State of the Union October 2019
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in September: 73
- Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2019: 615
- Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2019: 775
Advocacy Emails
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in September: 7,178
- Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2019: 84,837
- Advocacy Emails Goal for 2019: 80,000
- % of Congress Emailed in September: 99%
Congressional Office Meetings
Political Affairs Team member Ryan Lee met with legislative staffer to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
Political Affairs Team member Brooke Leandra-Hope Johnson after meeting with Sen. Ben Cardin’s (D-MD) staffer Corrine Paul.
Political Affairs Team member Frances Herndon met with Staffer Caroline Diaz-Barigga, Lead Constituent Service, and Evann Freeman, Field Representative for Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) at their Nashville office.
Political Affairs Team member Emilee Kerr met with Ellen Short of Sen. Sherrod Brown’s office (D-OH).
HR Team member Geethapriya Kumaraguru met with Sen. Patty Murray’s office (D-WA) to discuss the IAB.
Political Affairs Team member Jasmine Kabira (right) met with Mary Szarkowicz (left), Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s (D-CT) Legislative Director in DC.
Political Affairs Team member Aditya Prathap (left) met with Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL-6th).
Political Affairs Team members Cynthia Jaimes and Janet Abou Elias met with Katy von Rosenberg, Deputy Regional Director for Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).
Warren’s Address
Listen to the latest from Warren about the goings-on in D.C.
Content Team Updates
New record alert! 795,483 people visited borgenproject.org in September. That’s 140,000 people more than the previous record. Over 5.2 million people have visited the website thus far this year. Great job everyone!
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): Amanda Buster, Political Affairs Team member; Hannah Stewart, Content Team member; Rupkatha Banerjee, Political Affairs Team member; Trey Ross, Content Team member; Douglas Burnham, HR Team member, Michelle Dickson, Political Affairs Team member.
- President’s Circle (held 3 congressional meetings): Political Affairs Team members Olivia Anderson, Avery Ngo, Matthew Hendricks, Malasia Williams, Charles Zinn, Emilee Kerr, Joshua Angelo and Marisa Anopolsky.
- Public Outreach Award (50 or more people mobilized): Manan Shah, Political Affairs Team member (64); Madison Botsch, PR/Marketing Team member (56).
- Article of the Month: Electricity Alleviates Poverty Through the Electrify Africa Act by Peter Trousdale
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Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
Getting the Word Out
Mobilizing
Regional Director Madison Gaffney tabled at her school’s student center and held an information session on how to get involved with The Borgen Project.
Advocate Kristina Pecora created a swarm during Peer Supervision, a professional biweekly meeting held as a check-in on group practice happenings, consultation on clients, and personal goals/achievements.
One-Mile Campaigns
HR Team member Victor Vera’s 1-Mile Campaign was a success! The campaign was done within the proximity of Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s (D-MN) office building.
Victor even managed to walk passed Sen. Klobuchar, who took notice of his campaign.
Political Affairs Team member Bela Urbina completing her 1-Mile Campaign
Political Affairs Team member Christina Agostino
Political Affairs Team member Karen Manu
Content Team member Trey Ross
With help from a friend, Political Affairs Team member Maris Thomson (left) posted 200 flyers within the mile around the Capitol building in Raleigh, NC.
Political Affairs Team member Olivia Anderson
Content Team member Yael Litenatsky
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
- Joshua Angelo in the Eastbay Times: Trump’s decision not to cut foreign aid is victory
- William Ellis in the Tucson: Foreign aid is necessary for diplomacy to flourish
- April Pou in the Southern Digest: Taking Action: Every college student should contact his/her Representative
- Megan Wyatt in the Go Dan River: Why the global community matters
Content Team
- Adam Bentz in the Reading Eagle: U.S. must strengthen approach to foreign aid: Assisting allies abroad benefits America
HR Team
- Ariel St. Clair in The Spokesman Review: Global aid good for business
PR/Marketing Team
- Courtney Palmersheim in the Times-Republican: World poverty is real
- Yangcheng Zhou in Newsday: Eighteen years ago
- Maggie Aulman in The Post Star: Peace is possible with compassion
Advocates
- Annabel Gregg in the Post Star: Support the Keeping Girls in School Act
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials
Created by Political Affairs Team member Hannah White
Created by PR/Marketing Team member Ashley Strand
Created by PR/Marketing Team member Sarah Gruesser
Information Events
Political Affairs Team member Charles Zinn spoke and networked at the PICS Event that he attended last week:
Fundraising
PR/Marketing Team member Yangcheng Zhou cooked dinner for friends as part of his fundraising campaign.
Political Affairs Team member Jacob Lang used the Wag! app to fundraise for his campaign. A fantastic way to combine a love for dogs with ending global poverty!
HR Team member Michelle Mwinzin made a variety of bracelets to sell as a part of her fundraising campaign.
Media Outreach
PR/Marketing Team member Sarah Gruesser persuaded an account to post about TBP on Instagram
PR/Marketing Team member, Maggie Aulman, had a piece written about her time with The Borgen Project.
Videos
Political Affairs Team member Sophia Serafin complete her One-Mile Campaign: