State of the Union July 2022
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in June: 69
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2022: 248
- Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2022: 300
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Amy Pettigrew, Abdullah Ibrahimzada, and Jennalise Olson met with Kevin Gannon, Legislative Assistant for Representative Garbarino (NY-2) about the Girls LEAD Act and the Ethiopia Stabilization, Peace, and Democracy Act.

Amy Pettigrew, Abdullah Ibrahimzada, and Ishita Mishra met with Andrew Cohen, Legislative Assistant for Representative Eshoo (CA-18) about the Girls LEAD Act and the Keeping Girls in School Act.
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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- Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
- Nonprofit Leadership Team: Aansh Raiyan
- Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
- Political Affairs Team: Grace Sotis, Rebecca Lytle
- Content Team: Christina Pappas, John Zak
- President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
- Political Team: Bryn Westby, Grace Pullen,
Hannah May, Laura Parrish, Sarah Kuhns, Sofia Torres, Sydney Coons, Luka Jacobi,
- Political Team: Bryn Westby, Grace Pullen,
- Articles of the Month:
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Aamin Ambulance Provides Free Service to Somalians by Abigail Turner
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Ghana’s Government Sells Part of Achimota Forest Reserve by John Tuttle
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Tackling Energy Poverty in Europe by Abdullah Dowaihy
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- Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
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Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
Getting the Word Out
Swarms

Nonprofit Leadership Team Member, Isabella Peitz and her swarm!
Information Events

Political Affairs Team member, Timothy Peacock gave a virtual presentation

Political Affairs Team member, Max Jensen presented to the Blue Ridge Mountains Rotary club
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Political Affairs Team member, Jonathan Main mobilizing in Scotland, UK

Content Team member, Kaitlyn DeWeerd

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Daniel Currier

Political Affairs Team member, Ruth De Jesus

HR Team member, Lory Duplessis

PR/Marketing Team member, Lady Titania Io Pangilinan, in Quezon City, Philippines
Letters to the Editor
Political Team
- Mara Zenger in The Salt Lake Tribune
- Isabella Piekut in the Chicago Tribune
- Sofia Torres in The Gainesville Times
- Thendral Veerasekar in the Daily Herald
Nonprofit Leadership Team
- Delanee Roder in TapInto Paterson
- Alyssa Kanalakis in The Carmel Pine Cone
PR/Marketing Team
- Jenna Swanson in The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- Gianna DiGiulio in the San Francisco Chronicle
Fundraising

Political Affairs Team member, Lauren Smith, held ‘Borgen Bash’ in the Twin Cities. Artists included: Sky Chime, Green, The Christian Moreno Cova Trio, and Rafe Carlson. A total of $535 was raised,!

Political Affairs Team member, Rose Weithaus made fundraising Bingo boards!

Political Affairs Team member, Joaquin Andrew Steffers is selling items on Depop for fundraising

Political Affairs Intern Emily Woodruff held a garage sale for her fundraising campaign

Political Affairs Team member, Abby Mason hosted a coin drive as part of her fundraising efforts

Political Affairs Team member, Jonathan Main made this great Terrarium for his fundraiser – more to follow!
Media Outreach

Political Affairs Team member, Brittany Sedlak

PR/Marketing Team member, Karen Kaur

PR/Marketing Team member, John Rivera

PR/Marketing Team member, Ziming Di

PR/Marketing Team member, Omosebi Toluwalase
TikTok
The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.
Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them [email protected].
Videos
PR/Marketing Team Member, Xiarui Zhang
PR/Marketing Team Member, Sherry Wang
PR/Marketing Team Member, Karanjeet Kaur
Political Affairs Team member, Timothy Peacock