State of the Union December 2022
Very Happy Holidays to all of our amazing team members from everyone at
The Borgen Project
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in November: 32
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2022: 482
- Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2022: 300
Advocacy Emails
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in November: 2,835
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2022: 74,622
- Advocacy Emails Goal for 2022: 200,000
- % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 97%
Updates from DC
Listen in to hear all of the latest updates from DC.
Recognition
Congratulations to the following team members who have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition
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- Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
- Political Affairs Team: Abby Oliver
- Bird-Dog Award:
- Political Team: Abby Oliver
- President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
- Political Team: Ho Ting (Bosco) Hung
- Articles of the Month:
- DOT Glasses Fights Poverty Through Affordable Eye Care by Carly Ryan Brister
- Lydia House International – Helping Women in Liberia by Blanly Rodriguez
- The Digitalization of Agriculture in Cambodia by James Harrington
- Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
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Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
Getting the Word Out
Information Events

Political Affairs Team member, Mary Kate Gruening, gave a class presentation

HR Team member, Malaycia Sanders presented to her school about her experience working with The Borgen Project
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

HR Team member, Richard Emekagbor implemented his 1-mile campaign around Carol Monaghan’s Constituency Office in Glasgow

Political Affairs Team member, Mary Kate Gruening

HR Team member Natasha Hall-Trujillo with her fur buddy, Bennett

HR Team member, Liz Guenther of the HR team, with the help of her furry friend
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
- Abby Oliver The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- Oluwatoyin Gbadebo The CT Mirror and Hartford Courant
- Aidan Newman Scranton Times and Scranton Times
- Reitz Wishtischin VT Digger
Nonprofit Leadership Team
- Kerri ONeill Lexington-Herald
PR/Marketing Team
- Cristian Laboy TAP Into Linden
- Joshua Maust Centre Daily Times
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Kerri ONeill

Political Affairs Team member, Mary Kate Gruening

HR Team member, Teresa Lopez

Advocate Lindsey Arrasmith

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Sankhepo Ndhlovu
Fundraising

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Kerri ONeill’s Thanksgiving Turkeys
TikTok
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@chattygryffindor My 1-Mile campaign with the Borgen Project, a national campaign fighting to downsize global poverty by influencing US foreign policy! @The Borgen Project ♬ Footloose – Kenny Loggins
Political Affairs Team member, Mary Kate Gruening
@oliviasheen Please protect the International Affairs Budget Senator Duckworth!! #borgenproject #chicago ♬ Aesthetic – Tollan Kim
Political Affairs Team member, Olivia Sheen
Videos
Political Affairs Team member, Chesapeake Dowdy
Political Affairs Team member, Georgina Burt