State of the Union June 2021
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in May: 42
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2021: 143
- Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2021: 700
Advocacy Emails
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in May: 12,696
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2021: 82,114
- Advocacy Emails Goal for 2021: 330,000
- % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 100%
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Regional Director, Alexa Blake Sinclair, bird-dogged Representative Jayapal (D-WA)

Sreyas Yennampelli, Regional Director, bird-dogged Senator Markey (D-MA) and Representative Moulton (D-MA)

Paulina Jachimski, Political Affairs Team member, bird dogs Representative Craig (D-MN)
Updates from DC
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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):
- HR Team: Tori Slider
- Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
- HR Team: Jacqueline Shen
- Political Affairs Team: Rania Chakaki, Patrick Hotchkiss, Caroline Radocaj, Stephen Crotty
- Content Team: Kari Millstein
- PR/Marketing Team: Riley Rosi
- Bird-Dog Award:
- Political Team: Alexa Sinclair, Rachel Barkan Rania Chakaki, Paulina Jachimski, Caroline Radocaj, Russell Jacobs
- President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
- Political Team: Caroline Doran, Cordejha Lewis, Gianna Barcia, Rania Chakaki, Marco Mossad
- Articles of the Month:
- #GiveHerASeat: The Girls LEAD Act and Women in Leadership by Alexander Vanezis
- The Suaahara Project II: Malnutrition Efforts During COVID-19 by Elyssa Nielsen
- Educational Inequality in South Korea by Mckenzie Howell
- Discussing World Issues With Children by Mikayla Burton
- 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

Advocate, Sam Lourie, organized a calling swarm

Advocate, Eden Tefera, organized a virtual swarm

Political Affairs Team members, Amanda Morello, hosted a neighborhood swarm for the Girls LEAD Act

Political Affairs Team member, Zoe Christidis, hosted a swarm with her friends

Political Affairs Team member, Richard Wynne hosted a swarm with his family

Political Affairs Team member, Owen McManus hosted a virtual swarm

Kieran Graulich, Regional Director, shared information about The Borgen Project on a joint call with other nonprofits The ClearPath Foundation, Unified Black Caucus (UBC) and reBronx.
Information Events

Regional Director, Lejla Dervisevic, presented to a political science class

Regional Director, Alexa Blake Sinclair, presented to a rotary club

Political Affairs Team member, Amanda Morello, presented to Royal Oak Model United Nations
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Political Affairs Team member, Lilly Simmons

Political Affairs Team member, Zoe Patrick

PR/Marketing Team member, Whitney Symens

Political Affairs Team member, Christy Rahal

Political Affairs Team member, Emily Menshew

Political Affairs Team member, Gianna Barcia

Political Affairs Team member, Jesus Gonzalez

Political Affairs Team member, Lizette Torres

Political Affairs Team member, Audrey Kummer

Regional Director, Samantha Johnson

Political Affairs Team member, Chelsea Tholen

PR/Marketing Team member, Riley Ross

4 photos of Emily Menshew, Political Affairs Team member’s second 1 mile campaign
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
- Kaitlin Burch in Capital Gazette
- Adam Savage in the Daily Freeman
- Marco Mossad in the Loudoun Times-Mirror
- Megan Williams in The Roanoke Times
- Noelle VanDeBogart-Gonzalez in Times Union
- Patrick Hotchkiss in The Citizen’s Voice
- Preston Turner in The Daily Sentinel
- Caroline Radocaj in Pittsburg Post-Gazette
- Brayden Burke in The Chronicle
- Emily VanDemark in Beacon Online News
- Nina Naffziger in Lamorinda Weekly
- Sydney Werner in the Eugene Weekly
- Taylor Ridilla in Tribe Live
- John Cullen in the Loudoun Times-Mirror
Nonprofit Leadership Team
- Kassandra Hernandez in The Denton Record-Chronicle
- Casey Munguia in the Holland Sentinel
- Phoebe Cykosky in Centre Daily Times
- Shalane Carson in the Post Register
- Jenna Butler in The Columbus Dispatch
Content Team
- Jacquelyn Burrer in The Hawkeye
HR Team
- Kaitlin Lovejoy in Centre Daily Times
- Myah Diekema in Grand Rapids Herald Review
PR/Marketing Team
- Jordon Barney in VC Star
- Miya Blythe
Regional Director
- Elisa Toy in Swamp
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

PR/Marketing Team member, Emily Then

Julian Bryant, Regional Director, pitched to an influencer

HR Team member, Nelia Blackman, created a Borgen Project awareness comic strip
Fundraising

HR team member, Tori Slider, sold hand-made soaps for Mother’s Day

PR/Marketing Team member, Mey Olesya Tarim, organized an online chess tournament in Istanbul as a part of her fundraiser

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Alexandra Salamone, created an Instagram Bingo chart for her fundraising campaign

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Henry Wu, hosted a benefit concert to raise money for his fundraising campaign

Political Affairs Team member, Alyssa Alvarez, held a basketball tournament to fundraise

Political Affairs Team member, Maleah Meinhold, decorated the back of a car with information on how to donate as part of her fundraising campaign
Genovi Jones, PR/Marketing Team member set up this Etsy store as a part of her fundraiser
Media Outreach
TikTok
Dairou Wang PR/Marketing Team member
@dairouwang
The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.
Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them [email protected].
Podcast
Making Poverty a Focus of U.S. Policy with Clint Borgen arranged by PR/Marketing Team member, Andrea Martinez
Social Media Outreach

Regional Director, Javid Javadikhomami, had an Instagram story reposted by @UCDavisASA

Regional Director, Kyrie Woodard, had her story reposted by @historicallywomens.c0m (11.1k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Riley Rosi, had a media mention on Twitter

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Morgan Nuss, reached out to Girls Education International organization in support of the Girls Lead Act and her infographic was shared on their Facebook page
Videos
“Borgen Project Exit Interview” by PR/Marketing Team member, Colby Mathe