State of the Union December 2016
Note from the President:
- Good News! The Education for all Act passed in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee! We were also pleasantly surprised when the committee passed the AGOA Enhancement Act, which contains language pulled from the M-CORE Act.
- Good Work! I had lots of meetings with Senate offices in November regarding the Education for All Act and it was amazing how many Congressional staffers mentioned that they’ve been hearing from Borgen Project folks in their state regarding the bill. I know you don’t always hear back when contacting Congress, but I can confirm that they are hearing you!
- Good Riddance! We’re down to a matter of days to get these passed in the Senate. We’ve pulled off unlikely end of year victories before and I want you to be part of history with me. When these bills pass I want you to feel ownership and pride that you emailed and called Senate offices and you mobilized (x number) of people to email their senators in support of it. Let’s get loud!
– Clint Borgen
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Congrats to @SenatorDurbin @SenatorCollins @SenMarkey @marcorubio on the Education for All Act passing committee! We greatly appreciate you!
— THE BORGEN PROJECT (@borgenproject) December 8, 2016
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Political Updates
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- In November, we had 3,700 emails to Congress. For the full year, we are at 36,000 emails, 60% more than 2015.
- In 2015, we had 3,149 individuals email Congress. Between January and November this year, more than 8,600 people emailed Congress through The Borgen Project’s Action Center.
- We are excited to announce that The Borgen Project held 43 lobbying meetings in November, bringing our total to 369 meetings since the start of the year. We have now exceeded our annual goal of 340 meetings! Well done everyone!
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Warren’s Address
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Listen to Warren with the latest updates from D.C.
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Shakeela Jackson, Advocate, meeting with Martha Zoller, policy director of Senator David Perdue.
Matt Moore and Ken Brooke at Rep. Amodei’s office Reno, NV.
Saloni Gupta, Advocate, meeting with Senator Patty Murray’s staff.
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Great video from Tessa McLinden, Political Affairs intern, highlighting the importance of the Reach Every Mother and Child Act.
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Content Team Updates
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- Our goal for 2016 was 1.8 million visitors to borgenproject.org. As of the 1st of December, with one month to go, we have had nearly 2.3 million visitors! Last year we had 1.6 million. An additional 700,000 people dropping by the site for a visit this year is amazing. Great job everyone!
- The Blog has reached a milestone of over 10,000 articles published. Super exciting!
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HR Team Updates
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We’d like to wish all of our new team members a very big, warm welcome to
The Borgen Project.
Our recruitment goals for 2016 were to triple the number of applicants and hired staff, compared to the 2015 intakes.
In November 2015 we had applications from 544 interested candidates. Last month, 2,009 candidates applied, not just tripling, but quadrupling our application rate!
Amazing work from everyone on the HR team.
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| RD’s & Advocates | Content Team | Political Affairs | In-Office | HR Team | PR | Total Applicants | |
| November | 283 | 548 | 395 | 23 | 348 | 412 | 2,009 |
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Recognition Awards:
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This month, the following people have achieved Borgen Project Honors and Recognition.
Chief Closer Award (raising $1,000 or more): Mandy Otis, Katie Vanderburg.
Political Outreach Award (mobilizing more than 30 people in a month): Tessa McLinden, Mohammad Sultani and Kristen Guyler.
Julia Weinheimer, Antonina Mangiola and John Muscolini join the President’s Circle, having met with all 3 of their representatives.
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Adrienne Leon – PR/Marketing Intern, presenting to her class at University of Washington
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Let’s Talk Fundraising!
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Amanda Warren talks to Dean Sydor who has raised over $1,200 to date! Dean successfully completed his political affairs internship and is now pursuing the Regional Director role. Amazing!
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Use your Talents!
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Maeva Rigaud, PR/Marketing intern, held a tabling session, informing, while fundraising.
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