State of the Union May 2018

District Work Periods:  May 25th through June 1st

The May recess is the perfect time to schedule meetings with your congressional leaders, since they will be back from D.C. and in their home district and state.  For all team members who are required to lobby during the program, please schedule meetings with your leaders or members of their staff either by personal appointment or via phone meeting.

Let’s get our lobbying efforts doubled this year!

Remember to email [email protected] and cc your Team Manager with your report.

Top Priority Bills in the House of Representatives

Top Priority Bills in the Senate

Political Updates
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Lobbying Efforts

  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in April:  74
  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2018:  302 – Within just the first quarter of this year, we are already 53% of the way to our 2018 goal!
  • Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2018:  560

Advocacy Emails

  • Number of Advocacy Emails in April:  5,095
  • Advocacy Emails Goal for 2018:  100,000
  • % of Congress Emailed in April:  86%
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Congressional Office Meetings

Political Affairs Team member Courtney Yorks with Representative Pramila Jayapal (D – WA 7th).

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Warren’s Address

Listen to the latest from Warren about the goings-on in D.C.

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Content Team Updates

In April we had our single biggest increase in web traffic… 58,000 more people visited the website in April than in March!!! More than 434,000 people visited borgenproject.org. We’re already at 1.4 million total visitors this year.  Great work everyone!

 

Here are the Top 10 Articles for April on BORGEN Magazine.

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HR Team Updates

There is a 50% increase in applicants – April 2017 vs. April 2018.

Professional Development Help

We are pleased to offer professional development help to our interns. To find out more go to:  https://borgenteam.org/professional-development-help/

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Recognition

Congratulations to the following team members that have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition.

  • Bird-Dog Award:  Alexander Klein, Political Affairs Team (May 2018) and Courtney Yorks, Political Affairs Team (May 2018).
  • Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):  Lea Sacca, Content Team (April 2018).
  • Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):  Mikayla Werner, HR Team (May 2018).

Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.

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Getting the Word Out
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Editor in Chief Brendan McBryde was featured in The Hill for his piece – Rethinking how we handle development finance.

 

Letters to the Editor

Barak BenYehuda, PR/Marketing Team, in The Record – Opinion:  Email your government officials to enact real change in global poverty.

Joel Anderson, Political Affairs Team, in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Congress must continue to protect and fight for foreign aid.

Sarah Chocron, Advocate, in The Wichita Eagle – Enhancing Kansas exports.

Tyler Quinn Fiske, Political Affairs Team, in The Frederick News-Post – Looking at foreign aid differently.

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Fliers

Here are some of the fliers designed by our team members.

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Created by PR/Marketing Team member Bora Yang

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Created by Political Affairs Team member Hagar Hafez.

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Created by PR/Marketing Team member Kelley O’Conor Morgan.

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Fundraising

Check out Political Affairs Team member Matt Smeriglio’s video about his upcoming Borgen Project fundraiser.

View the video by clicking here.

 

Here are images from PR/Marketing Team member Kelly O’Conor Morgan’s fundraising campaign.

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Videos

Matt Smeriglio, Political Affairs Team member, created another great video. This one is about emailing Congress.

View the video by clicking here.
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State of the Union April 2018

 

Note from the President: The AGOA and MCA Modernization Act just passed in the Senate! The bill now heads to the President to be signed into law. We’ve done lots of lobbying on this bill and it’s great to see it pass in Congress. Great work to everybody who has emailed Congress in support of the bill and mobilized others to do the same.

~ Clint Borgen

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Political Updates
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Lobbying Efforts

  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in March:  72
  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2018:  219
  • Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2018:  560

Advocacy Emails

  • Number of Advocacy Emails in March:  5,021
  • Advocacy Emails Goal for 2018:  100,000
  • % of Congress Emailed in March:  81%
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Congressional Office Meetings

Advocate Paul Benedict met with Morgan Brand. Morgan is a Legislative Aide for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D – NY).

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America’s Role in the World:  Why Leading Globally Matters for Washington – USGLC event 

In-Office staff Alisa Yamaguchi, Amy Pettigrew, and Maja Stamenkovska, as well as Political Affairs Team member Pamela Lara Perez attended last month’s U.S. Global Leadership Conference (USGLC) event. Each of them were all able to meet Representative Derek Kilmer (D – WA 6th) who was the event’s featured speaker. Below are photos from the event courtesy of Pamela. For more information about USGLC and the full reel of photos – visit the event’s page here.

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Rep. Derek Kilmer (D – WA 6th).

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Pamela Lara Perez, Political Affairs Team member, with Rep. Kilmer.

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The panel of featured guest speakers.

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Listen to the latest from Warren about the goings-on in D.C.

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Content Team Updates

This March borgenproject.org had 376,416 visitors. This is the new all-time record for our website!

Here are the Top 10 Articles for March on BORGEN Magazine.

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HR Team Updates

There is an 80% increase in applicants – March 2017 vs. March 2018.

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Recognition

Congratulations to the following team members that have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition.

  • Bird-dog Award:  Abby Jones, Political Affairs Team; Amy Ramirez, Political Affairs Team; Michael Langley, Regional Director; and Pamela Lara Perez, Political Affairs Team.
  • Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):  David Parau, Advocate; Michael Israel, Content Team; and Paul Benedict, Advocate.
  • Public Outreach Award:  Abby Jones, Political Affairs Team; Ivanna Chumatschko, Political Affairs Team; and Johanna Simpson, Political Affairs Team (April 2018).

Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.

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Getting the Word Out
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Letters to the Editor

Frank Young, Regional Director, in Santa Maria Times – Letters to the Editor:  Pondering our country’s global role.

Lauren Baker, HR Team, in The State Journal-Register – Letter:  U.S. should do more to end global poverty.

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Fliers

Here are some of the fliers designed by our team members.

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Designed by PR/Marketing Team member Barak BenYehuda for his Information Event.

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PR/Marketing Team member Celeste Gomez for her One-Mile Campaign.

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Written by Advocate Sarah Chocron to mobilize others to call congressional leaders in Kansas.

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Designed by Political Affairs Team member Sehej Singh.

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Bearathon at Baylor University

PR/Marketing Team member Paul Brastrom ran the Bearathon road race at Baylor University. He and his friends wore Borgen Project t-shirts throughout the event and Paul was interviewed by his school’s newspaper the Baylor Lauriat – Bearathon runners race to shine light on the Borgen Project.
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Fundraising

PR/Marketing Team member Emiliano Zapata designed this suite of materials for his fundraising campaign.

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View the story by clicking here.

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Videos

Political Affairs Team member Matt Smeriglio created an animated video about The Borgen Project and posted it on his Facebook page.
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View the video by clicking here.
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Here are the latest videos made by Social Media Team member Elizabeth Gasciogne.

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State of the Union March 2018

 

Note from the President: Bitter sweet news out of the State Department. For those of us passionate about the International Affairs Budget, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been a major disappointment. During his brief time at the State Department, more than 60 percent of the organization’s top personnel have left the agency. Imagine if 60 percent of the military’s 4-star General’s left the military in one year! Needless to say, I’m personally glad his tenure is over. But what’s next? This is where things get interesting.

The President’s new pick Mike Pompeo would not be my first choice for Secretary of State… or my 800th. During his time in Congress, Pompeo did little to advocate for the world’s poor and the International Affairs Budget. We’ll get a better sense of his views during his confirmation hearing, but keep in mind that Congress holds all of the power when it comes to funding the programs we care about. Your work is more important than ever! Last year we saw the President’s proposed 30 percent cuts to the International Affairs Budget get shot down in Congress. Emails, mobilizing others to email and in-district Congressional meetings are crucial right now for keeping the pressure on Members of Congress and preventing cuts to programs that help the world’s poor.

~ Clint Borgen

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Secretary of State

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Watch Secretary of State Tillerson’s Press Briefing regarding the transition here. Mr. Tillerson’s commission as Secretary of State will terminate at midnight on March 31st. During this transition period, all responsibilities have been delegated to Deputy Secretary of State Sullivan.
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Below is the full press release from the House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce.

Chairman Royce Statement on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

Press Release 

Media Contact 202-225-5021

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after the president announced the departure of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson:

“Rex Tillerson has served our country with great energy and determination. He is a good man, a thoughtful leader and a business titan. Thanks to his diplomatic efforts, we have charted a new course to counter the full range of threats from Iran and apply maximum pressure on Kim Jong Un. I wish Rex well and look forward to working with our next Secretary of State. There are many serious challenges ahead.”

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Political Updates
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Lobbying Efforts

  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in February:  103
  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2018:  147
  • Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2018:  560

Advocacy Emails

  • Number of Advocacy Emails in February:  4,937
  • Advocacy Emails Goal for 2018:  100,000
  • % of Congress Emailed in February:  73%
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Congressional Office Meetings

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Political Affairs Team member Abby Jones met with Representative Marcia Fudge (D – OH 11th). Representative Fudge held a Town Hall meeting and Abby was able to hold an impromptu meeting with her about the International Affairs Budget.

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Advocate Kishan Venkataramu met with Representative Ro Khanna (D – CA 17th).

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Political Affairs Team member Sehej Singh met with Representative Zoe Lofgren (D – CA 19th) and discussed the International Affairs Budget.

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Warren’s Address
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Listen to the latest from Warren about the goings-on in D.C.

Here’s the link to the World Poverty Clock Infographic:  http://www.worldpoverty.io/[hr]

Content Team Updates

Here are the Top 10 Articles for February on BORGEN Magazine. Because of the power of SEO, many articles receiving the most views each month were actually written 2-3 years ago.


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HR Team Updates
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The Borgen Project only hires 7% of intern applicants so it goes without saying that strong recruitment is incredibly important for making sure we have the numbers to select the best. There is a 98% increase in applicants – February 2017 vs. February 2018.


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Recognition

Congratulations to the following team members that have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition in February.

  • Bird-dog Award:  Caysi Simpson, Political Affairs Team.
  • Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):  Sydney Lacey, Content Team (March 2018).
  • Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):  Jaymie Greenway, Content Team and Sydney Lacey, Content Team.

Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
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Getting the Word Out
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The Borgen Project in Newsweek

The Borgen Project was mentioned in a Newsweek piece about poverty conditions in North Korea – People in North Korea Are Starving While Kim Jong Un’s Sister Travels in Luxury.
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Letters to the Editor

Alexander Chaves, PR/Marketing Team, in morningdt.com – Why Congressional Support for Foreign Aid Matters.

Courtney Hambrecht, Content Team, in The Virginia Gazette – Second Chance for Taylor, Second Chance for Budgets

Cassidy Caudill, Political Affairs Team, in TheHeraldBulletin.com – Letter:  More U.S. funds should go to foreign aid.
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Pets for The Borgen Project

Content Team member Natasha Komen held a Pug Party fundraiser!

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YouTube

Here are the latest  videos made by our in-office team. And don’t forget to check out the rest of the videos on The Borgen Project YouTube channel. Watch, like, and share!

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State of the Union February 2018

 

Note from the President: 

  • Forbes recently published a story that utilized a Borgen Project article written by Sarah Prellwitz of Idaho. We see this happen frequently, where a major news site references an article written by our Content Team members. Keep up the great writing! You never know who is reading your article.
  • We recently learned that the sponsors of the Economic Growth and Development Act will be introducing a larger bill that incorporates the EGDA while tackling more issues. This will ultimately be a good thing, but in the short-term, we’re going to scale back our advocacy efforts around EGDA. Look for the news on the new bill in 2-3 weeks.

~ Clint Borgen

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Political Updates
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Lobbying Efforts

  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in January:  44
  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2018:  44
  • Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2018:  560

Advocacy Emails

  • Number of Advocacy Emails in January:  4,681 emails sent.
  • Advocacy Emails Goal for 2018:  100,000
  • % of Congress Emailed in January:  62%. We emailed all 535 members of Congress in 2017. Let’s do the same for 2018!

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Congressional Office Meetings

 

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Advocate Eshaan Agrawal met with Martha Zoller, Policy Director for Senator David Perdue (R – GA).

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Warren’s Address

Here’s the latest from Warren about the goings-on in D.C.

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Content Team Updates

These are the Top Ten Articles for January on BORGEN Magazine.

 

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HR Team Updates

There is a 157% increase in applicants for January 2017 vs. January 2018.

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Recognition

Congratulations to the following team members that have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition

  • Bird-dog Award:  Danielle Robinson, Political Affairs Team.
  • Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):  Nikita Iyer, Content Team.
  • Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):  Bronti DeRoche, Content Team and Lea Sacca, Content Team.
  • President’s Circle Award:  Charlene Preston, Political Affairs Team.
  • Public Outreach Award:  Mikayla Merchant, PR/Marketing Team.    

Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
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Getting the Word Out

 

Check out these business cards designed by Political Affairs Team member Abby Jones.


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PR/Marketing Team member Chloe Allen used chalk art and fliers as part of her One-Mile Campaign.

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Political Affairs Team member Pamela Lara Perez participated in this year’s Women’s March and created this sign and handed out these Borgen Project fliers.

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Letters to the Editor

Katherine Thomas, PR/Marketing Team, in the Daily Tar Heel – Local Government Affects Global Issues.

Sameen Oboudiyat, Political Affairs Team, in the Centre Daily Times – Create conversation about global health.
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Fundraising

Check out this Instagram post from Political Affairs Team member Melissa Balke. Melissa attended January’s fundraising event held in San Francisco that was hosted by Board Member Rachel Bell.  Clint spoke at the event and was accompanied by his wife Kate.


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YouTube

Here are the latest videos from our Social Media Team member Elizabeth Gasciogne.

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State of the Union January 2018

Political Updates

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Lobbying Efforts

  • Total # of  Lobbying Meetings in December 2017: 21
  • Total # of Meetings in 2017: 525

Advocacy Emails

  • Number of Advocacy Emails in December 2017: 2,642 emails sent. Borgen Project interns and volunteers mobilized 61,872 emails to Congress since the start of 2017.
  • % of Congress Emailed in 2017: 100%. We emailed all 535 members of Congress in 2017! We couldn’t have done this without your hard work.

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Congressional Office Meetings

Political Affairs team member Chethan Lai met with Community Liaison Lily Griego from the office of Senator Michael Bennet (D – CO).


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Content Team Updates

Here are some of the stats for December 2017: Top Ten Countries with visitors to our site and the Top Ten Articles on BORGEN Magazine.

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HR Team Updates

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Recognition


Congratulations to the following team members that have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition.

Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):  Charlene Preston, Political Affairs team (January 2018).

Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):  Charlene Preston, Political Affairs team (December 2017) and Nick Edinger, Content team and Bronti DeRoche, Content team.

Public Outreach Award:  Joshua Collins, Political Affairs team.  

Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.

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Getting the Word Out

Regional Director Nandini Tivakaran posted fliers around her school and gave a presentation about our organization.

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Letter to the Editor

Chloe Gerard, PR/Marketing team member, in The Pioneer Republican – Give to The Borgen Project.


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One-Mile Campaign

PR/Marketing team member Matthew Motton designed this flyer and added faux wheat grass at the bottom of each sign for a 3-D effect.

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YouTube

Another great video by Political Affairs team member Melissa Balke.


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State of the Union December 2017

Note from the President: What a year everyone! The complete numbers will be out in January, but 2017 has set records in just about every category: more political access/lobbying meetings than ever, more leaders being contacted by constituents about poverty-reduction bills, more visitors to the website. The list goes on but the end result is that you’ve built a poverty-reduction movement that is stronger than ever and growing incredibly fast. I want to give a special shout-out to everyone who made sure all members of Congress were contacted by constituents in support of poverty-reduction legislation this year. In the past, the House of Reps, with 435 members representing districts ranging from rural farmland to a couple of miles in a major city, has been very difficult to reach comprehensively. This year, we pulled it off with every single member of the House of Representatives being emailed by voters in their district. If you emailed your leaders and/or mobilized others you were part of this effort. I can’t thank everyone enough for giving a voice to the world’s poor and making sure powerful leaders feel pressure to do more.

– Clint Borgen

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Holiday Schedule

What: Winter Break

When: Saturday, December 23rd 2017 to and including Monday, January 1st 2018.

Arrangements: As a reminder, all trackers are due on Friday December 22nd. However, no trackers are due on Friday December 29th due to the break.

Happy Holidays!
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Political Updates
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Lobbying Efforts
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We are having a record year for political access! As of November 13th, we held 458 lobbying meetings. Here’s a chart comparing our lobbying meetings this year, with year’s past.

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Year Total Year’s End Number of Lobbying Meetings
2013 106
2014 131
2015 378
2016 383
2017 458 (*As of November 13th)

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  • Total Lobbying Meetings in November:  77
  • Total Lobbying Meetings Since the Start of the Year:  504

Advocacy Emails
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  • Total Advocacy Emails in November:  3,218 emails sent.
  • Total Advocacy Emails Since the Start of the Year:  Borgen Project interns and volunteers have mobilized ~59,000 emails to Congress since the start of the year.
  • % of Congress Emailed Since January:  100%. We’ve emailed all 535 members of Congress! We couldn’t have done this without your hard work.

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Regional Director, Madhavi Kuthanur, and Political Affairs team member, Danielle Robinson, met with Zachary Carstensen. Zachary is the Director of Outreach and Engagement for Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D – WA 7th).

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Warren’s Address
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Content Team
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BORGEN Website Pageviews: November 2017 vs. November 2016

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BORGEN Magazine Pageviews: November 2017 vs. November 2016


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HR Team Updates
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The total number of applicants has risen significantly from September through November.

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Recognition


Congratulations to the following team members that have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition.

Bird-dog Award:  Marietta Le Barbara, Political Affairs team.

Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):  Richa Bijlani, Content team.

Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):  Colin Ford, Political Affairs team.

President’s Circle Award:  Johannes Veltin, Political Affairs team.

Honorable Mention for Email Advocacy Efforts:  Carmen Venney, Regional Director; Judy Hamilton, Regional Director; and Marcus Sullivan, Friend.

Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.

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YouTube

Here are two more videos from Political Affairs team member, Melissa Balke.

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Getting the Word Out


Letters to the Editor

Regional Director, Maggie Carrig, in The Buffalo News – Each of us must get involved in the global poverty fight.

Political Affairs team member, Tim Sonnefeldt, in the Chicago Tribune – The right aid. (Fourth post down)
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One-Mile Campaigns

Fatema Murtaza implemented her campaign for the PR/Marketing team within her neighborhood with chalking, fliers, and car stickers.

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Mobilizing

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Fundraising

Content team member, Brianna Summ, organized a garage sale and raised $90.

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State of the Union November 2017

Note from the President

Impressive fundraising everyone! We’ve raised $340,000 thus far this year! Our goal for the year was $300,000 and last year we raised $270,000. We’re $30,000 away from raising $100,000 more than last year. Let’s finish the year strong. Amazing work!

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2017 Holiday Shopping & Giving

The Black Friday weekend (November 24th to 26th) marks the start of the holiday shopping season – with much of the shopping continuing into the work week on Cyber Monday (November 27th). When shoppers use this link to shop on Amazon.com, Amazon gives 4-8% of the total spent to The Borgen Project.

November 28th is now known as Giving Tuesday. On Giving Tuesday, our organization joins thousands of people across over 98 countries on this global day of giving through collaboration and social media.

Over the next few weeks we will be sharing holiday shopping & giving posts via Facebook and Twitter. Please share them on your social media platforms to encourage others to shop for our cause and to donate to The Borgen Project this holiday season.

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Political Updates
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Lobbying Efforts

  • Total Lobbying Meetings in October:  60
  • Total Lobbying Meetings Since the Start of the Year:  427. With this comes another record! We’ve surpassed our annual goal of 400 meetings this year!
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Advocacy Efforts

  • Total Advocacy Emails in October:  4,097
  • Total Advocacy Emails:  Borgen Project interns and volunteers have mobilized ~56,000 emails to Congress since the start of the year.
  • % of Congress Emailed Since January: 97%. Keep up the great work and let’s take this to 100% by the end of 2017!
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Congressional Office Meetings
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Haley Gouge, Regional Director, with Rep. Dwight Evans (D – PA 2nd)

 

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Bird-dogging

Political Affairs team member, Taylor Larson, attended a town hall meeting with Representative Beto O’Rourke (D – TX 16th) and asked a question about foreign aid. Representative O’Rourke is not seeking re-election in the House of Representatives. Instead, he is running for Senate in 2018.

View the town hall meeting here. Taylor’s question is approximately at minutes 56 to 59.

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Warren’s Address

Here’s the latest from Warren about the goings-on in D.C.

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Content Team

Here are some of the latest stats on visitors to our sites.

BORGEN Website Users: October 2017 vs. October 2016

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BORGEN Magazine Users: October 2017 vs. October 2016

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HR Team Updates

There is a 66% increase in applicants – October 2016 vs. October 2017.

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Recognition

Congratulations to the following team members who have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition in October.

Bird-dog Award:  Haley Gouge, Regional Director and Nate Fowler, Regional Director.

Chief Closer Award:  Eliza Gresh, Content team; Richa Bijlani, Content team; and Sarah Soutoul, Content team.

Public Outreach Award:  Melissa Bailey, Political Affairs team.

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Getting the Word Out
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Letter to the Editor

Mackinsey Sook, HR team, in the WVU Gazette – Letter:  Support more foreign aid (Daily Mail)
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Media Mentions

The Borgen Project was mentioned six times in October and twice in Newsweek! Check out a few of the articles here:

DNA India – As Malala Yousafzai gears up to join Oxford, girl education in Pakistan remains in a sorry state 

Newsweek – Trump Is Wrong, Puerto Rico Still Needs Help:  12 Pictures That Show Devastation Weeks After Hurrican Maria 

Radio World – Auntie Mo Educates, Entertains
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YouTube

Political Affairs team member, Melissa Balke, created these videos to show how easy it is to call, email, & tweet Congress!


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Content team member, Paula Pujol-Gibson, wrote a song about her internship with The Borgen Project.

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Mobilizing

Here are some of the ways our team members spread the word and mobilized others to advocate on behalf of the world’s poor.

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Regional Director, Bella Chaffey, tabled at an internship fair held at CBU.

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Maja Stamenkovska, Donor Relations & Seattle office team member, transformed her apartment window (corner unit, high traffic area) to advocate for The Borgen Project.

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Content team member, Mary Efrid, posted fliers around campus for The Borgen Project.

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Fundraising

Check out some of this year’s Halloween fundraisers.

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Isadora Ocampo, HR team member, held a bake sale during a Halloween party.

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PR/Marketing team member, Vimala Samynaden, used her face-painting skills during Halloween as part of her fundraising campaign.

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State of the Union October 2017

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Note from the President

The bills we love are moving! The READ Act passed and was signed into law by the White House. The Protecting Girls’ Access to Education in Vulnerable Settings Act passed in the House. And the Senate Foreign Relations Committee moved the AGOA & MCA Modernization Act forward… All of this occurred in the past 30 days! The great advocacy and mobilizing we saw this summer is moving these bills through. Let’s keep the pressure up!

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Political Updates
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H.R.2408 Protecting Girls’ Access to Education in Vulnerable Settings Act has PASSED in the House of Representatives. Another great job, team! Read the press release from the House Foreign Affairs Committee here. We are now focused on the Senate. Keep up your emails and calls to your Senators!

This week, in a press release about recognizing the International Day of the Girl, Chairman Royce of the House Foreign Affairs Committee also mentioned that he is proud to have been a supporter of the  READ Act H.R.601 and H.R.2408. Chairman Royce reiterated his support for protecting the rights of and empowering women and girls around the globe.

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Lobbying Efforts

  • Total Lobbying Meetings in September: 19
  • Total Lobbying Meetings Since the Start of the Year: 367. We are getting closer to our annual goal of 400 meetings for this year!
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Advocacy Emails

  • Total Advocacy Emails in September: 4,767 emails sent. With this comes another record!
  • Total Advocacy Emails Since the Start of the Year:  Borgen Project interns and volunteers have mobilized ~51,000 emails to Congress since the start of the year!
  • % of Congress Emailed Since January: 96%
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Regional Director, Antonina “Nina” Mangiola, with Congressman Ted Yoho (R – FL 3rd).

 

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Congressman Yoho was first elected in 2012 and is currently serving his third term in the House of Representatives. He is also the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. According to his bio, Congressman Yoho’s “approach to government is guided by constitutional principles, limited government, fiscal conservatism, personal responsibility, and free enterprise.” In the past, he was not a supporter of foreign aid. His views on this issue seem to have changed and he is the original sponsor of H.R.2747 Economic Growth and Development Act. This bill was introduced into the House in May 2017 and currently has the bipartisan support of 23 co-sponsors – 14 Republicans and 9 Democrats.

Here is an excerpt from a forthcoming article by Nina about the foreign aid budget, which includes directs quotes taken from her meeting with Congressman Yoho.

In response to the proposed budget cuts and these growing concerns, Rep. Ted Yoho introduced the Economic Growth and Development Act (H.R. 2747). This legislation will create an interagency mechanism that will open up U.S. foreign assistance funding to the private sector. This interagency mechanism proposed in this legislation will also increase efficiency in planning and coordinating with the donor-recipient countries in order to pursue long-term economic improvements. Moreover, it will require an annual report to be submitted by the President that will evaluate the effectiveness of the interagency foreign assistance programs. After speaking with Rep. Ted Yoho of Florida himself, he stated that “we are going through tough fiscal times as a nation and we need to make sure that [foreign] aid is used effectively”. Although Rep. Yoho had initially wanted to eliminate the foreign aid budget due to previous inefficiencies, he stated that “it is important to use the money invested [in order] to create stronger relationships with countries that can potentially become U.S. trading partners”. Rep. Yoho, along with many other leaders, recognize that targeted foreign aid focused on key developmental issues can be mutually beneficial for the U.S. and aid recipient countries.

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Warren’s Address
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Here is the latest from Warren about the goings-on in Washington D.C.

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Content Team Updates
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Here are some stats on visitors to our site in September: Top 10 Countries and breakdown by age range and gender.

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HR Team Updates
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Recognition
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Congratulations to the following team members that have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition.

Chief Closer Award:  Carrie Clower, Regional Director; Elizabeth Menkowitz, PR/Marketing team; Emily Schwartz, Regional Director; Haley Gouge, Regional Director; Kamilla (Kent) Szklarska, PR/Marketing team;  Kristen Nixon, Content team;  Megan Crain, Political Affairs team;  and Patrick Greeley, Content team.

 

Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
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Getting the Word Out
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Letters to the Editor
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Content team member, Christiana Lano, in the New Haven Register – Busting myths about our nation’s foreign aid.

PR/Marketing team member, Katie Larsen, in the Independent – Foreign aid:  A new perspective.

Content team member, Tess Hinteregger, in the Island Packet – Foreign aid reaps benefits for U.S.
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One-Mile Campaign

Check out these photos from PR/Marketing team member, Kenna Johnson.

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Fliers

Here are some outreach fliers designed by our talented team members.

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Haley Abraham, PR/Marketing team.

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Michaela Veillette, PR/Marketing team. member.

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YouTube
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See how easy it is to Call Congress in this video created by Political Affairs team member, Christianna Palermo.

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Fundraising

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Content team member, Tripti Gully, created handmade greeting cards for her fundraising campaign.

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HR team member, Shuya Dai, organized a dinner party for friends.

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State of the Union September 2017

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Note from the President:

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Announcing the winner of the 2017 mobilizing competition…

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Congratulations to our Mobilizing Star Award Winners:  Ariel So, PR/Mktg team; Cameron Gebben, PR/Mktg team;  Chelsea Jones, PR/Mktg team; Cody deDianous, Political Affairs team;  Madeline Wiles, PR/Mktg team; Sean Newhouse, Content team; and Sidney Ross, HR team.

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Political Updates
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The READ Act has passed! Here’s the press release from Congresswoman Nita Lowey’s office. Thank you for all of your advocacy and mobilizing efforts over the past nine months.

 

Lobbying Efforts

  • Total Lobbying Meetings in August:  53   
  • Total Lobbying Meetings Since the Start of the Year:  348; We are getting closer to our annual goal of 400 meetings for this year!
  • 2017 Goal: 400

Advocacy Emails

  • Total Advocacy Emails in August:  An impressive 7,361 emails sent!
  • Total Advocacy Emails Since the Start of the Year:  Borgen Project interns and volunteers have mobilized 47,000 emails to Congress since the start of the year! To put that in perspective – that’s 7,775 more emails than we had between January and December of 2016!
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Meetings with Members of Congress

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Clint meets with Senator Patty Murray (D – WA) on Capitol Hill.

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Clint and Board Member Don Girskis meet with Representative Adam Smith (D – WA 9th) on Capitol Hill. Representative Smith is also an Honorary Board Member of The Borgen Project.

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Congressional Office Meetings

 

Imani Fields, Political Affairs team, meets with a staffer for Senator Sherrod Brown (D – OH).

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Content Team Updates
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We’re number 87,923!
Based on web traffic, the Alexa ranking put out by Amazon has The Borgen Project ranked the 87,923 (as of 9/13/17) most visited website in the world. This is a ranking of every website on the internet spanning shopping, news, government, etc. Google is ranked number one and YouTube number two. With more than one billion websites to compete with, just cracking the million mark is good. Nice work team!

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HR Team Updates
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There is a 17% increase in applicants for August 2016 vs. August 2017.

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Recognition
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Congratulations to the following team members that have achieved Borgen Project Honors & Recognition.
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Bird-dog Award:  Ilana Luther, Political Affairs team; Megan Crain, Political Affairs team; and Styrling Tanguosso, Advocate.

Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):  Amanda Quinn, Content team.

Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):  Ariel So, PR/Mktg team;  Emma Pizzuti, Political Affairs team;  John Hardie, Political Affairs team;  Lindsey Robideau, Content team; and Sydney Missigman, Content team.

Honors Award (raised $3,000 or more):  Taylor Larson, Political Affairs team. Taylor has currently raised $3,245 and is the first team member to EVER receive this award! Congratulations, Taylor!

President’s Circle:  Kayla Terrero, Political Affairs team and Megan Crain, Political Affairs team.

Public Outreach Award:  Sean Newhouse, Content team.
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Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.
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Getting the Word Out
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Clint was recently quoted in this Aljazeera article Syrian refugees trade violence for thirst.

 

Letters to the Editor


Haley Gouge, Regional Director, Reflecting on Harvey; all lives are worth saving in the Daily Courier (page A4).

Irena Huang, Content team, We need to invest in resources for girls in Reporter-Herald.

Styrling Tanguosso, Advocate, Letter: Global Poverty Reduction and the Economy in the Citizen-Times.

Sara Venusti, Political Affairs team, Letter: We should invest more in foreign aid in NorthJersey.com.

 

One-Mile Campaigns


Brittany Fitzgerald, PR/Mktg team, conducted her campaign throughout the Milwaukee County public park where she posted fliers, interacted with others in the park and chalked sidewalks.

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Emily Sheppard, PR/Marketing team, got help from family and friends for her campaign. They organized into three groups and hung up Borgen Project fliers and handed out Call Congress cards across the University of Wyoming campus.

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Mobilizing

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HR team member, Asher Parvu, teaches a friend how to call Congress.

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Katherine Gallagher, Content team, set up a mobilizing station at her cookout fundraiser.

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Regional Director, Haley Gouge, designed a postcard and a business card for her mobilizing efforts.

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Fundraising

Check out some of the fundraising activities from this past month.
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Aslam Kakar, Content team, created these donation jars as part of his fundraising campaign.

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Emma O’Rourke, HR team, held a friends & family pizza fundraiser.

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Katherine Gallagher, Content team, held a cookout fundraiser.

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PR/Mktg team member, Laura Packwood, held a benefit dinner.

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Megan Crain, Political Affairs team, ran a half-marathon.

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State of the Union August 2017

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Note from the President: I’m loving the Summer 2017 stats! Lobbying, advocacy emails, articles, fundraising… the list goes on, but we’re seeing record or near-record numbers across multiple areas of our work. August is a crucial month for advocacy. Members of Congress are home for the month and you have lots of opportunities to attend events where they’re speaking or secure lobbying meetings. Members of Congress are known to go home in August with one view on a bill or issue and return to D.C. in September with a completely different stance. Take advantage of this “mind-changing” month and give them the incentive to focus on extreme poverty. Get your Bird-Dog on and orchestrate public pressure. As one Senator told me, he rarely goes to a town hall where someone doesn’t speak out against foreign aid. We need to change that. The majority of Americans care about the world’s poor and we need to make sure Congress is hearing from those people.

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Political Updates
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Lobbying Efforts

  • Total Lobbying Meetings in July:  59 
  • Total Lobbying Meetings Since the Start of the Year: 295 – We are getting closer to our goal!
  • 2017 Goal: 400

Advocacy Emails

  • Total Advocacy Emails in July:  8,139 – Another record month!
  • Total Advocacy Emails Since the Start of the Year:  ~39,000
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Key Committees

Take a look at our Key Congressional Leaders page.  As of August 1st, we have met with more than 50% of the members of these key committees. Our goal is to meet with 100%! Below are the Members of Congress (broken down by committee) whose offices we still have not met with this year. If you are in these states and districts, keep up your calls & emails and get your friends & family to help with your efforts as well. We want to keep up the momentum of political access we’ve had over the few past months.

Senate Foreign Relations:  Jim Risch (R-ID), John Barrasso (R-WY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Tom Udall (D-NM).

Senate Appropriations:  Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John Boozman (R-AR), James Lankford (R-OK), Steven Daines (R-MT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Jon Tester (D-MT), Tom Udall (D-NM), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI).

House Foreign Relations:  Mo Brooks (R-AL 5th), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA 48th), Christopher Smith (R-NJ 4th), Lee Zeldin (R-NY 1st), Steven Chabot (R-OH 1st), Scott Perry (R-PA 4th), Jeff Duncan (R-SC 3rd), Ted Poe (R-TX 2nd), Tom Garrett (R-VA 5th), Eliot Engle (D-NY 16th), Gregory Meeks (D-NY 5th), Karen Bass (D-CA 37th), William Keating (D-MA 9th), David Cicilline (D-RI 1st), Lois Frankel (D-FL 22nd), Brendan Boyle (D-PA 13th), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY 3rd), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY 3rd),  and Ted Lieu (D-CA 33rd).

House Appropriations:   Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ 11th), Robert Aderholt (R-AL 4th), Ken Calvert (R-CA 42nd), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL 25th), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE 1st), Andy Harris (R-MD 1st), David Young (R-IA 3rd), Steven Palazzo (R-MS 4th), Dan Newhouse (R-WA 4th), Scott Taylor (R-VA 2nd), Jose Serrano (D-NY 15th), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL 23rd), Henry Cuellar (D-TX 28th), and Michael Quigley (D-IL 5th).

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Meeting Members of Congress

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Representative Albio Sires (D-NJ 8th) tweeted a photo from a meeting in his office with Clint & Board Member, Don Girskis.

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Former Political Affairs team member, Tanisha Pruitt, met up with Clint on Capitol Hill during his trip to D.C. in July.

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Kate Cook, Political Affairs team, met with Kamal Fulani, North Texas Regional Deputy Director, for Senator John Cornyn (R-TX).

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Regional Director, Nate Fowler, bird-dogged at a local event and met Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN 5th). Ellison is also the Deputy Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

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Cole Byram, Political Affairs team, met with a staffer at Senator Todd Young’s office (R-IN).

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Ohio Republican Party State Dinner July 2017

Political Affairs team member, Imani Fields, was invited to this year’s dinner.  Take a look at some of the pictures from the event and read about her experience.

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2017 Ohio Republican Party State Dinner – Program

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Imani with Miami of Ohio University College Republicans and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (center).

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Imani with Miami of Ohio University College Republicans and Ohio Congressman Warren Davidson – 8th District (center).

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Imani with Miami of Ohio College Republicans and Ohio Secretary of State, Jon Husted (center).

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Imani with Miami of Ohio University College Republicans and Ohio State Senator Frank LaRose, District 27 (center).

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Imani with Miami of Ohio University College Republicans and Ohio State Senate Representative Kirk Schuring, District 48 (2nd from left).

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I was invited to attend the Ohio Republican Party State Dinner on July 22, 2017. Hundreds of leaders and activists from all around Ohio, came out to support not only the continued growth of the Republican Party, but also the future prosperity of this country. The evening started off with an introduction by the chairperson of the Ohio Republican Party. She was followed by our very own U.S. Senator Rob Portman, who was given the honor of introducing the featured guest, Vice President Mike Pence. He gave a very passionate and uplifting address, and many displays of joy and appreciation could be seen and heard throughout his entire speech. As the dinner commenced, there was an award ceremony and then a section designated to the Republican candidates for governor of Ohio. They were each given time to briefly explain their positions and why they would be the best fit; and while I already know who I am voting for, it was still great to hear all of the positive things they have already accomplished, and what they have planned for this great state going forward. There were appearances by Senator Kevin Bacon, State Auditor Dave Yost, Attorney General Mike DeWine (who I had met previously), Congressman Jim Renacci, my U.S. Representative Warren Davidson (in terms of ‘dual citizen’) and so many more! It was an honor to be able to be a part of such an incredible event.
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2017 Mobilizing Competition Update: Only 2 Weeks Left!

Our current leader has submitted 150 names!

The Mobilizing Star Award will go to any volunteer or intern that mobilizes 20 or more people within one of the Key Congressional Districts.  Mobilizing Star Award winners also receive a $25 Amazon gift card (multiple winners may be selected).

The Mobilizing Master Award will go to the volunteer or intern that mobilizes the most people (a minimum of 50) to email Congress by the end of the competition.  The winner will receive a free trip to Seattle – including two nights stay at a hotel, a visit to The Borgen Project headquarters, and dinner with Clint Borgen and his wife. In the event the winner lives in the Seattle area and/or would prefer a trip to lobby in Washington, D.C. that can be arranged alternatively.  The winner will be announced on September 8, 2017.

Important Eligibility Criteria:

  • Only individuals emailing their leaders via the advocacy templates on borgenproject.org will be counted
  • Emails must have been sent between June 19, 2017 through August 31, 2017
  • Names of those you have mobilized must be submitted in the Mobilizing List spreadsheet format by September 1, 2017 – contact your team manager for the spreadsheet
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Content Team Updates

Here are the latest statistics from the Content Team.

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Between July 2016 and July 2017: 51% increase in Sessions, 52% increase in Users, and 46% increase in Pageviews.

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Between July 2016 and July 2017: 53% increase in Sessions, 55% increase in Users, and 179% increase in Pageviews!

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HR Team Updates

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Recognition

Congratulations to the following team members who achieved Borgen Project Honors and Recognition.

Bird-dog Award:  John Hardie, Political Affairs team.

Chief Closer Award:  Alena Zafonte, Content team;  Amanda Quinn, Content team;  Cody deDianous, Political Affairs team;  Emilia Otte, Content team;  Emily Chazen, Content team; Jared Gilbert, Content team;  Joshua Spooner, Content team;  Kendra Richardson, Content team;  Peter D. Spradling, Regional Director; Rilee Pickle, Content team;  Ryan Linnen, Political Affairs team; Ryan Mash, Political Affairs team; Sabrina Cera,  PR/Mktg;  Sean Newhouse, Content team;  Sophie Nunnally, Content team;  and Sydney Cooney, Content team.

President’s Circle:  John Hardie, Political Affairs team; Ryan Linnen, Political Affairs team; and Ryan Mash, Political Affairs team.

Public Outreach Award:  Cameron Jones, Political Affairs team; Chelsea Jones, PR/Marketing team; John Hardie, Political Affairs team; and Ryan Mash, Political Affairs team.
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Getting the Word Out
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Here are some of the latest ways our team members are spreading the word about The Borgen Project and global poverty issues.

Letters to the Editor

Kaitlyn Nolte, Political Affairs team, Foreign aid spending benefits the U.S., in inforum.com.

Patrick Greeley, Content team, Spreading awareness can make substantial difference, in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.

Zelia Little, PR/Marketing team, Bringing change now can help Mississippi, in the Clarion Ledger.
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One-Mile Campaigns


Kaitlin Quaste, PR/Marketing team member, ran a 5K wearing a Borgen Project t-shirt and chalked trails.

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Charlotte Wallis set up a table at a farmer’s market.

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Brandon Bistodeau and friend.

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Sabrina Cera holding one of her handmade signs.

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YouTube 

Political Affairs team member, Christianna Palermo, created this video about the International Affairs budget and addressed it to Senator Gillibrand (D – NY), Senator Schumer (D – NY), and Representative  Paul Tonko (D – NY 20th).


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Mobilizing

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HR team member, Mary Harriet Moore, organized a swarm with her volleyball teammates.

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Political Affairs intern, Caroline Slack, went to the MO POP Festival and created a swarm of socially conscious festival goers in support of the restoration of aid for the State Department and International Affairs Budget. Here’s Caroline with members of the musical project Jay Som. Caroline had them research the importance of foreign aid during their weekend stay.

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Sean Newhouse, Content Team, spoke at a Young Democrats of Westmoreland County meeting. He gave a presentation on what The Borgen Project does and discussed the benefits of foreign aid. All attendees emailed Congress in support of the Economic Opportunity and Development Act. The organization posted The Borgen Project’s information on their social media which assisted with Sean’s mobilization efforts.

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Fundraising

Take a look at some of the fundraising activities our Content Team has been up to this past month.
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Irena Huang held a bake sale and raised $151.

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[hr_invisible]Amanda Quinn created donation jars and held a yard sale. One of her jars was placed at a local coffee shop and a larger jar was placed at her yard sale.

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[hr_invisible] Emily Trosclair organized a 5K fundraiser for The Borgen Project. Emily secured sponsors for the event, had 50+ participants, and raised $700.

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Pets for The Borgen Project

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Riley Bunch, Content team, gets some help from her cat Buddy.

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PR/Marketing team member Kesia Zsyddlowski’s dog happily joined in during her One-Mile campaign to promote The Borgen Project.

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