State of the Union November 2021
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in October: 32
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2021: 256
- Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2021: 700
Advocacy Emails
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in October: 7,605
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2021: 155,458
- Advocacy Emails Goal for 2021: 330,000
- % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 100%
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):
- HR Team: Fatou Kendrick
- Political Affairs Team: Jacob Bourgault
- Content Team: Makena Roberts
- PR/Marketing Team: Harrison Paletta
- Nonprofit Leadership Team: Adriana Calvo Salinas
- President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
- Political Team: Jacob Bourgault, Yasmin Salerno, Shane Jinadasa, Michael Trimm, Rebecca Lieber, Cheik Ouedraogo
- 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.
Getting the Word Out
Swarms
Political Affairs Team Member, Isabela Galarza Gonzalez’s phone call swarm
Regional Director, Caroline Radocaj cooked up some food and held a living room summit for her family
Political Affairs Team member, Isabela Galarza Gonzalez held a swarm
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Regional Director, Hennessey Star put up posters around the residence halls at Santa Clara University
Political Affairs Team member, Kakudji Umba implemented her one-mile campaign in Atlanta, GA
Political Affairs Team member, Kyla Foley
Political Affairs Team member Lucy McKay implemented her one-mile campaign in Raleigh, NC
Political Affairs Team member, Shira Ben Ami implemented her one-mile campaign in Los Angeles, CA
Regional Director, Brett Fawer
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
- Shira Ben Ami in TMFA Magazine
- Kyla Foley in The Republic
Nonprofit Leadership Team
- Michael Kossbiel in Abilene Reporter News
Content Team
- Trystin Baker in Journal Star
- Maia Nuñez in Silive.com
HR Team
- Amelia Qasem in Tulsa World
- Sophia Aurand in Centre Daily Times
PR/Marketing Team
- Sofia Martinez in The Charger Bulletin
- Elizabeth Bosanko in The Daily Item
- Humera Rehman in The Register-Herald
- Savanna Schwartz in The Coronado Times
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials
A fantastic branding campaign idea from Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Mary Catherine Sperrazza
Maria Benincasa, Regional Director, created this MINDS Act infographic
Fundraising
Political Affairs Intern, Isabela Galarza Gonzalez created and sold custom dog collars to fundraise money for the cause!
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Lisa Miller is making these gorgeous wood and stone beaded bracelets for her fundraising campaign
HR Team member, Aana Ahsan created an Instagram Story post for donating to The Borgen Project
Media Outreach
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 member, Sarah Franco.
Regional Director, Caroline Radocaj calling Congress.
PR/Marketing Team member, Alessandra Di Nicola
PR/Marketing Team member, Audrey Gorman
PR/Marketing Team member, Elizabeth Bosanko
PR/Marketing Team member, Harshita Somani