State of the Union July 2023

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in June: 18
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2023: 210
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2023: 405

Advocacy Emails

Total # of Advocacy Emails in June: 10,769
Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2023: 31,034
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2023: 115,000
% of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 96%

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Political Affairs Team member, Isabel Mishara and Amy Pettigrew, Senior Program Manager, met with Aneeb Sheikh, Representative Pressley’s [MA-7] Legislative Assistant

PR/Marketing Team member, Jonathan (JJ) Smith and Kim Thelwell, VP, met with Senator Marshall’s staff [R-KS]

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):
    - Political Team: Josh Ludy
  - Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
    - Political Affairs Team: Sophia Modell, Geeta Karlcut. Aprile Kim, Axel D’Amelio, Anna Murray
    - Content Team: Lily Cooper
  - Bird-Dog Award:
    - Political Team: Kelsey Welch
  - Article of the Month:
    - EMERGENCY Addresses the Mediterranean Migration Crisis by Elena Luisetto

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

Meeting Up

Kim Thelwell, VP hosted a meet and greet with volunteers from New Jersey and Pennsylvania in Edison, NJ! Kim looks forward to meeting more volunteers in person in the coming months!