State of the Union January 2018

Political Updates

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Lobbying Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in December 2017: 21
Total # of Meetings in 2017: 525

Advocacy Emails

Number of Advocacy Emails in December 2017: 2,642 emails sent. Borgen Project interns and volunteers mobilized 61,872 emails to Congress since the start of 2017.
% of Congress Emailed in 2017: 100%. We emailed all 535 members of Congress in 2017! We couldn’t have done this without your hard work.

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Congressional Office Meetings

Political Affairs team member Chethan Lai met with Community Liaison Lily Griego from the office of Senator Michael Bennet (D – CO).

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Content Team Updates

Here are some of the stats for December 2017: Top Ten Countries with visitors to our site and the Top Ten Articles on BORGEN Magazine.

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HR Team Updates

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Recognition

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

Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more): Charlene Preston, Political Affairs team (January 2018).

Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more): Charlene Preston, Political Affairs team (December 2017) and Nick Edinger, Content team and Bronti DeRoche, Content team.

Public Outreach Award: Joshua Collins, Political Affairs team.

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

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Getting the Word Out

Regional Director Nandini Tivakaran posted fliers around her school and gave a presentation about our organization.

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Letter to the Editor

Chloe Gerard, PR/Marketing team member, in The Pioneer Republican – Give to The Borgen Project.

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One-Mile Campaign

PR/Marketing team member Matthew Motton designed this flyer and added faux wheat grass at the bottom of each sign for a 3-D effect.

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YouTube

Another great video by Political Affairs team member Melissa Balke.

[hr_invisible] Here are the latest videos by Elizabeth Gascoigne, our Social Media team member, on The Borgen Project YouTube channel. Watch, like, and share!