State of the Union March 2024
Ramadan Kareem to all of our Team celebrating this holy month
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in February: 28
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2024: 60
- Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2024: 390
Advocacy Emails
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in February: 4,052
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2024: 8,604
- Advocacy Emails Goal for 2024: 84,000
- % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 78%
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Political Affairs Team member, Moses Sappé met with parliamentary candidate for the 2024 General Elections, Councillor Abtisam Mohamed of Sheffield Central in support of ODA
Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager and Political Affairs Team member, Ben Luu met with Rep. Scott Peters’ (D-CA-50) scheduler, Nicole Golden
Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager and Political Team member, Aditya Sehgal met with Michelle Shevin-Coetzee, Senior Defense and Foreign Policy Advisor, and Adam Fairchild, Defense Fellow, from Rep. Gallego’s office (D-AZ-03)
Political Affairs Team member, Holly Trumper met with MP Jane Hunt (Loughborough) about ODA
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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- Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
- Regional Director: Courtney Petersen
- Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
- Political Affairs Team: Ian McCready
- Content Team: Lyle Seeligson
- Bird-Dog Award:
- Political Team: Rumaysa Khan
- President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
- Political Team: Jenkin Yuen
- Articles of the Month:
How EWB is Supporting Guatemalan Cardamom Producers by Sara Hatab
- 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
Information Events
PR/Marketing Team member, Zoe Goebel’s Information Event
Political Affairs Team member, Camila Tinjaca Pino presenting to a class at the American School of Milan
Lucrezia Gentili (Regional Director) and Stephanie Thain (Political Affairs Team memeber) represented The Borgen Project at a careers event held at University College London, UK
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Nonprofit Leadership Team
Sarah Hochstadt completed her 1MC in Pennsylvania
Udita Das
PR/Marketing Team
Nadia Zabala
Brandon Park
Aleena Ashok
Letters to the Editor
Content Team
- Tristen Jerkins Tampa Bay Times
PR/Marketing Team
- Gustavo Rodriguez The Post and Courier
- Nadia Zabala Niner Times
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials
PR/Marketing Team
Oluwamayowa Kushimo shared this on their Instagram story
Anna Barbour
Precious Adewole of the PR/Marketing team created this great flyer for her information event
Brianna Boen
Carolina Figueroa
Lila Russell
Jacqueline Schroeder
Judith Kuunaazaa
Alyssa Pomales
Jacqueline Plascencia
Giovanni Coeli
Rimsha Sawant
Political Affairs Team
Elizabeth Adams raising awareness through social media
Amanda Polito
Sampada Kotcherlakota in support of ODA
Tia Rizk
Fundraising
Political Affairs Team member, Seb Owers held a bake sale in Exeter, UK for one of his fundraisers
Political Affairs Team member, Celeste Schreifels is selling pot plants for her fundraiser
TikTok
The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.
Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them [email protected].
Videos
PR/Marketing Team
Carolina Figueroa
Amelia Beuscher
Anna Barbour
Lila Russell
Political Affairs Team
Kira Monji
Sydney Mailloux
Robert Hill
Tom Keating