Political Affairs Team member Toluwnimi Famurewa had a meeting with MP Heather McPherson (New Democratic Party, Edmonton Strathcona), Canada
Political Affairs Team member, Elis Jones met with his MP, Claire Hughes in Westminster, UK
Political Affairs Team member Moazam Jahangir, met with MP Charlotte Cane at her constituency office, East Cambridgeshire & Ely, UK
Kim Thelwell & Political Affairs Team member Prabhav Keerthipati meeting with Representative Foster’s office (D-IL-11)
Kim Thelwell & Political Affairs Team members Allison Luo, Lucy Jiang, Stanley Anukwuocha, Sarah Roshi and Samrah Syed met with Senator Durbin’s Office (D-IL)
Amy Jenkins & Political Affairs Team member Brayden Hunt met with Representative DeSaulnier’s office (D-CA-10)
Amy Jenkins & Political Affairs Team member Beatrice Ehrhardt met with Representative Schrier’s office (D-WA-8)
Amy Jenkins & Political Affairs Team member Libby Michael met with Senato Blackburn’s office (R-TN)
Amy Jenkins & Political Affairs Team member Meredith Kovarovic met with Representative Frankel’s office (D-FL-22)
Amy Jenkins & Political Affairs Team member Percy Masanga met with Representative McBath’s office (D-GA-7)
Amy Jenkins & Political Affairs Team member Samrah Syed met with Representative Casten’s office (D-IL-6)
Amy Jenkins & Political Affairs Team member Zac Dybeck met with Senator Hassan’s office (D-NH)
Amy Jenkins, Alexia Orban & Prisha Jain met with Representative Frost’s office (D-FL-10)
Amy Jenkins, Danial Osmani, Jonathan Mao, Grace Foose, Eli Shear-Baggish, Fletcher Hoven and Joshua Pinhancos met with Senator Warren’s office (D-MA)
Amy Jenkins, Isabella Rappaccioli and Naxhelt Sanchez met with Senator Warnock’s office (D-GA)
Amy Jenkins, Zach Dybeck and Andrea Mendoza met with Represnetative Levin’s office (D-CA-49)
Updates from DC
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Political Affairs Team members, Annabelle Sala and Walker Rose meeting with Brandon Simon, Senator Cruz’s (R-TX) Central Texas Regional Director
Kim Thelwell and Political Affairs Team members Shayyan Ahmed and Matthew Sotomey, meet with Representation John Sarbanes’ (D-MD-03) staffer, Lily Chang
The Borgen Project Team members, meeting with Senator Duckworth’s (D-IL) staff
Political Affairs Team member Aliyyah Gbadamosi, met with MP Margaret Mullane (Dagenham and Rainham)
Political Affairs Team member Kayla Soetaert, Canada, met with MP Dane Lloyd
The Borgen Project Team members meeting with Senator Gillibrand’s (D-NY) office
Political Affairs Team member Madison Possamai, Bird Dogging Representative Jennifer Stewart (D-RI- 59)
Updates from DC
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Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Carl Massad, Content Team Member met with Emma Bruce, Congressman Ami Bera’s (D-CA-06) Staff Director. The group discussed how to best move the End Tuberculosis Now Act forward in Congress
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team member, Carter Rejman met with Brittany Adams, Defense Fellow for Senator Tester (D-MT)
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team member, Reem Itani met with Connor Smith, Senator Fetterman’s (D-PA) Military Legislative Assistant.
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team member, Cecilia Hult met with Sen. Whitehouse’s (D-RI) Legislative Correspondent, Jonathan Harris.
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team members, Isabella Rappaccioli and Libby Michael met with Jane Scarborough, Representative McCormick’s (R-GA-06) Legislative Correspondent
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team member Alaina Tice met with Belle Martire, Legislative Correspondent in Senator Carper’s (D-DE) office.
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team members Ryan Patrick, Milena Baquerizo, Isabella Chow, Matthew Moy, Addie Tirone, Jickinson Louis, and Sofia Buziashvili met with Shyla Alam, Legislative Correspondent for Senator Schumer (D-NY).
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team member, Scotty Cameron met with Nathan Mark, Foreign Policy Staffer for Senator Marshall (R-KS)
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team member Danial Osmani met with Nicole Thompson in Senator Lujan’s (D-NM) office
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team member, Ben Suhrstedt met with Representative McMorris Rodgers’ (R-WA-05) Legislative Correspondent, Tyler Giuliacci.
Updates from DC
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This fun and engaging competition is designed to recognize and reward the hard work and dedication of our incredible team members. Throughout the summer, you’ll have the chance to participate in key activities that create a positive impact and win fantastic prizes!
How Does it Work?
Choose your challenge: Choose one challenge out of the three options below that you’d like to participate in:
Win Prizes: At the end of the competition, the top three team members will win exciting prizes!
There will be one winner per challenge, three winners in total. Please choose one challenge to dedicate your time to.
**The winners will win a trip and hotel stay to meet Clint Borgen in-person either for dinner or to participate in a lobbying event in Washington, D.C. or London!**
Political Affairs Team member, Henry King – Oxford, UK
Political Affairs Team member, Henry Phelan
Regional Director, Ashton Christo
Fundraising
Political Affairs Team member, MillaMay Garrow, held a live charity gig in support of The Borgen Project at The Albany on June 19th. It was a huge success with over 40 people showing up and almost £300 being raised for The Borgen Project. Well done, MillaMay!!
Political Affairs Team member, Samuel Pryor, going the extra mile with his fundraising
Political Affairs Team member, Madison Possamai is selling these beautiful flower bouquets as part of her fundraising campaign
TikTok
The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.
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Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Nishka Gouri met with Hannah Umansky Castro from Representative Norton’s office (D-DC-1)
Senior Program Manager Amy Jenkins and Cara Wong, Political Affairs Team member, met with Aneeb Sheikh, Representative Pressley’s (D-MA-07) Legislative Assistant.
Kim Thelwell, VP, Policy & Communications and Content Team member Jacob Barker, met with Representative Randy Feenstra’s office (R-IA-4)
Political Affairs Team member Hayden Wilkinson in the UK, met with Prospective Political Candidate Hanif Khan in support of ODA, in the run-up to the UK general elections.
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
UK Team member Lucrezia Gentili, Phoebe Wirick, Fiona Specker and Lara Crease, represented The Borgen Project at the RESULTS UK summer gathering on June 9th
Political Affairs Team member, Savannah Kapcoe gave her first class presentation
Political Affairs Team member Sara Nasrallah hosted a tabling event on her university’s campus
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
PR/Marketing Team
Delara Baria in Nottingham, UK
Diya Shah in Stanmore, UK
Rimsha Sawant in Blackburn, UK
Azza Hani Md Alexirwan in Oxford, UK. Azza works for Holland & Barrett and gained permission to write @BORGENPROJECT.ORG on some of the paper bags.
Political Affairs Team
Mariam Asratashvili in Glasgow, UK
David Zhu in San Jose, CA
Maria Rosaria Bitti in Glasgow, UK
Adam Ribbans in Bedfordshire, UK
Political Affairs Team member, Shovon Banik completed his one-mile campaign in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Political Affairs Team member, MillaMay Garrow in the UK is having a charity gig as part of her fundraiser. If you are in the area, please support MillaMay!
Political Affairs Team member, Sara Nasrallah held a bake sale at her university
PR/Marketing Team member, Isabelle Hickman is completing her 10 x 10 challenge (running 10km for 10 consecutive days) to showcase how some women and girls around the world walk between 6 to 10 kms every day to access clean water. Amazing job Isabelle.
The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.
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Political Team member Jacob Hung and Amy Jenkins, Senior Program manager, met with Representative Keating’s (D-MA-09) Foreign Policy Advisor, Ben Cooper.
David Zhu – Political Affairs Team member at Congressman Ro Khanna’s [D-CA-17] town hall in Fremont, CA
Updates from DC
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Maria Rosaria Bitti – Political Affairs Team member
Moodie Alboresha – Political Affairs Team member
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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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State of the Union September 2024
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Advocacy Emails
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Political Affairs Team member Toluwnimi Famurewa had a meeting with MP Heather McPherson (New Democratic Party, Edmonton Strathcona), Canada
Political Affairs Team member, Elis Jones met with his MP, Claire Hughes in Westminster, UK
Political Affairs Team member Moazam Jahangir, met with MP Charlotte Cane at her constituency office, East Cambridgeshire & Ely, UK
Kim Thelwell & Political Affairs Team member Prabhav Keerthipati meeting with Representative Foster’s office (D-IL-11)
Kim Thelwell & Political Affairs Team members Allison Luo, Lucy Jiang, Stanley Anukwuocha, Sarah Roshi and Samrah Syed met with Senator Durbin’s Office (D-IL)
Amy Jenkins & Political Affairs Team member Brayden Hunt met with Representative DeSaulnier’s office (D-CA-10)
Amy Jenkins & Political Affairs Team member Beatrice Ehrhardt met with Representative Schrier’s office (D-WA-8)
Amy Jenkins & Political Affairs Team member Libby Michael met with Senato Blackburn’s office (R-TN)
Amy Jenkins & Political Affairs Team member Meredith Kovarovic met with Representative Frankel’s office (D-FL-22)
Amy Jenkins & Political Affairs Team member Percy Masanga met with Representative McBath’s office (D-GA-7)
Amy Jenkins & Political Affairs Team member Samrah Syed met with Representative Casten’s office (D-IL-6)
Amy Jenkins & Political Affairs Team member Zac Dybeck met with Senator Hassan’s office (D-NH)
Amy Jenkins, Alexia Orban & Prisha Jain met with Representative Frost’s office (D-FL-10)
Amy Jenkins, Danial Osmani, Jonathan Mao, Grace Foose, Eli Shear-Baggish, Fletcher Hoven and Joshua Pinhancos met with Senator Warren’s office (D-MA)
Amy Jenkins, Isabella Rappaccioli and Naxhelt Sanchez met with Senator Warnock’s office (D-GA)
Amy Jenkins, Zach Dybeck and Andrea Mendoza met with Represnetative Levin’s office (D-CA-49)
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
Political Affairs Team member, Lucas Bedford Comte presenting at the Internation Student’s Conference at SOAS
Nonprofit Leadership Team member Naqib Amin, Information Event
Political Affairs Team member, Jillian Rowan, Artwork
Political Affairs Team member, Erin Chon, The Borgen Project Presentation
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Content Team
Asma Issa, UK
PR/Marketing Team
PR/Marketing Team member Iretomiwa Kolawole, Canada
Political Affairs Team
Annabelle Sala, TX
Dhani Freeland, Denver, CO
Robert Hunter, UK
Luxi Jiang (and her dog!), Chicago, IL
Vedant Shah, Santa Clara, CA
Blaire Garrett
Kayla Klurman
Alyssa Rainey
Lucy Anker
Beatrice Ehrhardt
Scott Cameron
Stella Price
Signe St Sure Caye with a little help from a furry friend!
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
PR/Marketing Team
Fundraising
Content Team member Sadie Virgin, 33 mile fundraising walk
Political Affairs Team member, Fairooz Jahan, bake sale for her fundraiser
Political Affairs Team member, Fairooz Jahan, a movie & pizza night
Content Team member Siwom Kim, T-Shirt design for his fundraiser
Political Affairs Team member Nibin Koshy, hosting a summer BBQ
Nonprofit Leadership Team member Adam Clewes, Tennis Tournament for his fundraiser
TikTok
The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject
Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them tiktok@borgenproject.org
Videos
PR/Marketing Team
Callie Finck
Callie Finck
Ellen Jin
Claire Cordonnier
Cassidy Stoneburner
State of the Union August 2024
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Advocacy Emails
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Political Affairs Team members, Annabelle Sala and Walker Rose meeting with Brandon Simon, Senator Cruz’s (R-TX) Central Texas Regional Director
Kim Thelwell and Political Affairs Team members Shayyan Ahmed and Matthew Sotomey, meet with Representation John Sarbanes’ (D-MD-03) staffer, Lily Chang
The Borgen Project Team members, meeting with Senator Duckworth’s (D-IL) staff
Political Affairs Team member Aliyyah Gbadamosi, met with MP Margaret Mullane (Dagenham and Rainham)
Political Affairs Team member Kayla Soetaert, Canada, met with MP Dane Lloyd
The Borgen Project Team members meeting with Senator Gillibrand’s (D-NY) office
Political Affairs Team member Madison Possamai, Bird Dogging Representative Jennifer Stewart (D-RI- 59)
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
Information Events
Political Affairs Team member Madison Possamai, presented to Massacoit Community College and a summer class at Wheaton College, MA
Madison Possamai also presented to her local Rotary Club
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Content Team member, Maria Waleed – Yokohama, Japan
Content Team member Deepak Joshi Pokhrel, in Nepal
Regional Director Ava Poehlmann, transform an empty window in VT, USA
Political Affairs Team member Valerie Dib, completed her campaign in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Political Affairs Team member Julian Kukor, Detroit, MI
Madison Possamai – JFK Federal Building in Boston, Massachusetts
PR/Marketing Team member Henry Phelan, Scotland
PR/Marketing Team member Benjamin Suhrstedt, Bainbridge, WA
Content Team member Philip Mundy
PR/Marketing Team member Ruthu Ganesh Jayalakshmamma, London, UK
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
Content Team
PR/Marketing Team
Fundraising
PR/Marketing Team member, Danielle Hutchinson – walked Hadrian’s Wall to raise money for her fundraiser
PR/Marketing Team member Isabella Chow, at Dave and Busters – NYC
Political Affairs Team member Andrea Mendoza, had a yard and candy sale
Political Affairs Team member Samrah Syed, hosted a bake sale and raised an incredible $219
Political Affairs Team member Robert Hunter, completed a triathlon event for his fundraiser
Content Team member Carl Massad’s fundraising template
Political Affairs Team member Antonella Pecora Ruiz’s video about her fundraising/awareness summer camp
TikTok
The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject
Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them tiktok@borgenproject.org
Videos
Political Affairs Team – Isabella Chow
Political Affairs Team member, Meredith Kovarovic
PR/Marketing Team member, Iman Chima
Political Affairs Team member, Dhani Freeland
PR/Marketing Team member, Danielle Hutchinson
Political Affairs Team member, Courtney Brown
PR/Marketing Team member, Callie Finck
Content Team Check In Calls
Check in with Carrie
Check in with Lynsey
State of the Union July 2024
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Advocacy Emails
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Carl Massad, Content Team Member met with Emma Bruce, Congressman Ami Bera’s (D-CA-06) Staff Director. The group discussed how to best move the End Tuberculosis Now Act forward in Congress
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team member, Carter Rejman met with Brittany Adams, Defense Fellow for Senator Tester (D-MT)
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team member, Reem Itani met with Connor Smith, Senator Fetterman’s (D-PA) Military Legislative Assistant.
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team member, Cecilia Hult met with Sen. Whitehouse’s (D-RI) Legislative Correspondent, Jonathan Harris.
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team members, Isabella Rappaccioli and Libby Michael met with Jane Scarborough, Representative McCormick’s (R-GA-06) Legislative Correspondent
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team member Alaina Tice met with Belle Martire, Legislative Correspondent in Senator Carper’s (D-DE) office.
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team members Ryan Patrick, Milena Baquerizo, Isabella Chow, Matthew Moy, Addie Tirone, Jickinson Louis, and Sofia Buziashvili met with Shyla Alam, Legislative Correspondent for Senator Schumer (D-NY).
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team member, Scotty Cameron met with Nathan Mark, Foreign Policy Staffer for Senator Marshall (R-KS)
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team member Danial Osmani met with Nicole Thompson in Senator Lujan’s (D-NM) office
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Political Team member, Ben Suhrstedt met with Representative McMorris Rodgers’ (R-WA-05) Legislative Correspondent, Tyler Giuliacci.
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.
REMINDER: JOIN OUR EXCITING SUMMER IMPACT CHALLENGE!
What is the Summer Impact Challenge?
This fun and engaging competition is designed to recognize and reward the hard work and dedication of our incredible team members. Throughout the summer, you’ll have the chance to participate in key activities that create a positive impact and win fantastic prizes!
How Does it Work?
o Mobilize
o Fundraise
o Write
For more details, check the weekly newsletter!
Getting the Word Out
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
Political Team
Gulce Yegen – NY
Jemma Layden – Tavistock, UK
Fiona Specker – London, UK
Phoebe Wirick – London, UK
Serxhina Troka – London, UK
Sara Nasrallah – Montréal, Quebec
Regional Director, Sukhmanmeet Kaur in London, UK
Alyssa Rainey
PR/Marketing Team
Robert Marshall
Rahul Chaurasia
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials
Political Affairs Team member, Henry King – Oxford, UK
Political Affairs Team member, Henry Phelan
Regional Director, Ashton Christo
Fundraising
Political Affairs Team member, MillaMay Garrow, held a live charity gig in support of The Borgen Project at The Albany on June 19th. It was a huge success with over 40 people showing up and almost £300 being raised for The Borgen Project. Well done, MillaMay!!
Political Affairs Team member, Samuel Pryor, going the extra mile with his fundraising
Political Affairs Team member, Madison Possamai is selling these beautiful flower bouquets as part of her fundraising campaign
TikTok
The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.
Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them tiktok@borgenproject.org.
Videos
PR/Marketing Team
Hailey Alt
Maeve White
Grace Foley
Jayna Yoo
Kayla Bruckert
Molly Wickliffe
Kairi Rojas
Carson Davidson
Julia Hallesy
Emily Battye
Hala Khan
Xiyi He
Hugo Chen
Danielle Hutchinson
Oliver MacKenzie
Political Team
Nanami Takahashi
Marta Tavares Fernandes
Navé Sacchetti
Koko Sanginga
State of the Union June 2024
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Advocacy Emails
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Senior Program Manager, Amy Jenkins and Nishka Gouri met with Hannah Umansky Castro from Representative Norton’s office (D-DC-1)
Senior Program Manager Amy Jenkins and Cara Wong, Political Affairs Team member, met with Aneeb Sheikh, Representative Pressley’s (D-MA-07) Legislative Assistant.
Kim Thelwell, VP, Policy & Communications and Content Team member Jacob Barker, met with Representative Randy Feenstra’s office (R-IA-4)
Political Affairs Team member Hayden Wilkinson in the UK, met with Prospective Political Candidate Hanif Khan in support of ODA, in the run-up to the UK general elections.
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
Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
Getting the Word Out
Information Events
UK Team member Lucrezia Gentili, Phoebe Wirick, Fiona Specker and Lara Crease, represented The Borgen Project at the RESULTS UK summer gathering on June 9th
Political Affairs Team member, Savannah Kapcoe gave her first class presentation
Political Affairs Team member Sara Nasrallah hosted a tabling event on her university’s campus
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
PR/Marketing Team
Delara Baria in Nottingham, UK
Diya Shah in Stanmore, UK
Rimsha Sawant in Blackburn, UK
Azza Hani Md Alexirwan in Oxford, UK. Azza works for Holland & Barrett and gained permission to write @BORGENPROJECT.ORG on some of the paper bags.
Political Affairs Team
Mariam Asratashvili in Glasgow, UK
David Zhu in San Jose, CA
Maria Rosaria Bitti in Glasgow, UK
Adam Ribbans in Bedfordshire, UK
Political Affairs Team member, Shovon Banik completed his one-mile campaign in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
Content Team
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials
PR/Marketing Team member, Danielle Hutchinson
PR/Marketing Team member, Ege Ulusoy
Regional Director Felipe Mancera
Content Team member, Emily Weir
PR/Marketing Team member, Alicia Ng
Fundraising
Political Affairs Team member, MillaMay Garrow in the UK is having a charity gig as part of her fundraiser. If you are in the area, please support MillaMay!
Political Affairs Team member, Sara Nasrallah held a bake sale at her university
TikTok
PR/Marketing Team member, Isabelle Hickman is completing her 10 x 10 challenge (running 10km for 10 consecutive days) to showcase how some women and girls around the world walk between 6 to 10 kms every day to access clean water. Amazing job Isabelle.
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Videos
PR/Marketing Team
Ruby Cheng
Isabelle Hickman
Hailey Alt
Political Affairs Team
Keaton Walding
Gulce Yegen
Elt Bashar
Fiona Specker
State of the Union May 2024
Political Updates
Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
Advocacy Emails
Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging
Political Team member Jacob Hung and Amy Jenkins, Senior Program manager, met with Representative Keating’s (D-MA-09) Foreign Policy Advisor, Ben Cooper.
David Zhu – Political Affairs Team member at Congressman Ro Khanna’s [D-CA-17] town hall in Fremont, CA
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
One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing
PR/Marketing Team
Fred Pauley completed his mile campaign in Birkenhead, UK
Aeisha Varu in Leicester, UK
Political Affairs Team members
Krista Amoth – Concord, NH
James Schultz – PA
Celeste Schreifels – OR
Clyde Quarles – MN
Conor Lockwood – Liverpool, UK
Jamie Richardson – Toronto, Canada
Cameron Etchells – Enfield, UK
Carisa Balmos – TX
Content Team
Madison McCray
Letters to the Editor
Political Affairs Team
PR/Marketing Team
Outreach & Mobilizing Materials
Fred Pauley – PR/Marketing Team member
Delara Baria – PR/Marketing Team member
Isabella Green – Content Team member
Isabella Green’s furry friends supporting the cause!
Fundraising
Julie Baghdady – PR/Marketing Team member, worked as a bartender at an event and all tips went to her fundraising campaign
James McAlinden – Content Team member had a “how many sweets are in the jar” for his fundraiser
Isabella Green – Content Team member, hosting a paint-and-sip evening for her fundraising
Houda Sahibeddine – Political Affairs Team member held a bake sale
Kiera Gorman – Content Team member, hosted a garage/yard sale for her fundraising
TikTok
Nonprofit Leadership Team member Aidan Fernandes
Videos
Isabelle Hickman – PR/Marketing Team member
Juliana Ortiz – Political Affairs Team member
Oscar Cramer – PR/Marketing Team member
Robert Marshall – PR/Marketing Team member
Emily Buisseret – PR/Marketing Team member
Shanqi Mo – PR/Marketing Team member
Renos Kadros – PR/Marketing Team member
David Zhu – Political Affairs Team member
Thomas Schmitz – Political Affairs Team member
Ireh Kim – Political Affairs Team member
Maria Rosaria Bitti – Political Affairs Team member
Moodie Alboresha – Political Affairs Team member
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Kiikter Prevents Anemia in Latin American Children by Isabella Rothe
How Kenya Works Is Helping the Children of Kenya by Isabella Polo
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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
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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