State of the Union May 2026
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in April: 25
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2026: 97
- Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2026: 400
Advocacy Emails
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in April: 2,191
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2026: 9,639
- Advocacy Emails Goal for 2026: 45,000
- % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 72%
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Advocate Fiore Olamuyiwa, Political Affairs Team member Kyungmin Kim, and Kim Thelwell met with a staff member from Senator Chris Van Hollen’s (D-MD) office.
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Kelly Bui held a meeting with a Staffer from Representative Marilyn Strickland’s (D-WA-10) office.
Content Team member, Adriana Carolina Herrera, met with Katie Burger from Representative David P. Joyce’s office (R-OH-14).
Advocate Ava Manlapaz, Regional Director, Jarvis Glenn, Nonprofit Leadership Team member Shaiel Tapia Cabrera and Political Affairs Team members Ainsley Tait, Luca Danzi and Erik Nguyen all met with a staffer for Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA).
Political Affairs Team member, Ainsley Tait, attended an event hosted by Representative Dave Min (D-CA-47).
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):
- Political Team: Jackson Mayer
- Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
- Political Team: Tiffany Li
- Article of the Month: Myanmar’s Secret Nursing School by Andrew Geddes
- Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
Getting the Word Out
Nonprofit Leadership Team
Ella Borgman’s flyer to get the word out.
Kale Overton’s flyer for his information event.
Political Affairs Team
Angela Vecchio’s flyer for her information event.
Sophia Cumberpatch’s flyer for her information event.
Zalal Uddin Md Akram went around his college campus mobilizing people.
Lingtong Liu hosted her information event.
Social Media/Digital Marketing Team
Carina Cortes’ information event.
Ivanna Hargis’ informational event.
Kaitlyn Muia hung up flyers for her information event.
1-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Nonprofit Leadership Team
Addison Mood’s flyer for her 1-mile campaign.
Ella Borgman’s 1-mile campaign.
Mackenzie Johnson’s 1-mile campaign.
Mouniratou Maman’s 1-mile campaign around Senator Budd’s (R-NC) Raleigh office.
Content Team
Lucas Cain distributed these flyers as part of his 1-mile campaign.
Political Affairs Team
Alexa Corker implemented her 1-mile campaign in Charleston, South Carolina.
Kahia Lamothe implemented her 1-mile campaign in Chinle, Arizona.
Social Media/Digital Marketing Team
Eva Rana’s 1-Mile Campaign.
Mirae Denaro’s 1-Mile Campaign.
Letters to the Editor
Social Media/Digital Marketing Team
- Bianca Filoni – FPIF
Political Team
- Farid Murad – Orlando Sentinel
Fundraising
Political team
Shreya Ranawat is selling pipe cleaner bouquets for her fundraising.
Ava Mohart’s flyer for her Panera profit share fundraiser.
Alexa Cohen held her fundraiser walk.
Regional Director Mariela Martin, offered graduation photography sessions/services for her fundraising.
Content Team
Rebecca Cameron held her fundraiser weekend! It involved a quiz, an auction, 90’s party bags, a 90’s style tuck shop and tarot card readings.
Videos and Calls
Luca Danzi and Erik Nguyen
Kale Overton
Dylan Smith