State of the Union December 2023

Wishing everyone at The Borgen Project a Very Happy Holidays and a great 2024!

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in November: 37
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2023: 338
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2023: 405

Advocacy Emails

Total # of Advocacy Emails in November: 4,016
Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2023: 67,772
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2023: 115,000
% of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 96%

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Political Affairs Team member, Lennon Airey, met with Julie Elliott MP, (Sunderland Central) to discuss supporting more overseas aid

Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager and Political Team member, Ashley Page met with Senator Welch’s (D-VT) Legislative Aide, Maggie McGraw

Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager and Political Team members Nate Capriglione and Julia Nunamaker met with Ryan Walsh, Sen. Murphy’s (D-CT) Legislative Correspondent, Ryan Walsh

Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager and Political Team member Akithma Moraes, met with Congressman Darren Soto (D-FL-09) and his staffer, Andrea

Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager and Political Team members Tim Bellman and Madison Seda, met with Sam Lane and Hannah Sztorc from Sen. Manchin’s office (D-WV)

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

- - Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
    - Political Team: Francisco Caballero, Anasofia Garcia, Akhil Ponnam
  - Articles of the Month:
    - Art Literacy in Africa: The AAF & A4A – by Bethany Brown
    - Women Forward International: Addressing Food Insecurity in Mexico – by Kristina Gaffney

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

Getting the Word Out

Information Events

Political Affairs Team member, Olivia Linzy, presenting to LHS EDGE

Political Affairs Team member, Natalie Bookout met with Marie Yovanovitch Former United States Ambassador to Ukraine

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Political Team

Jessica Baron in Downtown Los Angeles (Little Tokyo) near Senator Alex Padilla’s office (D-CA)

Julia Nunamaker completed her campaign close to Representative DeGette’s (D-CO-1) office, around the civic center of her city, and various parks in the area

Madison Seda completed her campaign near Representative Dan Goldman’s office (D-NY-10)

Benjamin Robbins completed his campaign near Congresswoman Salazar’s (R-FL-27) office and at the Palmetto Bay village hall

David Echavarria put up posters at the capital building in Florida

Heran Henoke completed her 1-mile campaign in Silverspring, MD

Timothy Bellman completed his campaign near Representative Alex Mooney’s office (R-WV-2)

Aishat Adeyemo completed her campaign in Greenwich, London, UK

Mollie Sinclair in York, UK

Trisha Williams completed her campaign in North Baltimore, University of Maryland Law School, Loyola University Maryland, Enoch Pratt Library-Waverly and the CFG arena

PR/Marketing Team