State of the Union January 2023

In 2022, thanks to your support we helped to pass two bills — the Global Malnutrition Prevention & Treatment Act and the Global Food Security Act! We are excited to hit the ground running this year and look forward to sharing more updates in the coming weeks!

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in December: 14
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2022: 497
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2022: 300

Advocacy Emails

Total # of Advocacy Emails in December: 1,933
Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2022: 76,555
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2022: 200,000
% of Congress Emailed 2022: 100%

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Kim Thelwell and Political Affairs Team member, Eric Kersten met with a staffer from Senator Lee’s office [R-UT]

Kim Thelwell and Isaish Pielak met with a staffer from Senator Grassley’s office [R-IA]

Amy Pettigrew and our team members met with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-NY) Legislative Aide, Ben Lebowitz

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

- - Articles of the Month: I am Hope Guatemala Combats Violence by Anna Lee

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

Getting the Word Out

Information Events

Content Team member, Aanchal Mishra’s Living Room Summit: It was a snack munching themed cozy winter party. They danced and munched on delicious Indian snacks and coffee. Aanchal also told them about their internship with TBP and the work TBP does. They all spoke about global issues and how people often avoid considering them.