State of the Union March 2017
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Note from the President: Who’s coming to lobby in Washington, D.C. with me and The Borgen Project’s Board of Directors? We will be selecting three to attend Congressional meetings and watch the magic happen first hand. This is an all expenses paid trip to participate in 12-14 lobbying meetings per day on Capitol Hill.
Eligibility Requirements: Any volunteer or intern who has met one of the following requirements by March 31st will be entered into a drawing for an all expenses paid trip to D.C. to lobby for the world’s poor:
- Completed two Congressional meetings in their state
- OR Mobilized 50 people to email Congress through The Borgen Project’s Action Center. Please send in your list of names and email addresses by the March 31st deadline.
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Political Updates
- Advocacy emails sent through The Borgen Project Action Center: over 3,900 emails in February 2017 vs. 2,200 emails in February 2016
- Lobbying meetings held in February 2017: 22
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Warren’s Address
Listen to Warren with the latest updates from D.C.
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Lobbying Meetings with Congress
Here’s an interview with Antonina “Nina” Mangiola talking about her experience with lobbying Congress. Nina has held 6 meetings with Congressional leaders. Nina is currently a Regional Director, a former member of our Political Affairs team, and achieved the President’s Circle award.
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YouTube Messages to Congress
Political Affairs team member, David Mills (with a little help from Sponge Bob and friends), sends a YouTube message to PA Senators Casey and Toomey in support of the READ Act.
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PR/Marketing team member, Gabriel Jin, takes a “classical” approach in his YouTube message to NY Representative Carolyn Maloney in support of the Protecting Girls’ Access to Education in Vulnerable Settings Act.
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Mobilizing Others to Contact Congress
Carson Hall, an HR team member, mobilized an email and a phone swarm to contact Congress.
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Fellow HR team member, Gabrielle Gilbertson, made sure that she and her friends were nice and cozy while contacting Congress during their email swarm.
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Content Team Updates
Here are the latest Content Team statistics.
February 2017 Borgen Blog
February 2016 Borgen Blog
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February 2017 Borgen Magazine
February 2016 Borgen Magazine
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HR Team Updates
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A very big welcome to all of our new team members.
Here are some of our HR statistics for the month of February.
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Recognition
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Congratulations to the following team members who have achieved Borgen Project Honors and Recognition in February:
Bird-Dog Award: Julie Weinheimer, Political Affairs team
Chief Closer Award: Samantha Ng, PR/Marketing team
President’s Circle: Jaclyn Orlando, Political Affairs team
Check-out the Our Team Members page and read about some of our team members’ and their success stories with The Borgen Project.
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Getting the Word Out
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Kayla McKinney, a member of the PR/Marketing team, had her fundraising event announcement published in The Keystone Newspaper.
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Nandini Tivakaran, a member of our Advocate team, gave a presentation about Foreign Aid to her classmates.
Nandini Tivakaran, Advocate
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Let’s Talk Fundraising!
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Justin’s all smiles…showing his support for The Borgen Project!
Justin Witkin, Regional Director
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