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

- - 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,
  - Articles of the Month:
    - Aamin Ambulance Provides Free Service to Somalians by Abigail Turner
    - Ghana’s Government Sells Part of Achimota Forest Reserve by John Tuttle
    - Tackling Energy Poverty in Europe by Abdullah Dowaihy

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,!