State of the Union June 2023
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in May: 21
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2023: 193
- Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2023: 405
Advocacy Emails
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in May: 4,572
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2023: 20,265
- Advocacy Emails Goal for 2023: 115,000
- % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 91%
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Fatima Husain, met with Lambeth Borough’s Councillor, Ibrahim Dogus
Political Affairs Team member, Geeta Karlcut attend a town hall hosted by Representative Ro Khanna and asked him a question about the International Affairs Budget.
Political Affairs Team members, Elizabeth Bennett and Elizabeth Preston, met with Marielle Trumbauer, Congresswoman Jayapal’s (WA-07) Outreach Manager. The Congresswoman agreed to cosponsor the End TB Now 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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- Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
- Political Affairs Team: Emily Kutler, Josh Ludy, Isabella Naro
- Bird-Dog Award:
- Political Team: Geeta Karlcut
- President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
- Political Team: Geeta Karlcut, Maxwell William Knauer, Stephanie Roestel, Aprile Kim, Elizabeth Bennett
- Articles of the Month:
- Using Shrimp Shells to Tackle Poverty in Egypt by Elena Unger
- ShareTheMeal App: Technology to Reduce World Hunger by Ariana Mortazavi
- Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
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Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
Highlighting Top Team Member’s Work
PR/Marketing Team member, Gift Brown
Political Affairs Team member, Elena Maria Puri
Getting the Word Out
Swarms
Political Affairs Team member, Eliot Hanson
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Diana Martinon Villasenor
Information Events
Political Affairs Team member, Geeta Karlcut gave a presentation to the Asian American Student Union at their university
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Nonprofit Leadership Team
Lydia Dawson mobilizing friends to reach out to Congress during a dinner date.
Fatima Husain
Content Team
Political Affairs Team
Scott McCue
Lily Scherer
Zoe Copeland
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
- Grayson Treece/Havens Portland Press Herald!
- Stephanie Roestel The Olympian
- Riley Stevenson PostIndependent
PR/Marketing Team
- Manan Sethi In Brief
- Matthew Irungu Tulsa World and The Norman Transcript
- Kylie Garcia The Cibola Citizen
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials
Content Team member, Tasha Johnson’s furry friends
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Rachel Cuthill
Political Affairs Team member, Geeta Karlcut managed to get on C-SPAN, great job!
Political Affairs Team member, Josh Ludy
PR/Marketing Team member, Laura Kipkoech
Content Team member, Christina Albrecht
Content Team member, Luciana Mena Fernandez
Political Affairs Team member, Josh Ludy
Fundraising
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Rachel Cuthill
Political Affairs Team member, Piroska (Piri) Boland ran a half marathon and also tabled an event at her local library in Sheffield, UK.
Videos
Political Affairs Team member, Tyler Freedman and friends asking Sen. Patty Murray to support the End Tuberculosis Now Act.
Political Affairs Team member, Yen Hoang
Political Affairs Team member, Natasha Tierney
Political Affairs Team member, Emily Moudiotis
Isabella Naro in support of the Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development (READ) Act
Lina Oliveira Ulrich in support of the Official Development Assistance
Lili Masseran in support of the Official Development Assistance
PR/Marketing Team member, Alex Pérez
Content Team member, Chidinma Nwoha