Although we were hoping for 5, we’re glad to see PEPFAR’s 1 year reauthorization pass in Congress with bipartisan support. This highly regarded global health program will continue saving the lives of millions and aiding in the response to fight HIV/AIDS worldwide.
In the past year, Borgen Project volunteers mobilized more than 3,000 emails to Congress regarding PEPFAR and our team held more than 100 Congressional meetings to build support for its reauthorization. Thank you all for your advocacy! Read more about the importance of PEPFAR here.
Updates from DC
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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
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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
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Senior Program Manager Amy Jenkins, Boyana Nikolova and Samantha Morales met with Representative Crow’s [(D-CO-6) Senior Legislative Assistant, Mackenzie Fallt.
Senior Program Manager Amy Jenkins and Kylie Burgel met with Drew Martineau, Senator Brown’s (D-OH) Legislative Assistant.
Senior Program Manager Amy Jenkins, Alex Li and Amman Alkayal met with Senator Warren’s (D-MA) Legislative Correspondent, Nikhil Srinivasan.
Jenkin (Santos) Yuen had a lobbying meeting with MP Chrystia Freeland’s Constituency Manager (Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister)
Regional Director Lucrezia Gentili held a lobbying meeting with MP Stephen Timms (Labour, East Ham)
Political Affairs Team member, Diya Thomas met with her MP, Annelise Dodds (Labour and Co-operative, Oxford East)
Updates from DC
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Meeting with Representative Marc Veasey (D-TX-33) his staff, and The Borgen Project’s Anjana Boppana and Kim Thelwell.
Political Affairs Team member, Madison Bryan met with MP Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) in support of ODA
Political Affairs Team member, Natalie Bookout and Kyle Onwukwe, with Kim Thelwell, VP The Borgen Project, meeting with Senator Budd’s staffer Graham Gunter (R-NC)
Updates from DC
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Content Team member, Sara del Carmen Navarro Galvan
Content Team member, Manasvi Kadian, photography, entitled, ‘Find the Borgen Project around you’
Content Team member, Abraham Ikongshul
Fundraising
PR/Marketing Team member, Sophie Thomas held a family in a fundraising event I did which was cooking for them and educating them on the Borgen Project and reducing global poverty!
TikTok
The Borgen Project is on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.
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Wishing everyone at The Borgen Project a Very Happy Holidays and a great 2024!
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in November: 37
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2023: 338
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2023: 405
Advocacy Emails
Total # of Advocacy Emails in November: 4,016
Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2023: 67,772
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2023: 115,000
% of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 96%
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Political Affairs Team member, Lennon Airey, met with Julie Elliott MP, (Sunderland Central) to discuss supporting more overseas aid
Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager and Political Team member, Ashley Page met with Senator Welch’s (D-VT) Legislative Aide, Maggie McGraw
Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager and Political Team members Nate Capriglione and Julia Nunamaker met with Ryan Walsh, Sen. Murphy’s (D-CT) Legislative Correspondent, Ryan Walsh
Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager and Political Team member Akithma Moraes, met with Congressman Darren Soto (D-FL-09) and his staffer, Andrea
Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager and Political Team members Tim Bellman and Madison Seda, met with Sam Lane and Hannah Sztorc from Sen. Manchin’s office (D-WV)
Updates from DC
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Getting the Word Out
Information Events
Political Affairs Team member, Olivia Linzy, presenting to LHS EDGE
Political Affairs Team member, Natalie Bookout met with Marie Yovanovitch Former United States Ambassador to Ukraine
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Political Team
Jessica Baron in Downtown Los Angeles (Little Tokyo) near Senator Alex Padilla’s office (D-CA)
Julia Nunamaker completed her campaign close to Representative DeGette’s (D-CO-1) office, around the civic center of her city, and various parks in the area
Madison Seda completed her campaign near Representative Dan Goldman’s office (D-NY-10)
Benjamin Robbins completed his campaign near Congresswoman Salazar’s (R-FL-27) office and at the Palmetto Bay village hall
David Echavarria put up posters at the capital building in Florida
Heran Henoke completed her 1-mile campaign in Silverspring, MD
Timothy Bellman completed his campaign near Representative Alex Mooney’s office (R-WV-2)
Aishat Adeyemo completed her campaign in Greenwich, London, UK
Mollie Sinclair in York, UK
Trisha Williams completed her campaign in North Baltimore, University of Maryland Law School, Loyola University Maryland, Enoch Pratt Library-Waverly and the CFG arena
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Kim Thelwell, VP The Borgen Project, Political Affairs Team members, Mary Blake Brock and Cole Zickwolff, meeting with Representative Levin’s Office [D-CA-49]
Political Affairs Team member, met with his MP, Andrew Bowie in support of ODA
Kim Thelwell and Gabriel Dos Santos Brandao, met with Representative Frost’s staffer, Kerry Mackenzie. [D-FL-10]
The Borgen Project meeting with Representative Katie Porter’s office- [D-CA-47]
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team members, Stephanie Graber and Elijah Leon met with Senator Klobuchar’s [D-MN] Legislative Aide, Seth Barnes
Regional Director Emile Maloney attended a coffee with constituents hosted by Representative Jayapal [D-WA-7].
Updates from DC
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Getting the Word Out
Swarms
Political Team member, Deepak Peddinti
Regional Director Courtney Petersen
Information Events
Content Team member, Daniel Pereda, hosted guests at an awareness and internship opportunity event in Ryadh during the UNFCCC MENA climate week in Saudi Arabia.
PR/Marketing Team member, Imogen Barrow-Starkey was interviewed by Bournemouth Universities’ radio show, Nerve Radio, UK
One-Mile Campaigns
Political Affairs Team member, Kaden Kaeo in Kirkland, WA
Political Affairs Team member, Valerio Longobardi completed his 1-mile campaign in London, UK
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Kama Clifford’s furry friends, Buffy and Willow supporting The Borgen Project
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Justin Miller – outside of Representative Delia Ramirez’s Office
Political Affairs Team member, Gaveshna Sarswat at Westfield Mall in Stratford, UK
Political Affairs Team member, Nathan Capriglione in MD
Political Affairs Team member, Michael DeRenzo in Harrisburg, PA
Political Affairs Team member, Finian Mullaney, near Senator Brown’s office
Political Affairs Team member, Erika David put up flyers in Dunkin, Starbucks, the public library, and other spots around NJ
Political Affairs Team member, Akshaya Das at Queens University, Northern Ireland
Political Affairs Team member, Arija Jannath putting posters up around the University of Leicester, UK
Political Affairs Team member, Charlie Street’s 1 mile campaign was completed at Falmouth University, University of Exeter
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Dawson Schatz
Political Affairs Team member, Atrin Almasi putting up posters at several nightclubs and restaurants in Exeter, UK
PR/Marketing Team member Jackie Nelson’s family raising awareness
Political Affairs Team member, Sebastian Hoffman, created these posters for his tabling event
Mobilizing
Political Affairs Team member, Tatiana Zapata mobilizing people at her school to reach out to Congress
Fundraising
Political Affairs Team member, Timothy Bellman, is holding a pet contest for his fundraiser
Political Affairs Team member, Tatiana Zapata hosted a thank you dinner for people who donated to her fundraiser
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Aniella Lisse Mutoni, organized a movie night that brought the entire campus together, offering popcorn for sale and managing to raise $45
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Katie Mcallister is completing a walkathon for one of her fundraisers
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Justin Miller hosted a fundraiser with friends and family in support of the cause
TikTok
The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.
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Thanksgiving (U.S. team members only) – November 23rd – team members can take the week of November 18th until 24th (inclusive) off if you choose.
Please let your manager know if you will be taking time off during the Thanksgiving holiday!
Christmas & New Year – We will be closed from December 23rd to January 1st (inclusive) and will not be available to respond to your emails. If you wish to work over the holiday period, you are very welcome to, but you will need to make sure any input that is required from us is gained before these dates. e.g. If you are a writer, you will need to have your articles approved in advance as approvals will not be reviewed during the break.
If you do take the time off, please do not skip any weeks in your tracker, you will need to resume where you left off when you return.
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in September: 30
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2023: 277
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2023: 405
Advocacy Emails
Total # of Advocacy Emails in September: 7,257
Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2023: 58,513
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2023: 115,000
% of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 96%
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Political Affairs Team member, Ethan Williams met with MP Dean Russell to discuss ODA
Political Affairs Team member, Donell Dunlap and Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager, met with Laura Rncon-Bianchi, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee’s [D-TX-18] Legislative Assistant.
Political Affairs Team members, Kefei Xu and Yajat Gupta, and Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager, met with Cameron Smith, the Legislative Assistant from Senator Fetterman’s [D-PA] office.
Emile Maloney and Amy met with Jennifer Arnold, Rep. Greg Stanton’s (D-AZ-04) Legislative Counsel.
Updates from DC
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Francisco Caballero, urging support for the MINDS Act
Kaden Kaeo
Jessica Wang
Samantha Lundin
Lilian Johnson
Evan Collin
Nika Samsavar
Nathan Capriglione
Audrey Montgomery
Erika David
Atrin Almasi
Zainab Yasar
PR/Marketing Team member, Rai Husnain Mushtaq
Ethan Williams
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Congratulations Mary Blake Brock – Fundraising Competition Winner!
This summer we have been running our annual fundraising competition and we are so proud to announce our winner for 2023, Mary Blake Brock. Mary has really gone above and beyond what we all thought was possible and has raised an amazing $10,000!
Here is a little summary of what Mary has been up to during her time with us, along with a few words from Mary.
Hi Everybody! My name is Mary Blake Brock and I’m a passionate UK Political Affairs Ambassador located in Leeds, England! I started working with The Borgen Project in July 2023 and since then, I’ve had amazing networking opportunities that have allowed me to present The Borgen Project to the Kirkstall Girl Guides, run letter-writing and social media campaigns on both Instagram and Tik Tok, write to my local MPs and California Representatives, and surpass my £5,000 fundraising goal. I feel so grateful to represent The Borgen Project and to advocate for foreign policy reform in both the United Kingdom and United States, as nothing in the world is more important than standing up for our international neighbors who live on less than $1.00/day.
To accomplish some of the goals I’ve had the first 6 weeks of the internship, I’ve focused not only on the weekly tracker tasks, but set my own impact objectives before the internship! To achieve my £5,000 fundraising goal, I started early and advertised my fundraising portal on Instagram and TikTok, and gained a following for my political advocacy. When I sent personalized fundraising letters to my family and friends, I explained that because The Borgen Project operates at the political level, a donation as little as £1.00 helps dozens of people attain global development aid, which eradicates systemic poverty. This took financial pressure away from giving large donations, and because they understood the political impact, my donors gave more than £1.00. Additionally, in these letters I encouraged my family and friends to write to their government representatives in support of the UK ODA and US International Affairs Budget, as their political participation is just as valuable as fundraising. I broke down my fundraising goals by asking for intentional £0.50, £1.00, and £5.00 donations to hit my target political impact goal. Because I set small incremental objectives, people surpassed my wildest expectations!
While I’ve recently hit my financial goal, it is important to note that I’ve had several weeks of sitting in stagnant zones, where I make zero progress on hitting my own impact objectives. If you find yourself in this place, keep moving forward and remember why you give a damn about The Borgen Project. Think about what your impact objectives are, why you want to reach those goals, and most importantly, how you are actively growing as a lobbyist and advocate. At the end of the day, we’re here because we are passionate about eradicating systemic poverty for over a billion people who live on less than $1.00/day and 162,000,000 individuals who live on less than $0.50/day. In points of discouragement, celebrate the milestones you’ve overcome and continue to go out, go do, and go bloom. Let’s get to work to change the world!
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in August: 17
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2023: 239
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2023: 405
Advocacy Emails
Total # of Advocacy Emails in August: 9,438
Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2023: 51,256
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2023: 115,000
% of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 96%
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Amy Pettigrew and Dylan Bemis met with Sarah Silverstein, Legislative Correspondent from Senator Carper’s office [D-DE]
Amy Pettigrew and our Team members met with Graham Gunter, Legislative Correspondent from Senator Budd’s office [R-NC]
Amy Pettigrew and our Team members met with Beimnet Abraha, Legislative Correspondent from Senator Warner’s office [D-VA]
Senator Warnock’s staff [D-GA] and Georgia team members, Zenee Theophille and Sarah Aliche
Senator Casey’s staff [D-PA], Kim Thelwell and Pennsylvanian Team members Aaron Hunt, Yaj Gupta, Navid Sheikhzadeh, Nicholas Jaramillo and Michael DeRenzo
Senator Menendez staff [D-NJ] and NJ volunteers Navya Sirandasu and Jay Chavan
Political Affairs Team member, Cole Zickwolff attended a town hall hosted by Representative Mike Levin [D-CA-49] and asked him a question about the International Affairs Budget
Political Affairs Team member, David Shaw met with his MP Oliver Heald
Updates from DC
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Content Team member, Aysu Usubova from Azerbaijan transformed her window
Fundraising
PR/Marketing Team member, Agnes Wang organized a fundraiser with Edinburgh University Chinese Dance Society
Political Affairs Team member, Lexi Coghe made her own strawberry and watermelon strawberry popsicles and set up a stand to sell them
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Aniella Lisse Mutoni is creating bracelets for her fundraiser
Videos
Here is a selection of the amazing videos from our teams:
Content Team member, Noel Teter drumming for The Borgen Project
Carol Krein Robinson
Nikolina Nava
Sophie Matta
Nicholas Maccani
Simon Hermes
Content Team member, Manasvi Kadian
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Representative Andy Kim, [D-NJ,3] met with our New Jersey Team members, Ada Wagar, Abigail Rovner, Elena Gaule and Sahib Singh
Political Affairs Team member Kelsey Welch and PR/Marketing Team member, Richard Basile had a lobbying meeting with Representative Deborah Ross [D-NC-02]’s Director of Constituent Services.
Manju Mathew, Political Affairs Team member, and Amy Pettigrew, Senior Program Manager,met with Rep. Katie Porter’s [D-CA-47] Staff Assistant, Austin
Nonprofit Leadership Team member Dougie Clarke met with his MP Patrick Grady in Scotland
Political Affairs Team member Finn Overfield, meet with MP Shah Miah of the Labour party, London, UK
Updates from DC
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Political Affairs Team member, Ellie Hewes hosted a pub quiz and did an amazing job! The turnout was great and Ellie raised over £460
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Advaith Nair is hosting a cricket tournament as one of their fundraising events!
Political Affairs Team member, Alice Moore continued fundraising efforts by holding a face painting and mini manicure stand at a charity family activity day at St.James’ Park, Southampton!
Alice also ran a 10k marathon in Southampton UK as part of her fundraising efforts
Political Affairs Team member, Max Townsend is completing an art gallery show and selling artwork for his fundraising campaign
Political Affairs Intern Lexi Coghe is baking for her fundraising campaign
Political Affairs Intern Isabel Medrano is doing acrylic nails for people for her fundraising campaign.
Political Affairs Team member, Ellie Hewes, will be hosting a pub quiz in Dedham, Colchester UK as one of her fundraising events.
Political Affairs Team member, Palak Guleria has organized a garden party fundraising event and included the flyer
Political Affairs Team member Nadia Merivil is doing an art sale as part of her fundraiser
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Jaden Shim arranged a fundraiser with Chipotle
Political Affairs Intern, Kaylee Allen advertised her fundraising campaign
Political Affairs Team member, Kaylee Allen is doing an art sale as part of her fundraising campaign
Content Team Member Chandler Doerr held an event
PR/Marketing Team member, Melanie Vanness
Media Outreach
Political Affairs Team member, Eliot Hanson’s friend!
Political Affairs Team member, Janaya Roberts’s friend!
Political Affairs Team member, Iain Nelson
Political Affairs Team member, Lexi Coghe
Political Affairs Team member, Mary Blake Brock designed a Taylor Swift inspired Instagram post
Political Affairs Team member, Lucrezia Gentili
Political Affairs Team member, Madeline Waterfield
PR/Marketing Team member, Alex Perez
Content Team member, Rachael Weisermile
Content Team member Kaushal Balaji, the 10 Push-Up Challenge!
Political Affairs Team member, Benjamin Daniels on the basics of lobbying
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Political Affairs Team member, Isabel Mishara and Amy Pettigrew, Senior Program Manager, met with Aneeb Sheikh, Representative Pressley’s [MA-7] Legislative Assistant
PR/Marketing Team member, Jonathan (JJ) Smith and Kim Thelwell, VP, met with Senator Marshall’s staff [R-KS]
Updates from DC
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Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
Meeting Up
Kim Thelwell, VP hosted a meet and greet with volunteers from New Jersey and Pennsylvania in Edison, NJ! Kim looks forward to meeting more volunteers in person in the coming months!
Getting the Word Out
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Political Affairs Team member, Geeta Karlcut in Santa Clara, CA
Political Affairs Team member, Lina Oliveira Ulrich conducting her one mile campaign in the UK
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Brandy Bowen undertook the mile campaign around Representative Crockett’s office [D-TX-30]
Political Affairs Team member, Josh Ludy in Ann Arbor, Michigan
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State of the Union April 2024
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Advocacy Emails
Congressional Updates
PEPFAR PASSED!
Although we were hoping for 5, we’re glad to see PEPFAR’s 1 year reauthorization pass in Congress with bipartisan support. This highly regarded global health program will continue saving the lives of millions and aiding in the response to fight HIV/AIDS worldwide.
In the past year, Borgen Project volunteers mobilized more than 3,000 emails to Congress regarding PEPFAR and our team held more than 100 Congressional meetings to build support for its reauthorization. Thank you all for your advocacy! Read more about the importance of PEPFAR here.
Updates from DC
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Recognition
Congratulations to the following team members who have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition
The Cultivation of Lychee Fruit Is Changing the Country of Vietnam by Madison McCray
Living Wage in Colombia’s Banana Industry by Ben Miley-Smith
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Getting the Word Out
Information Events
Political Affairs Team member, Adam Ribbans presenting at the University of Lincoln, UK
PR/Marketing Team member, Zachary Hylan conducted his informational event
PR/Marketing Team member, Francis Nwobodo held his focus group at Teesside University, UK
Political Affairs Team member, David Zhu attended a career fair to present about The Borgen Project at Cupertino High School
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Political Affairs Team
Jenkin Yuen completed his one-mile campaign in Toronto, Ontario
Daniel Lonic, in Canada
Allison Sheppard in NJ
Aidan Donohue in NJ
Joe Bagley in Lewiston
Brynna Torpey in PA
Robert Hill in Atlanta, GA
Sydney Mailloux in downtown Fort Myers
Steph Thain in London, UK
Moses Sappé in Sheffield, UK
Swalha Ali Abdulcadir in London, UK
PR/Marketing Team
Anna Barbour
Zachary Main
Hana Bui, who also created stickers for coffee cups
Giovanni Coeli
Alyssa Pomales
Nonprofit Leadership Team
Olivia Siyahian
Amelia Klein
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
PR/Marketing Team
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials
PR/Marketing Team member, Amara Keeney writing letters to her leaders
Fundraising
Regional Director, Courtney Petersen, held a Trivia night, with Clint in attendance and raised an amazing $2100!
Political Affairs Team member, Del Moazami is selling some old clothes for her fundraising campaign
Content Team member, Phoebe Vaughan and friends, doing a mountain climb for her fundraiser.
Content Team member, Catrin Jones undertook a sponsored walk
Political Affairs Team member, Seb Owers ran the Exeter, UK, half marathon
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
Diya Shah
Lila Russell
Isabelle Hickman
Azza Hani Md Alexirwan
Political Affairs Team
Pari Patel
Jin Young Lee
Sydney Losh
Krista Amoth
State of the Union March 2024
Ramadan Kareem to all of our Team celebrating this holy month
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Advocacy Emails
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
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Recognition
Congratulations to the following team members who have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition
How EWB is Supporting Guatemalan Cardamom Producers by Sara Hatab
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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
PR/Marketing Team
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
State of the Union February 2024
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Advocacy Emails
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Senior Program Manager Amy Jenkins, Boyana Nikolova and Samantha Morales met with Representative Crow’s [(D-CO-6) Senior Legislative Assistant, Mackenzie Fallt.
Senior Program Manager Amy Jenkins and Kylie Burgel met with Drew Martineau, Senator Brown’s (D-OH) Legislative Assistant.
Senior Program Manager Amy Jenkins, Alex Li and Amman Alkayal met with Senator Warren’s (D-MA) Legislative Correspondent, Nikhil Srinivasan.
Jenkin (Santos) Yuen had a lobbying meeting with MP Chrystia Freeland’s Constituency Manager (Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister)
Regional Director Lucrezia Gentili held a lobbying meeting with MP Stephen Timms (Labour, East Ham)
Political Affairs Team member, Diya Thomas met with her MP, Annelise Dodds (Labour and Co-operative, Oxford East)
Updates from DC
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Recognition
Congratulations to the following team members who have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition
Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
Getting the Word Out
Swarms
PR/Marketing Team member Francis Nwobodo in the UK mobilizing the community
Information Events
Political Affairs Team member Swalha Ali Abdulcadir tabling an event to mobilize in the UK
Political Affairs Team member Robert Hill presented to 2 classes in Georgia
One-Mile Campaigns
Political Affairs Team members:
Eleanor Anderson in Minnesota
Alejandra Contreras in Downtown LA
Norhan Abdelaziz in Sevenoaks, Kent, UK
Natalie Bookout completed her 1 mile campaign in Charlotte, NC
Yi Nian Mercedes Cheung in County Durham, UK
Rosmond Thomas, New York, NY
Akhil Ponnam completed his campaign in VA
Martha Ross-Smith completed her campaign in Hitchin, UK
Amy Stoneman completed her campaign in Newcastle, UK
Parth Nikalje completed the campaign in Bristol, UK
PR/Marketing Team:
Bianka Nemesova
Amelia Beuscher hanging posters at her college campus
Nonprofit Leadership Team:
Dawson Schatz completed his campaign around the local office of Representative Peters
Madelyn Snyder
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials
Political Affairs Team member Anisa Rashid created this infographic to share around her university campus
PR/Marketing Team member Lila Russell is focusing on The MINDS Act
PR/Marketing Team member Anna Barbour has done an amazing job on her outreach materials for The SAFE Act
PR/Marketing Team member Brianna Boen in support of The SAFE Act
Political Affairs Team member Piper Treacy
Nonprofit Leadership Team member Yijun Ni
Nonprofit Leadership Team member Udita Das created this great photo for her outreach
Content Team member, Arman Ahmed
Content Team member Abraham Ikongshul
Fundraising
Content Team member, Sam Waterkeyn cycled from London to Land’s End over the course of 5 days. Same rode over 300 miles and raise £500.
Political Affairs Team member Olivia Shipman completed a winter swim fundraiser in the UK – very brave! 🥶
PR/Marketing Team member Lila Russell started her fundraising campaign with a bang!
TikTok
The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.
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Videos
Political Team
Camila Tinjaca Pino
Benjamin Luu
Bisrat Muluneh
Jack Evans
Olivia Shipman
PR/Marketing Team
Amelia Beuscher
Anna Barbour
Brianna Boen
Lila Russell
Gabriel Seriki
State of the Union January 2024
Political Updates
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Meeting with Representative Marc Veasey (D-TX-33) his staff, and The Borgen Project’s Anjana Boppana and Kim Thelwell.
Political Affairs Team member, Madison Bryan met with MP Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) in support of ODA
Political Affairs Team member, Natalie Bookout and Kyle Onwukwe, with Kim Thelwell, VP The Borgen Project, meeting with Senator Budd’s staffer Graham Gunter (R-NC)
Updates from DC
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Recognition
Congratulations to the following team members who have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition
Kiikter Prevents Anemia in Latin American Children by Isabella Rothe
How Kenya Works Is Helping the Children of Kenya by Isabella Polo
Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
Getting the Word Out
Information and Networking Events
Political Affairs Team member, Olivia Linzy, teaching at a high school about The Borgen Project
Political Affairs Team member, Cathal Mc Parland attended a networking event in Dublin
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Nonprofit Leadership Team
Abiodun Olagunju implemented her campaign in Middlesbrough, UK
Political Affairs Team members
Rosmond Thomas posted fliers in and around businesses around her neighborhood and different neighborhoods in Queens, NY
Aaryan Singh Bisht implementing the 1-mile campaign in York, UK
Letters to the Editor
Political Team
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials
PR/Marketing Team member, Gigi Chiang
Content Team member, Sara del Carmen Navarro Galvan
Content Team member, Manasvi Kadian, photography, entitled, ‘Find the Borgen Project around you’
Content Team member, Abraham Ikongshul
Fundraising
PR/Marketing Team member, Sophie Thomas held a family in a fundraising event I did which was cooking for them and educating them on the Borgen Project and reducing global poverty!
TikTok
The Borgen Project is on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.
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Political Affairs Team member, Eleanor Anderson
Videos
Political Affairs Team members:
Norhan Abdelaziz
Sophie Thomas
Parth Nikalje
Yi Nian Mercedes Cheung
Charlotte Pearson
Andrew Specter
Natalie Bookout
State of the Union December 2023
Wishing everyone at The Borgen Project a Very Happy Holidays and a great 2024!
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Advocacy Emails
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Political Affairs Team member, Lennon Airey, met with Julie Elliott MP, (Sunderland Central) to discuss supporting more overseas aid
Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager and Political Team member, Ashley Page met with Senator Welch’s (D-VT) Legislative Aide, Maggie McGraw
Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager and Political Team members Nate Capriglione and Julia Nunamaker met with Ryan Walsh, Sen. Murphy’s (D-CT) Legislative Correspondent, Ryan Walsh
Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager and Political Team member Akithma Moraes, met with Congressman Darren Soto (D-FL-09) and his staffer, Andrea
Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager and Political Team members Tim Bellman and Madison Seda, met with Sam Lane and Hannah Sztorc from Sen. Manchin’s office (D-WV)
Updates from DC
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Recognition
Congratulations to the following team members who have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition
Art Literacy in Africa: The AAF & A4A – by Bethany Brown
Women Forward International: Addressing Food Insecurity in Mexico – by Kristina Gaffney
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Getting the Word Out
Information Events
Political Affairs Team member, Olivia Linzy, presenting to LHS EDGE
Political Affairs Team member, Natalie Bookout met with Marie Yovanovitch Former United States Ambassador to Ukraine
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Political Team
Jessica Baron in Downtown Los Angeles (Little Tokyo) near Senator Alex Padilla’s office (D-CA)
Julia Nunamaker completed her campaign close to Representative DeGette’s (D-CO-1) office, around the civic center of her city, and various parks in the area
Madison Seda completed her campaign near Representative Dan Goldman’s office (D-NY-10)
Benjamin Robbins completed his campaign near Congresswoman Salazar’s (R-FL-27) office and at the Palmetto Bay village hall
David Echavarria put up posters at the capital building in Florida
Heran Henoke completed her 1-mile campaign in Silverspring, MD
Timothy Bellman completed his campaign near Representative Alex Mooney’s office (R-WV-2)
Aishat Adeyemo completed her campaign in Greenwich, London, UK
Mollie Sinclair in York, UK
Trisha Williams completed her campaign in North Baltimore, University of Maryland Law School, Loyola University Maryland, Enoch Pratt Library-Waverly and the CFG arena
PR/Marketing Team
Isra Rahman
Elaina Jin
Katie Mitchell
Ginika Uzowulu
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
Content Team
PR/Marketing Team
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials
Content Team member, Angela A. Darkwah
Fundraising
Political Affairs Team member, Boyana Nikolova is holding a shoe drive for her fundraising campaign
Content Team member, Isabel Burnside, will be braving the shave for her fundraising campaign!
TikTok
The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.
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Videos from our Political Team Member
Kylie Burgel
Gabriel Brandao
Olivia Linzy
Max Perry
Alexandra Wittmeier
Samantha Morales
State of the Union November 2023
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Advocacy Emails
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Kim Thelwell, VP The Borgen Project, Political Affairs Team members, Mary Blake Brock and Cole Zickwolff, meeting with Representative Levin’s Office [D-CA-49]
Political Affairs Team member, met with his MP, Andrew Bowie in support of ODA
Kim Thelwell and Gabriel Dos Santos Brandao, met with Representative Frost’s staffer, Kerry Mackenzie. [D-FL-10]
The Borgen Project meeting with Representative Katie Porter’s office- [D-CA-47]
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team members, Stephanie Graber and Elijah Leon met with Senator Klobuchar’s [D-MN] Legislative Aide, Seth Barnes
Regional Director Emile Maloney attended a coffee with constituents hosted by Representative Jayapal [D-WA-7].
Updates from DC
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Recognition
Congratulations to the following team members who have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition
Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
Getting the Word Out
Swarms
Political Team member, Deepak Peddinti
Regional Director Courtney Petersen
Information Events
Content Team member, Daniel Pereda, hosted guests at an awareness and internship opportunity event in Ryadh during the UNFCCC MENA climate week in Saudi Arabia.
One-Mile Campaigns
Political Affairs Team member, Kaden Kaeo in Kirkland, WA
Political Affairs Team member, Valerio Longobardi completed his 1-mile campaign in London, UK
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Kama Clifford’s furry friends, Buffy and Willow supporting The Borgen Project
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Justin Miller – outside of Representative Delia Ramirez’s Office
Political Affairs Team member, Gaveshna Sarswat at Westfield Mall in Stratford, UK
Political Affairs Team member, Nathan Capriglione in MD
Political Affairs Team member, Michael DeRenzo in Harrisburg, PA
Political Affairs Team member, Finian Mullaney, near Senator Brown’s office
Political Affairs Team member, Erika David put up flyers in Dunkin, Starbucks, the public library, and other spots around NJ
Political Affairs Team member, Akshaya Das at Queens University, Northern Ireland
Political Affairs Team member, Arija Jannath putting posters up around the University of Leicester, UK
Political Affairs Team member, Charlie Street’s 1 mile campaign was completed at Falmouth University, University of Exeter
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Dawson Schatz
Political Affairs Team member, Atrin Almasi putting up posters at several nightclubs and restaurants in Exeter, UK
PR/Marketing Team member Jackie Nelson’s family raising awareness
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
Content Team
Media Outreach
Content Team memeber, Anastasia Kinyua
PR/Marketing Team member, Jing Huang
Content Team member, Angela A. Darkwah
PR/Marketing Team member, Ngan Le
Content Team member, Manasvi Kadian
Political Affairs Team member, Isabel Mishara
Political Affairs Team member, Sebastian Hoffman, created these posters for his tabling event
Mobilizing
Political Affairs Team member, Tatiana Zapata mobilizing people at her school to reach out to Congress
Fundraising
Political Affairs Team member, Timothy Bellman, is holding a pet contest for his fundraiser
Political Affairs Team member, Tatiana Zapata hosted a thank you dinner for people who donated to her fundraiser
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Aniella Lisse Mutoni, organized a movie night that brought the entire campus together, offering popcorn for sale and managing to raise $45
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Katie Mcallister is completing a walkathon for one of her fundraisers
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Justin Miller hosted a fundraiser with friends and family in support of the cause
TikTok
The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.
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Videos
Political Affairs Team member, Julia Nunamaker
Political Affairs Team member, Eoin Vaughan
Political Affairs Team member, Lucienne Stahlbaum
Political Affairs Team member, Rodrigo Santos
State of the Union October 2023
Please let your manager know if you will be taking time off during the Thanksgiving holiday!
If you do take the time off, please do not skip any weeks in your tracker, you will need to resume where you left off when you return.
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Advocacy Emails
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Political Affairs Team member, Ethan Williams met with MP Dean Russell to discuss ODA
Political Affairs Team member, Donell Dunlap and Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager, met with Laura Rncon-Bianchi, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee’s [D-TX-18] Legislative Assistant.
Political Affairs Team members, Kefei Xu and Yajat Gupta, and Amy Jenkins, Senior Program Manager, met with Cameron Smith, the Legislative Assistant from Senator Fetterman’s [D-PA] office.
Emile Maloney and Amy met with Jennifer Arnold, Rep. Greg Stanton’s (D-AZ-04) Legislative Counsel.
Updates from DC
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Recognition
Congratulations to the following team members who have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition
Cancer in Ethiopia: The Situation and The Fight for Solution by Poppy Harris
How Dry Toilets in Zambia Reduce Poverty by Suzanne Ackley
Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
Getting the Word Out
Information Events
Political Affairs Team member, Tatiana Zapata hosted a table at her school, educating and mobilizing students and staff about The Borgen Project
Political Affairs Team member, Cole Zickwolff held an information event about The Borgen Project outside of a mall in CA
PR/Marketing team Zanab Aziz, held an information event in the park
Letters to the Editor
PR/Marketing Team
Political Affairs Team
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials
Content Team member, Daniel Pereda
Political Affairs Team member, Ngan Le
Content Team member, Ruairí Greene
Political Affairs Team member, Kaden Kaeo
PR/Marketing Team member, Megan Mattison
PR/Marketing Team member, Imogen Barrow
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Content Team member, Nadia Asaad
Political Affairs Team member, Mary Brock completed her 1-mile campaign in Oceanside, CA
Nonprofit Leadership Team member Katie Mcallister
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Destiny Dunmore
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Tyne Klammer (left) and a fantastic friend getting involved too
Political Affairs Team member, Ariana Lewis did her 1-mile campaign in Los Angeles, CA
Political Affairs Team member, Lexi Coghe in Alameda, CA
Political Affairs Team member, Cole Zickwolff in Carlsbad, CA
PR/Marketing Team member, Nazelai Aierken
PR/Marketing Team member, Ciara Preece
Fundraising
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Kama Clifford is planning a Halloween fundraiser
Political Affairs Team member, Tatiana Zapata
TikTok
The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.
Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them [email protected].
Check Out Mary Blake Brock’s guide to emailing Congress
Videos
Political Affairs Team members
Francisco Caballero, urging support for the MINDS Act
Kaden Kaeo
Jessica Wang
Samantha Lundin
Lilian Johnson
Evan Collin
Nika Samsavar
Nathan Capriglione
Audrey Montgomery
Erika David
Atrin Almasi
Zainab Yasar
PR/Marketing Team member, Rai Husnain Mushtaq
Ethan Williams
State of the Union September 2023
Congratulations Mary Blake Brock – Fundraising Competition Winner!
This summer we have been running our annual fundraising competition and we are so proud to announce our winner for 2023, Mary Blake Brock. Mary has really gone above and beyond what we all thought was possible and has raised an amazing $10,000!
Here is a little summary of what Mary has been up to during her time with us, along with a few words from Mary.
Hi Everybody! My name is Mary Blake Brock and I’m a passionate UK Political Affairs Ambassador located in Leeds, England! I started working with The Borgen Project in July 2023 and since then, I’ve had amazing networking opportunities that have allowed me to present The Borgen Project to the Kirkstall Girl Guides, run letter-writing and social media campaigns on both Instagram and Tik Tok, write to my local MPs and California Representatives, and surpass my £5,000 fundraising goal. I feel so grateful to represent The Borgen Project and to advocate for foreign policy reform in both the United Kingdom and United States, as nothing in the world is more important than standing up for our international neighbors who live on less than $1.00/day.
To accomplish some of the goals I’ve had the first 6 weeks of the internship, I’ve focused not only on the weekly tracker tasks, but set my own impact objectives before the internship! To achieve my £5,000 fundraising goal, I started early and advertised my fundraising portal on Instagram and TikTok, and gained a following for my political advocacy. When I sent personalized fundraising letters to my family and friends, I explained that because The Borgen Project operates at the political level, a donation as little as £1.00 helps dozens of people attain global development aid, which eradicates systemic poverty. This took financial pressure away from giving large donations, and because they understood the political impact, my donors gave more than £1.00. Additionally, in these letters I encouraged my family and friends to write to their government representatives in support of the UK ODA and US International Affairs Budget, as their political participation is just as valuable as fundraising. I broke down my fundraising goals by asking for intentional £0.50, £1.00, and £5.00 donations to hit my target political impact goal. Because I set small incremental objectives, people surpassed my wildest expectations!
While I’ve recently hit my financial goal, it is important to note that I’ve had several weeks of sitting in stagnant zones, where I make zero progress on hitting my own impact objectives. If you find yourself in this place, keep moving forward and remember why you give a damn about The Borgen Project. Think about what your impact objectives are, why you want to reach those goals, and most importantly, how you are actively growing as a lobbyist and advocate. At the end of the day, we’re here because we are passionate about eradicating systemic poverty for over a billion people who live on less than $1.00/day and 162,000,000 individuals who live on less than $0.50/day. In points of discouragement, celebrate the milestones you’ve overcome and continue to go out, go do, and go bloom. Let’s get to work to change the world!
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Advocacy Emails
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Amy Pettigrew and Dylan Bemis met with Sarah Silverstein, Legislative Correspondent from Senator Carper’s office [D-DE]
Amy Pettigrew and our Team members met with Graham Gunter, Legislative Correspondent from Senator Budd’s office [R-NC]
Amy Pettigrew and our Team members met with Beimnet Abraha, Legislative Correspondent from Senator Warner’s office [D-VA]
Senator Warnock’s staff [D-GA] and Georgia team members, Zenee Theophille and Sarah Aliche
Senator Casey’s staff [D-PA], Kim Thelwell and Pennsylvanian Team members Aaron Hunt, Yaj Gupta, Navid Sheikhzadeh, Nicholas Jaramillo and Michael DeRenzo
Senator Menendez staff [D-NJ] and NJ volunteers Navya Sirandasu and Jay Chavan
Political Affairs Team member, Cole Zickwolff attended a town hall hosted by Representative Mike Levin [D-CA-49] and asked him a question about the International Affairs Budget
Political Affairs Team member, David Shaw met with his MP Oliver Heald
Updates from DC
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Recognition
Congratulations to the following team members who have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition
How “Initiative: Eau” Is Addressing Water Scarcity in Burkina Faso by Finneas Sensiba
How Al-Amal Is Improving Health Care in Rwanda by Tasha B. Johnson
Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
Getting the Word Out
Calls to C-SPAN
Political Affairs Team member, Christian Solis–Trujillo
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Destiny Dunmore
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Grace Naegelen
Information Events
Political Affairs Team member, Isabel Medrano presented to a few classes at a high school.
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Content Team Member Aysu Usubova from Azerbaijan
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
PR/Marketing Team
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials
Content Team member, Aysu Usubova from Azerbaijan transformed her window
Fundraising
PR/Marketing Team member, Agnes Wang organized a fundraiser with Edinburgh University Chinese Dance Society
Political Affairs Team member, Lexi Coghe made her own strawberry and watermelon strawberry popsicles and set up a stand to sell them
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Aniella Lisse Mutoni is creating bracelets for her fundraiser
Videos
Here is a selection of the amazing videos from our teams:
Content Team member, Noel Teter drumming for The Borgen Project
Carol Krein Robinson
Nikolina Nava
Sophie Matta
Nicholas Maccani
Simon Hermes
Content Team member, Manasvi Kadian
State of the Union August 2023
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Advocacy Emails
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Representative Andy Kim, [D-NJ,3] met with our New Jersey Team members, Ada Wagar, Abigail Rovner, Elena Gaule and Sahib Singh
Political Affairs Team member Kelsey Welch and PR/Marketing Team member, Richard Basile had a lobbying meeting with Representative Deborah Ross [D-NC-02]’s Director of Constituent Services.
Manju Mathew, Political Affairs Team member, and Amy Pettigrew, Senior Program Manager,met with Rep. Katie Porter’s [D-CA-47] Staff Assistant, Austin
Nonprofit Leadership Team member Dougie Clarke met with his MP Patrick Grady in Scotland
Political Affairs Team member Finn Overfield, meet with MP Shah Miah of the Labour party, London, UK
Updates from DC
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Recognition
Congratulations to the following team members who have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition
Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
Getting the Word Out
Swarms
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Catherine Kerr completed her swarm with friends during a get together.
Political Affairs Team member, Arnav Mehta and family emailed their congressional leaders while playing card games
Information Events
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Emerson Fisher completing her branding campaign at University Memorial Center at the University of Colorado Boulder
Political Affairs Team member, Madeline Waterfield did a presentation this week for the Duke University Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega
Political Affairs Team member, Elena Gaule held a tabling event at her local library
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Political Team
Abigail Hill of Rockville
Jalyn Adams completed her one-mile campaign in Pittsburgh, PA
Aidan Conner posted fliers around his college campus
Sage Waymire-Rozman of Minneapolis Minnesota
Navid Sheikhzadeh
Erica Lande in Chicago
Grayson Havens did an online campaign
Lili Masseran in London, UK
Manju Mathew
Isabella Naro
Charlotte Bessant
Natalie Flinn of Manchester, UK
Emile Vallejo
Riley Stevenson
HR Team
Marisa Singh
Diana Carolina Jimenez Duque
Saima Zafar
Xuening Jiang
Aiza Mahmood
Ngozi Leslie Offor
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
Content Team
PR/Marketing Team
Regional Director
Fundraising
Political Affairs Team member, Ellie Hewes hosted a pub quiz and did an amazing job! The turnout was great and Ellie raised over £460
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Advaith Nair is hosting a cricket tournament as one of their fundraising events!
Political Affairs Team member, Alice Moore continued fundraising efforts by holding a face painting and mini manicure stand at a charity family activity day at St.James’ Park, Southampton!
Alice also ran a 10k marathon in Southampton UK as part of her fundraising efforts
Political Affairs Team member, Max Townsend is completing an art gallery show and selling artwork for his fundraising campaign
Political Affairs Intern Lexi Coghe is baking for her fundraising campaign
Political Affairs Intern Isabel Medrano is doing acrylic nails for people for her fundraising campaign.
Political Affairs Team member, Ellie Hewes, will be hosting a pub quiz in Dedham, Colchester UK as one of her fundraising events.
Political Affairs Team member, Palak Guleria has organized a garden party fundraising event and included the flyer
Political Affairs Team member Nadia Merivil is doing an art sale as part of her fundraiser
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Jaden Shim arranged a fundraiser with Chipotle
Political Affairs Intern, Kaylee Allen advertised her fundraising campaign
Political Affairs Team member, Kaylee Allen is doing an art sale as part of her fundraising campaign
Content Team Member Chandler Doerr held an event
PR/Marketing Team member, Melanie Vanness
Media Outreach
Political Affairs Team member, Eliot Hanson’s friend!
Political Affairs Team member, Janaya Roberts’s friend!
Political Affairs Team member, Iain Nelson
Political Affairs Team member, Lexi Coghe
Political Affairs Team member, Mary Blake Brock designed a Taylor Swift inspired Instagram post
Political Affairs Team member, Lucrezia Gentili
Political Affairs Team member, Madeline Waterfield
PR/Marketing Team member, Alex Perez
Content Team member, Rachael Weisermile
Content Team member Kaushal Balaji, the 10 Push-Up Challenge!
Content Team member, Aysu Usubova
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
Political Affairs Team member, Alice Moyle
Political Affairs Team member, Joe Alexander
Political Affairs Team member, Carmen Tucker
Political Affairs Team member, Benjamin Daniels on the basics of lobbying
State of the Union July 2023
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Advocacy Emails
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Political Affairs Team member, Isabel Mishara and Amy Pettigrew, Senior Program Manager, met with Aneeb Sheikh, Representative Pressley’s [MA-7] Legislative Assistant
PR/Marketing Team member, Jonathan (JJ) Smith and Kim Thelwell, VP, met with Senator Marshall’s staff [R-KS]
Updates from DC
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Recognition
Congratulations to the following team members who have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition
Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
Meeting Up
Kim Thelwell, VP hosted a meet and greet with volunteers from New Jersey and Pennsylvania in Edison, NJ! Kim looks forward to meeting more volunteers in person in the coming months!
Getting the Word Out
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Political Affairs Team member, Geeta Karlcut in Santa Clara, CA
Political Affairs Team member, Lina Oliveira Ulrich conducting her one mile campaign in the UK
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Brandy Bowen undertook the mile campaign around Representative Crockett’s office [D-TX-30]
Political Affairs Team member, Josh Ludy in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
Nonprofit Leadership Team
Content Team
PR/Marketing Team
Regional Director
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials
HR Team member, Patience Mabuda-Moyo
HR Team member, Diana Jimenez
PR/Marketing Team member, Alex Perez
Content Team member, Aysu Usubova
Fundraising
Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Luciana Cardenas is having a raffle for her fundraiser
Content Team member, Sheherazade Al Shahry sold clothing online
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
Political Affairs Team member, Riley Stevenson
Political Affairs Team member, Yashwin Sajja
Political Affairs Team member, Emile Vallejo
Political Affairs Team member, Natalie Flinn