsky in Cleveland.com
• Grace Harlan in the Groton Herald

In-Office Team

• Annie Baur in The Seattle Times

HR Team

• Elizabeth Rippel The Express

PR/Marketing Team

• Tressie Evans in Fair Planet
• Abby Duran in 9 to 5 Magazine
• Carson Taylor in the Holland Sentinel
• Nicole Iradukunda in The Courier and the Northern Iowan
• Ann Yu in the Daily Camera
• Elizabeth Gierhart in The Columbus Despatch
• Jawad Bhuiyan in Campusphilly, The Press of Atlantic City and Philadelphia Weekly
• Lindsay Flinn the Williamson Herald
• Ryan Gamez in the Laramie Boomerang and the Casper Star Tribune
• Andrea Fajardo in Antelope Valley Press
• Madison Thomas in the Daily Camera
• Molly Deegan in The Trumbull Times
• Cade Pustelnik in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, the Mercury News and the Half Moon Bay Review
• Emily Coghill in the Iowa State Daily and a second letter
• Allison Steele in The Racquet Press

Nonprofit Leadership Team

• Jessia Avila in the Southern Maryland News
• Nisaa DuFour in The Philadelphia Tribune

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

Created by Paige Hankins, PR/Marketing Team

Created by PR/Marketing Team member Jeremy Hogeweide. View the full series on our Instagram.

Created by Political Affairs Team member, Abigail Kaye

Created by Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Jessia Avila

Created by PR/Marketing Team member, Zhilin Jiang

Created by PR member, Sarah Belasco

Created by PR member, Briana My-Lan Nguyen

Created by PR/Marketing Team member, Robert Rogers

Created by PR/Marketing Team member, Lissette Cabral

Created by Content Team member, Heather Babka

Created by PR/Marketing Team member, Statyn Coppage

Created by PR/Marketing Team member, Amanda Hammon

Created by PR/Marketing Team member, Emma Floberg

Alicia Gonzalez, Political Affairs member, created materials for Instagram

Fundraising

Political Affairs Team member, Anna Ryu, created and packaged thank you cards for her fundraising campaign.

Political Affairs Member, Brianna Alvarez, sold old clothes to Plato’s Closet and created an Etsy shop to bedazzle bottles

Political Affairs Member, Alexandra Morales, washed cars for friends and family in her area

HR team Member Maria Catalina Pérez, hosted a bake sale

Nonprofit Leadership team member, Gabie Buechner, sold her artwork

HR team member, Anais Celini, rented out an MMA gym and hosted “Fight” for the Underdog

Political Affairs team member, Brianna Alvarez, auctioned her nieces’ artwork

PR/Marketing Team member, Molly Deegan, created stickers

Regional Director, Melia Reyther-Espinoza, made stamps

HR team, Carlie Suggs, baked cookies and sold out for one of her fundraising tasks

PR/Marketing Team member, Briana Nguyen created artwork

Political Affairs Team member, Brianna Alvarez sold her old clothes

PR/Marketing Team member, Miyo Solange Park, made mugs and stickers sold on Redbubble

Social Media Outreach

Kei-Lin Gatline, PR/Marketing Team, pitched to @femaleinspiring (27k followers) who shared the graphic on their feed.

Emma Goins, PR/Marketing Team, pitched to @TaylorHickson (20.7k followers) who shared this picture and link on their Twitter

PR/Marketing Team member, Madeline Kauffman, got her story reposted by influencer/actress, Noa Fisher, @noalehf (22.2k followers) on Instagram

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Lucia Lupotti, got her post about the Girls LEAD Act posted by the verified account @the_female_lead (1.1 million followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Ayden Schwartz, got a story reposted by @Westlakestudentactivism on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Cortarius Polk, got a story reposted by @socialjusticeparenting (11.6k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Christian Line, got a story reposted by @nickischwallz (21k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Molly Deegan, got a story reposted by @activism.afac

PR/Marketing Team member, Tiffany Lou, got a story reposted by @queerbrownvegan (59. 2k) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Aden Kaye, got a story reposted by @cole.hover (15.5k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Murphy Sullivan, got a story reposted by @fairtrademarkus (10.2k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Lindsay Flinn, got a post from @thefemaleactivists (16.9k followers) on Instagram

Upcoming Election

We asked Borgen Project team members why they vote. Here were some of their responses:

Why Vote?

The work we do and how successful we are in passing poverty reduction legislation is dependent on the elected officials in office. Make your voice heard and be ready to vote on Tuesday, November 3rd.

“I vote for a better future. I vote for compassionate reasons. By and large: I vote for my family, my friends, and my community so that collectively things might change for the better. ” – Zachary Szymanski, RD/Assistant Manager, Detroit, MI

“I vote because it’s a right that we should value and honor. Not everyone is fortunate enough to have the privilege to vote but because we have this voice we must use it. I vote because I believe our voice matters and needs to be heard!” – Brianna Alvarez, Political Affairs Intern, NY

“I vote because change depends on it. I vote so that future generations continue to live better and have increased opportunities and resources. By voting, we can recognize the problems that exist and commit to plans and solutions.” – Alicia Gonzales, Political Affairs Intern, Buffalo, NY

Team members took to Instagram to voice support for the cause. Don’t forget to tag @theborgenproject in your content on Instagram

Videos

Keeping Girls in School Act by PR/Marketing Team member, Gabrielle Reed

Debunking Global Poverty Myths by PR/Marketing Team member, Molly Deegan

What is: The Borgen Project by PR/Marketing Team member, Arianna Staton

Kamala Harris, Please Support The International Affairs Budget by PR/Marketing Team member, Briana My-Lan Nguyen

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

• Total # of Lobbying Meetings in July: 235
• Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2020: 788
• Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2020: 710

Advocacy Emails

• Total # of Advocacy Emails in July: 47,577
• Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2020: 135,415
• Advocacy Emails Goal for 2020: 120,000
• % of Congress Emailed Year to Date:  100%

Congressional Office Meetings and Live Events

Political Affairs Team member Alisha Alam in Bartlett, IL bird-dogged Sen. Dick Durbin D-IL) on the Global Health Security Act.

Political Affairs Team member Leila Mosteika met with Erika Ose, Legislative Correspondent of Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY-23rd) via Zoom to discuss the Global Child Thrive Act.

Political Affairs Team member Steven Mattero bird-dogged Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-7th) during a virtual Town Hall.

Political Affairs Team member Jasmun Askew met with Joel James, Community Outreach Representative for Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX-6th) to discuss the Global Health Security Act.

Warren’s Address

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

Content Team Updates

Articles of the Month:

Recognition

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

• • • Leader Board Award (raised $4,000 or more):
      • Content Team: Melina Stavropoulos
    • Honors Award (raised $3,000 or more):
      • Political Affairs Team: Jacob Boehm
    • Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
      • Content Team: Lucia Kenig-Ziesler, Rachel Powell, Alexandra Black
    • Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
      • Content Team: Heather Law, Caledonia Strelow, Sarah Litchney, Melody Kazel, Maya Gonzales, Kayleigh Crabb, Erica Fealtman, Ashley Bond, Amanda Kuras, Alexandra Black, Giulia Silver, Hannah Simpson (Editor), Ann Carolyn Tarry (Editor), Ilana Issula, Stephanie Russo, Jacqueline McMahon
      • HR Team: Joel Walters
      • In-Office Team: Jasmine Zhu
      • Nonproft Leadership Team: Dalia Nazzal, Jeanne Kopstein, Rachel Holliday
      • Political Affairs Team: Lauren Diana, Kaitlyn Moorhead, Cailan Adams, Claire Knox, Lara Smith, Sam Crispin, Derrick Dousharm, Abigail Wilson, Caroline Cuoco, Emily Pyle, Molly Funk, Yasmeen Abdul-Razeq, Max Glennie, Danielle Piccoli, Jeehan Mikdadi, Daina Stinnett, Edward Ryan, Brandon Stoll, Cecilia Payne, Zachary Szymanski, Elizabeth Dassow, Katy Dulaney, Shadia Aroworade
      • PR/Marketing Team: Michaela Johnson, Ella Nordell-Morris, Kelsey Lu, Haley Paluszak, Jack Marquard, Rachel Calvis, Sydney Chamley-Oerton, Robert Crystal
      • Advocates: Isabel Brittin, Emma Gebel
    • Bird Dog Award:
      • Political Affairs Team: Dakota Spears, Samantha Sasaki, Thomas Flora, Melinda Lu, Matthew Hernandez, Jessica Peoples, Sam Hiner, Frank Lopez, Dakota Spears, Lucy Bozinov, Ayaan Siddiqui, Natasha Shaghafi, Madina Zermeno, Sydnie Jiang, Brandon Stoll, Simon Lee, Jax Vtieznik, Vidushee Mishra, Hannah DelSordo, Jessica Peoples, Jacob Boehm, Talia Mathew, Elizabeth Dassow
    • President’s Circle:
      • Advocate: Venus Wang
      • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Seth Duval, George Anderson, Grace Gao, Seth Duval
      • Political Affairs Team: Olivia Cobleigh, Dakota Spears, Jack LaFave, Jennifer Ramirez, Kaitlyn Moorhead, Jasroop Dhingra, Caroline Garay, Max Glennie, Jasmun Askew, Justin Sonnenreich, Maia Tolomeo, Raye Shane, Danielle Crowley, Zainab Sunny, Kendya Kennedy, Lauren Fuller, Rachel Levine, Sofia Siegel, Savannah Buys, Taos Washington, Jessica Peoples, Jordan Larson, Lizzy Rode and Aleksia Kleine, Gregg Cornett, Quinn Luong, Sam Hiner, Eric Jamous, John LaFave, Michael Roberts, Megan Proudfoot, Natasha Shaghafi, Djuna Day-Booth, Sydnie Jiang, Nicholas Collins, Brandon Stoll, Simon Lee, Jax Vtieznik, Hannah DelSordo, Alissa Bidwell, Elizabeth Deasy, Laura Benjamin, Cecilia Payne, Jessica Peoples, Jacob Boehm, James Tolentino, Gabriela Senno, Elizabeth Dassow
      • PR/Marketing Team: Rachel Calvis
    • Public Outreach Award (50 or more people mobilized): 
      • Content Team: Rida Memon, Madeline Zuzevich
      • Political Affairs Team: Yasmeen Abdul-Razeq, Kendya Kennedy, Lauren Fuller, Madeline Leers, Mary Ostaszewski, Max Glennie, Erika Nguyen, Madeleine Bauer, Ashly Sanz, Daniel Mills, Madina Zermeno, Sydnie Jiang, Ryan Metz, Conner Brown, Brandon Stoll, Simon Lee, Hannah DelSordo, Laura Benjamin, Cecilia Payne, Juliana Balaban, Elizabeth Dassow, Katy Dulaney, Vanessa Edwards
      • PR/Marketing Team: Bianca Pardo, Jake West
      • HR Team: Shivam Shah

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

Getting the Word Out

Informational Events

Powerpoint created by PR/Marketing Team member Julia Lupariello.

PR/Marketing Team member Sarah Tucker: The Borgen Project.

Political Affairs Team member Jennifer Ramirez virtually met with a group of young leaders and the director of Youth Faith Formation to discuss The Borgen Project.

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Political Affairs Team member Sofia Siegel.

Advocate Venus Wang (left) and Content Team member Melody Kazel (right).

Political Affairs Team member Joshua Werner.

Content Team member Maya Gonzales (right) and her sister (left) hung flyers throughout Kentfield, CA to raise awareness about global poverty.

Political Affairs Team member Sofia Siegel completing her One-Mile Campaign.

Content Team member Avery Fletcher (left) and PR/Marketing Team member Sumiran Nigam at Denny Park in Seattle, WA (right).

Political Affairs Team member Rachel Jakovac.

Content Team member Ashley Bond (left) and Political Affairs Team member Lucy Bozinov (right).

Political Affairs Team member Matt Aston (left) and Nonproft Leadership Team member Heeyoung Son (right).

One-Mile Campaigns by PR/Marketing Team members Danielle Zbodula, Hannah Zastrow (center) and Hannah Stricker (right).

PR/Marketing Team member Alexis Woodruff completed her One-Mile Campaign in downtown Indianapolis (left) and Mette Beierle, from the In-Office Team, posted fliers near Sen. Murray (D-WA) and Sen. Cantwell’s offices (D-WA) (right).

Political Affairs Team members Andrew Miles (left) and Max Glennie (right).

PR/Marketing Team members Jamie Yeh (left) and David Tran (right).

PR/Marketing Team member Jack Marquard.

Political Affairs Team member Jinhong Julia Lee created and printed out QR code flyers that directed people to The Borgen Project’s Action Center and posted them around town.

Swarms

Political Affairs Team member Robin Kaloustian created a virtual swarm with friends and family.

Political Affairs Team member Severio Martin educated friends about The Borgen Project.

Political Affairs Team member Morgan Swindall mobilized her friends to call Congress during a virtual swarm.

Political Affairs Team member Joseph Christensen created a virtual swarm.

Ready to call Congress? Political Affairs Team member team member Aman Patel created a swarm at home.

Political Affairs Team member Juliana Balaban-Kroll mobilized her friends to take action in New Orleans, LA.

Letters to the Editor

Content Team

• Emma Benson in the Deseret News: Why we should protect the International Affairs Budget
• Kayla Randolph in the Journal Inquirer: A sense of unity

Political Affairs Team

• Emily Pyle in the Greer Citizen: Greer native advocates for national funding
• Allison Lin in the Syosset Jericho Tribune: Toppling the World Order: China’s Surge Upward
• Alek LaShomb in the Winona Daily News: In support of mask mandate
• Anne Bennett in DigBoston: Forced bipartisanship jeopardizes bills to help young people
• Lucas King in the Cleveland: One ‘immediate action’ to address the global pandemic is for all of us to urge Congress to increase U.S. foreign aid
• Katy Dulany in Thrive Global: The Give and take of difficult seasons: How to make a difference in the midst of a global pandemic
• Sabrina Delisfort in the Sun-Sentinel: Congress should step up and fight global poverty
• Scott Oatkin in the Daily Freeman: Foreign aid is useful investments for US and in the Mid Hudson News: Global health security needs investment
• Ben Matczak in the Providence Journal: Support efforts to bar cuts to U.S. foreign aid
• Kylie Kreitz in the Centre Daily Times: Global response needed in COVID-19 fight
• Kaitlin Scott in the Star Press: Congress should fund international COVID-19 fight
• Nicholas Hanna in the Cleveland: Use part of next coronavirus aid package to help worst-hit globally
• Quinn Luong in The Abington Journal: A call to support The Borgen Project
• Michael Roberts in the St. Louis Post Dispatch: US funding is vital in fight to control the coronavirus
• Kendya Kennedy in the Delaware Online: Rethinking congressional spending
• LynZee Jordan in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal: US should help others
• Melinda Lu in the Del Mar Times (pg. 18): Poverty is the root of many issues we face

PR/Marketing Team

• Emma Coghill in the Iowa State Daily: Military does not need to be the be all, end all
• Ann Yu in the Daily Camera: COVID-19: Help stop the spread
• Cailey Melville in the Greenfield Recorder: Global Health Security Act
• Elizabeth Gierhart in The Columbus Dispatch: Americans can make the world better if they choose
• Ella Nordell-Morris in the Lawrence Journal-World: Health security needed
• Sara Holm in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Aid to foreign nations
• Maria Aparicio in The Gainesville Sun: Second Pandemic
• Tessa Rodgers in The Courier-Herald: While we fight against COVID-19, let’s also target TB
• Leeah Allen in the Traverse City Record Eagle: Preparing for pandemics integral
• Hannah Zastrow in The Pitch: The Borgen Project advocates for COVID-19 relief in countries facing global poverty
• Michael Colquitt in the Ocala: More foreign aid needed

HR Team

• Caitlin Doherty in the Dallas Morning News: Help make others’ lives better

Nonprofit Leadership Team

• Matthew St. Jeanos in Newsday: Disease a threat around the globe

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

Extreme Global Poverty Facts by PR/Marketing Team member Alexa Bates.

Diverting Campaign by PR/Marketing Team member Jamie Hood.

Global Poverty Trivia by PR/Marketing Team member Jamie Hood.

Keeping Girls in School Act by PR/Marketing Team member Melanie Perazzo.

Created by PR/Marketing Team member Kei-Lin Gatling.

Created by PR/Marketing Team member Kei-Lin Gatling.

Created by PR/Marketing Team member Lina Moscol.

Created by PR/Marketing Team member Sydney Chamley-Oerton.

How to contact Congress by PR/Marketing Team member Hannah Kremer.

Created by PR/Marketing Team member Kei-Lin Gatling.

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