State of the Union – Page 2

State of the Union July 2022

July 12, 2022

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in June: 69
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2022: 248
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2022: 300

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Amy Pettigrew, Abdullah Ibrahimzada, and Jennalise Olson met with Kevin Gannon, Legislative Assistant for Representative Garbarino (NY-2) about the Girls LEAD Act and the Ethiopia Stabilization, Peace, and Democracy Act.

Amy Pettigrew, Abdullah Ibrahimzada, and Ishita Mishra met with Andrew Cohen, Legislative Assistant for Representative Eshoo (CA-18) about the Girls LEAD Act and the Keeping Girls in School Act.

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

- - Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
    - Nonprofit Leadership Team: Aansh Raiyan
  - Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
    - Political Affairs Team: Grace Sotis, Rebecca Lytle
    - Content Team: Christina Pappas, John Zak
  - President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
    - Political Team: Bryn Westby, Grace Pullen,
      Hannah May, Laura Parrish, Sarah Kuhns, Sofia Torres, Sydney Coons, Luka Jacobi,
  - Articles of the Month:
    - Aamin Ambulance Provides Free Service to Somalians by Abigail Turner
    - Ghana’s Government Sells Part of Achimota Forest Reserve by John Tuttle
    - Tackling Energy Poverty in Europe by Abdullah Dowaihy

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

Getting the Word Out

Swarms

Nonprofit Leadership Team Member, Isabella Peitz and her swarm!

Information Events

Political Affairs Team member, Timothy Peacock gave a virtual presentation

Political Affairs Team member, Max Jensen presented to the Blue Ridge Mountains Rotary club

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Political Affairs Team member, Jonathan Main mobilizing in Scotland, UK

Content Team member, Kaitlyn DeWeerd

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Daniel Currier

Political Affairs Team member, Ruth De Jesus

HR Team member, Lory Duplessis

PR/Marketing Team member, Lady Titania Io Pangilinan, in Quezon City, Philippines

Letters to the Editor

Political Team

Mara Zenger in The Salt Lake Tribune
Isabella Piekut in the Chicago Tribune
Sofia Torres in The Gainesville Times
Thendral Veerasekar in the Daily Herald

Nonprofit Leadership Team

Delanee Roder in TapInto Paterson
Alyssa Kanalakis in The Carmel Pine Cone

PR/Marketing Team

Jenna Swanson in The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Gianna DiGiulio in the San Francisco Chronicle

Fundraising

Political Affairs Team member, Lauren Smith, held ‘Borgen Bash’ in the Twin Cities. Artists included: Sky Chime, Green, The Christian Moreno Cova Trio, and Rafe Carlson. A total of $535 was raised,!

Political Affairs Team member, Rose Weithaus made fundraising Bingo boards!

Political Affairs Team member, Joaquin Andrew Steffers is selling items on Depop for fundraising

Political Affairs Intern Emily Woodruff held a garage sale for her fundraising campaign

Political Affairs Team member, Abby Mason hosted a coin drive as part of her fundraising efforts

Political Affairs Team member, Jonathan Main made this great Terrarium for his fundraiser – more to follow!

Media Outreach

Political Affairs Team member, Brittany Sedlak

PR/Marketing Team member, Karen Kaur

PR/Marketing Team member, John Rivera

PR/Marketing Team member, Ziming Di

PR/Marketing Team member, Omosebi Toluwalase

TikTok

The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.

Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them [email protected].

Videos

PR/Marketing Team Member, Xiarui Zhang

PR/Marketing Team Member, Sherry Wang

PR/Marketing Team Member, Karanjeet Kaur

Political Affairs Team member, Timothy Peacock

State of the Union June 2022

June 13, 2022

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in May: 40
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2022: 181
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2022: 300

Advocacy Emails

Total # of Advocacy Emails in May: 6,419
Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2022: 29,737
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2022: 200,000
% of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 95%

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Amy Pettigrew – Senior Program Manager, Abdullah Ibrahimzada – Program Manager and Sarah Kuhns – Political Affairs Team Member met with Congresswoman Gwen Moore’s (D-WI-04) Senior Legislative Assistant, Izmira Aitch about the International Affairs Budget, Girls LEAD Act and Keeping Girls in School Act. Rep. Moore is a strong supporter of the International Affairs Budget!

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

- - Big Kahuna Award (raised $5,000 or more):
    - Content Team: Anna Zawistowski
  - Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
    - Political Team: Hannah May
  - Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
    - Political Team: Jessica Hatfield
    - Content Team: Lena Maassen
  - President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
    - Political Team: Max Jensen
    - Nonprofit Leadership Team: Soumanetra Ghosh
  - Articles of the Month:
    - Technology Can Bolster Resilience to Drought in East Africa by Kaitlyn DeWeerd
    - Transit Monitoring: A New Method to Fight Human Trafficking by Paula Cornell

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 member, Emmanuel Kwizera postering in Rwanda

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Sammifay Hunter

PR/Marketing Team member, Nicholas Downing

Political Affairs Team member, Christopher Lauria in Freehold, NJ

Christopher actually did two one-mile campaigns, here is a photo of his in Newark, NJ

PR/Marketing Team member, Xiarui Zhang

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

Sarah Kuhns in The Shaw Local

PR/Marketing Team

Sandy Ceballos in The Signal
Jack Casolani in the Long Island Press

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

PR/Marketing Team member, Kali Thomas

Regional Director, Sreyas Yennampelli

HR Team member, Cassandra Christiansen

Fundraising

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Catherine Lico had a bake sale

TikTok

The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.

Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them [email protected].

Videos

Political Affairs Team member, Casey Cockrell

PR/Marketing Team member, Xiarui Zhang

Political Affairs Team member, John Murphy

PR/Marketing Team member, Xiarui Zhang

State of the Union May 2022

May 17, 2022

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in April: 23
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2022: 141
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2022: 300

Advocacy Emails

Total # of Advocacy Emails in April: 5,798
Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2022: 23,318
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2022: 200,000
% of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 93%

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

- - Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
    - Political Affairs Team: William Hollands
  - Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
    - Political Affairs Team: Hannah May
  - Articles of the Month:
    - Rehabilitation Efforts in Iztapalapa by Jennifer Hendricks
    - The Humanitarian Consequences of the Sudanese Coup D’état by Majeed Malhas
    - Everything to Know About Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis by Divine Adeniyi

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

Getting the Word Out

Swarms

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Alexis Koerner Sabul and her swarm

Information Events

Political Affairs Team member, Elena Ajluni held two class presentations

HR Team member, Lory Duplessis, presented at a library and gave some flyers to attendees

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Nonprofit Leadership Team

Charles Wiener

Mia DiPaola

Mateo Useche

Farouk Bongo

Angeles Campa

Karolina Kapron

Karolina Kapron’s Mile Marketing campaign

Haley Dupre

Amethyst Cecil (with furry friend, Ginger)

Political Team

Itzel Mialma

Shawn Edelstein in Greenbelt, Maryland

Callie Sua implemented her Mile Marketing campaign in Columbus, OH

Laine Ford

Morgan Delacruz implemented her campaign in Boston, MA

Regional Director Hugo Villanueva

Katherine Tschopp implemented her Mile campaign. She wrote ‘The Borgen Project’ on her cups while making drinks for her customers!

PR/Marketing Team

Christopher Bell in San Francisco, CA

Jack Casolani in Yaphank, NY

Kyra Schlueter in Midlothian, VA

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

Shawn Edelstein in the Queens Chronicle

PR/Marketing Team

Noa Branitzky in The Register Guard
Karly Kovach in the Santa Maria Times
Lauren Bonner in The Courier

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Catherine Caldwell

Fundraising

PR/Marketing Team member, Mara Joseph

Political Affairs Team member, Miles Reaves, organized a virtual walk-a-thon and raised over $500!

Political Affairs Team member, Rania Chakaki, held a FUNDrive, collecting and reselling old clothes and household items, raising $339!

Here are some great tips from Political Affairs Team member, Hannah May, who raised $950 in her first week with The Borgen Project.

I have been involved in fundraising for many years due to partaking in many extra curricular activities and playing collegiate golf. In college, we would host a week of giving fundraisers where the different athletic teams would compete to raise the most money for your team. Due to being exposed to different methods of fundraising for many years, I have picked up a few tricks.

Primarily, I have kept a list of donors who have supported my endeavors throughout my entire academia and professional development. These individuals are always the first to hear about the new projects and developments I am working on. Secondly, I am very straightforward with my approach. I provide all needed information on the project, ask if they are willing to donate and leave it open for further discussion (mobilizing while fundraising).

Lastly, I am constantly brainstorming new ideas and methods for fundraising. It involves calling lots of businesses to see if they would like to partner and or seeing how I can create a free event that would yield substantial donations. While most ideas or methods are obtainable, it helps highlight then possible options.

TikTok

The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.

Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them [email protected].

State of the Union April 2022

April 12, 2022

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in March: 36
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2022: 118
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2022: 300

Advocacy Emails

Total # of Advocacy Emails in March: 6,826
Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2022: 17,520
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2022: 150,000
% of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 89%

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Amy Pettigrew, Senior Program Manager, Abdullah Ibrahimzada, Program Manager, and Nonprofit Leadership Team Members Makennah Troy and Michael Rodriguez met with Edward Adutwum, Legislative Correspondent for Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) to discuss the importance of the International Affairs Budget and the Keeping Girls in School Act. Edward is bringing the legislation to Sen. Padilla for review and, hopefully, a cosponsorship!

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

- - Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
    - Nonprofit Leadership Team: Charles Wiener
  - Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
    - Nonprofit Leadership Team: Alena Sapienza
  - President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
    - Political Team: Jeny Khadka, Nithin Garimella
  - Articles of the Month:
  - Brazil’s Farmers Face Fertilizer Shortages by Clara Mulvihill
  - Legislators Seek to Codify The Prosper Africa Act by Gonzalo Rodriguez
  - How Re-Cycle Decreasing Period Poverty in Puerto Rico by Nuria Diaz

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

Getting the Word Out

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, April Jaca

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Hannah Benoit

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Hannah Alfano

PR/Marketing Team member, Obianuju Azenabor, based in Nigeria

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Harrison van Echten

Political Affairs Team member, Jeny Khadka

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Michael Rodriguez

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Griffin Kowalski

Political Affairs Team member, Erica Grening, implemented her one-mile campaign in Wilmington, DE

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, April Jaca walked around Washington D.C. handing out flyers during the Cherry Blossom Festival to the public to increase/spread awareness.

Political Affairs Team member, James Milholen implemented his one-mile campaign in Rogers, AR

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Charles Wiener

Political Affairs Team member, Sydney Sheffield

HR Team member, Caitlin Jackson

Regional Director, Selin Sema

PR/Marketing Team member, Jazz Souphom’s dog helps raise awareness

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

Rachel Silverboard in the Tallahassee Democrat
Shira Ben-Ami in the Auburnpub
Benjamin Levin in The CT Mirror
Sydney Demers in The State Journal, West Virginia
Thomas Fugate in the San Antonio Express News
Caleb Lahr in The Denison Bulletin Review

PR/Marketing Team

Kyra Schlueter in The Roanoke Times

Media Outreach

PR/Marketing Team member, Mara Joseph

PR/Marketing Team member, Kyra Schlueter

PR/Marketing Team member, Janice Ye

PR/Marketing Team member, Douglas Burkitt

PR/Marketing Team member, Nicholas Bavaro

PR/Marketing Team member, Olivia DeStio

PR/Marketing Team member, Sarah Li

PR/Marketing Team member, Chloe Sullivan

PR/Marketing Team member, Kathleen Pile

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Alexis Koerner Sabul

PR/Marketing Team member, Nicholas Downing

HR Team member, Leshaune Williams

PR/Marketing Team member, Lauren Bonner

PR/Marketing Team member, Jacob Eastlick

TikTok

The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.

Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them [email protected].

State of the Union March 2022

March 15, 2022

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in February: 35
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2022: 82
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2022: 300

Advocacy Emails

Total # of Advocacy Emails in February: 5,035
Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2022: 10,694
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2022: 150,000
% of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 66%

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

- - Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
    - PR/Marketing Team: Jacob Eastlick
  - Bird-Dog Award:
    - Political Team: Sylvia Eimieho
  - President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
    - Political Team: Mackenzie Armstrong, James Milholen, Sylvia Eimieho
  - Article of the Month:
    - How A Sight To See Provides Virtual Eye Exams by Kler Teran

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

Getting the Word Out

Podcasts

Listen to Kim Thelwell, VP, discussing the work of The Borgen Project with Givology

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Carmen Martinez

HR Team member, Rebecca Veirs

HR Team member, Amber Scallan

Political Affairs Team member, Monika Tomica implementing her one-mile campaign in Denver, CO

HR Team member, Afi Djissenou

HR Team member, Domenica Molina

HR Team member, Avery Eller and her dogs helping the cause!

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

Felicitas Yari in Dallas News
Samantha Nickelson in Winters Express

PR/Marketing Team

Amaya Walker in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Victoria Cole in the Yakima Herald

HR Team

Haley Dupré in the Herald Zeitung

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

Political Affairs Team member, Shira Ben Ami, posted fliers in her dorm.

Regional Director, Sreyas Yennampelli

PR/Marketing Team member, Abbie Amsler

PR/Marketing Team member, Lauren Bonner

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Morgan Tadish

PR/Marketing Team member, Christopher Bell

PR/Marketing Team member, Kyra Schlueter

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Harrison van Echten

PR/Marketing Team member, Alexis Mitchell

Political Affairs Team member, Erica Grenig

Political Affairs Team member, Christopher Jean-Louis

Fundraising

Political Affairs Team member, Jeny Khadka Valentine’s Day Fundraiser raised almost $300!

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Mia DiPaola is making and selling these coasters as part of her fundraiser

State of the Union February 2022

February 15, 2022

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in January: 47
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2022: 47
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2022: 300

Advocacy Emails

Total # of Advocacy Emails in January: 2,106
Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2022: 2,106
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2022: 150,000
% of Congress Emailed Year to Date:

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

The Borgen Project’s VP, Kim Thelwell, with Griselda Pachuca-Garcia and Justyna Moskal, Nonprofit Leadership Team members, met with James Johnson, Legislative Director for Represetative Frank Pallone (D-NJ-6)

The Borgen Project’s Kim Thelwell, Amy Pettigrew and Adbullah Ibrahimzada, along with Rachel Johnston, Nonprofit Leadership Team member, met with staffers from Senator Mike Lee’s office (R-UT).

Kim Thelwell and Erica Grening, Political Affairs Team Member, met with Rachel Colucci from Representative Katherine Rice’s office (NY-04) about the Keeping Girls in School Act and the Girls LEAD Act.

Kim Thelwell and Matthew Asker, Political Affairs Team Member, met with Aneeb Sheikh from Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley’s office (MA-07) and discussed COVID-19 vaccine distribution and the Keeping Girls in School Act.

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

- - Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
    - Political Affairs Team: Maxwell Asker
    - Content Team: Chloe D’Hers, Megan Quinn
    - Nonprofit Leadership Team: Rachel Johnston
  - President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
    - Political Team: Olivia Fanders, Monika Tomica, Ramez Ramzy
  - Articles of the Month:
    - How A Sight To See Provides Virtual Eye Exams – by Kler Teran
    - The Woman Behind HeForShe: Elizabeth Nyamayaro – by Amy Helmendach
    - The Help of the American Medical Resources Foundation – by Carolina Reyes

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

Getting the Word Out

Swarms

Political Affairs Team member, Aarya Rajesh organized a massive swarm with 24 of his cousins!

Political Affairs Team member, Jeny Khadka

Regional Director, Hennessey Star held a pizza night and swarm last week

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Political Affairs Team member, Murphy Boccer

Regional Director, Lucy McKay

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Bridget Beavin’s mile campaign in downtown Bowling Green

Regional Director Shannah Sacco

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

Monika Tomica in The Mining Journal
Thomas Fugate in Express News

Nonprofit Leadership Team

Malena Pierce in Elizabethton Star

Content Team

Hannah Eliason in Concord Monitor

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

Political Affairs Team member, Monika Tomica transformed an empty window

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Michael Rodriguez of put up flyers in shop windows to spread the word

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Selina Hanna

PR/Marketing Team member, Amaya Walker

Regional Director, Sreyas Yennampelli

PR/Marketing Team member, Wonni Dong

PR/Marketing Team member, Victoria Cole

Another of Victoria’s creations!

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Selina Hanna created these Instagram stories

Fundraising

Political Affairs Team member, Matthew Garnder collected shoes for his shoe drive to fundraise for The Borgen Project

Political Affairs Team member, Nicole Presti

Political Affairs Team member, Maxwell Asker raised money for the cause by hosting a raffle

HR Team member, Caitlin Jackson, designed and ordered business cards from VistaPrint with dog walking services for donations!

Political Affairs Team member, Monika Tomica has been making fleece tie blankets for her fundraiser. This one raised $50!

TikTok

The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.

Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them [email protected].

Videos

PR/Marketing Team member, Sarah Franco

State of the Union January 2022

January 19, 2022

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in December: 20
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2021: 327
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2021: 700

Advocacy Emails

Total # of Advocacy Emails in December: 3,635
Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2021: 166,120
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2021: 330,000
% of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 100%

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Vice President Kim Thelwell met with Representative Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN-09) to discuss COVID-19 vaccine equity as well as the Girls LEAD Act and Keeping Girls in School Act. Rep. Hollingsworth reiterated his support for the Global Fund and women’s rights.

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

- - Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
    - Political Team: Elizabeth Pasqual
    - Content Team: Aimee Eicher
  - Bird-Dog Award:
    - Political Team: Jacinda Pinnock and Kasey Fountain

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

Getting the Word Out

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Political Affairs Team member, Isabela Galarza Gonzalez

HR Team member, Bianca Reyes

HR Team member, Sarah McCormack

Political Affairs Team member, Lucy McKay

HR Team member, Charles Bowlby

Political Affairs Team member, Ryan Weston

PR/Marketing Team member, Sarah Franco undertook her 1-mile campaign in El Salvador

Political Affairs Team member Kasey Fountain’s hamster, Mr Beans wishes all at The Borgen Project a Happy Holidays

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

Monika Tomica in The Mining Journal and in The Newberry News

Nonprofit Leadership Team

PR/Marketing Team

Sarah Franco in TeenInk

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

PR/Marketing Team member, Sarah Franco

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Griselda Pachuca-Garcia

Regional Director, Megan Marie Owens

Regional Director, Brett Fawer

TikTok

The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.

Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them [email protected].

Videos

Regional Director, Caroline Radocaj

Political Affairs Team member, Jackson Lydon, implements his mile marketing campaign

State of the Union December 2021

December 14, 2021

Wishing everyone at The Borgen Project a very happy holiday season and best wishes for the New Year.

You are welcome to take two weeks off from December 20th until January 3rd. Please let your manager know your plans.

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in November: 47
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2021: 303
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2021: 700

Advocacy Emails

Total # of Advocacy Emails in November: 7,061
Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2021: 162,479
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2021: 330,000
% of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 100%

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Political Affairs Team member, Emiliano Rodriguez met with Zack Brown, the Defense Fellow from Representative James Cooper’s office (D-TN-5)

Political Affairs Team member, Aylin Avagyan met with Tony Tran, Representative Nanette Barragán’s Legislative Assistant (D-CA-44)

Political Affairs Team member, Jash Desai presented to his City Council last week

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

- - Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
    - Content Team: Jeramiah Jordan
    - PR/Marketing Team: Carlos Crawford
  - President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
    - Political Team: Kayla Armbruster, Jackson Lydon

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

Getting the Word Out

Swarms

Political Affairs Team member, Rylie Taylor held a swarm with her horse riding group

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Political Affairs Team Members:

Malcolm Johnson

Kylie Dimario

Kyla Foley

HR Team Members:

Ana Casillas

Ana outside her Representative’s office

Anih Anyangwe

Fatou Kendrick

Jason Clingensmith

Liethes Ortiz

Daniel Umberger

Amelia Qasem

Nonprofit Leadership Team Members:

Charles Berg

Natalie Robinson

Alana Wilck

Mary Catherine Sperrazza

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

Erica Klarman in New Haven Register

Content Team

Destiny Jackson in Albany Herald.com

PR/Marketing Team

Savanna Schwartz in The Register-Guard and The Coronado Times
Harshita Somani in The Pink Report News
Matthew Rubloff in Loudoun Times-Mirror
Sarah Franco in TeenInk
Tien Mai in the Queens Chronicle
Konya Bangura in Calgary Herald

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

PR/Marketing Team member, Dominique Wyche

PR/Marketing Team member, Marleisha Reid

HR Team member, Delaney Sears-Webb

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Corinne Mwengwe

Fundraising

Political Affairs Team member, Kayla Armbruster held a garage sale and raised $225!

Regional Director, Selena Liu is getting creative for her fundraising campaign

Media Outreach

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A post shared by Griselda (@gris.pachuca.g)

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Grisleda Pachuca’s reel on Instagram for finding your Congressperson

Griselda’s dog supporting the cause

TikTok

The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.

Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them [email protected].

Videos

PR/Marketing Team member, Savanna Schwartz

PR/Marketing Team member, Rogelio Valdovinos

State of the Union November 2021

November 9, 2021

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in October: 32
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2021: 256
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2021: 700

Advocacy Emails

Total # of Advocacy Emails in October: 7,605
Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2021: 155,458
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2021: 330,000
% of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 100%

Updates from DC

Listen in to hear all of the latest updates from DC.

Recognition

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

- - Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
    - HR Team: Fatou Kendrick
    - Political Affairs Team: Jacob Bourgault
    - Content Team: Makena Roberts
    - PR/Marketing Team: Harrison Paletta
    - Nonprofit Leadership Team: Adriana Calvo Salinas
  - President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
    - Political Team: Jacob Bourgault, Yasmin Salerno, Shane Jinadasa, Michael Trimm, Rebecca Lieber, Cheik Ouedraogo

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

Getting the Word Out

Swarms

Political Affairs Team Member, Isabela Galarza Gonzalez’s phone call swarm

Regional Director, Caroline Radocaj cooked up some food and held a living room summit for her family

Political Affairs Team member, Isabela Galarza Gonzalez held a swarm

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Regional Director, Hennessey Star put up posters around the residence halls at Santa Clara University

Political Affairs Team member, Kakudji Umba implemented her one-mile campaign in Atlanta, GA

Political Affairs Team member, Kyla Foley

Political Affairs Team member Lucy McKay implemented her one-mile campaign in Raleigh, NC

Political Affairs Team member, Shira Ben Ami implemented her one-mile campaign in Los Angeles, CA

Regional Director, Brett Fawer

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

Shira Ben Ami in TMFA Magazine
Kyla Foley in The Republic

Nonprofit Leadership Team

Michael Kossbiel in Abilene Reporter News

Content Team

Trystin Baker in Journal Star
Maia Nuñez in Silive.com

HR Team

Amelia Qasem in Tulsa World
Sophia Aurand in Centre Daily Times

PR/Marketing Team

Sofia Martinez in The Charger Bulletin
Elizabeth Bosanko in The Daily Item
Humera Rehman in The Register-Herald
Savanna Schwartz in The Coronado Times

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

A fantastic branding campaign idea from Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Mary Catherine Sperrazza

Maria Benincasa, Regional Director, created this MINDS Act infographic

Fundraising

Political Affairs Intern, Isabela Galarza Gonzalez created and sold custom dog collars to fundraise money for the cause!

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Lisa Miller is making these gorgeous wood and stone beaded bracelets for her fundraising campaign

HR Team member, Aana Ahsan created an Instagram Story post for donating to The Borgen Project

Media Outreach

TikTok

The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.

Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them [email protected].

Videos

PR/Marketing Team member, Sarah Franco.

Regional Director, Caroline Radocaj calling Congress.

PR/Marketing Team member, Alessandra Di Nicola

PR/Marketing Team member, Audrey Gorman

PR/Marketing Team member, Elizabeth Bosanko

PR/Marketing Team member, Harshita Somani

State of the Union October 2021

October 11, 2021

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Total # of Lobbying Meetings in September: 18
Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2021: 224
Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2021: 700

Advocacy Emails

Total # of Advocacy Emails in September: 9,982
Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2021: 147, 813
Advocacy Emails Goal for 2021: 330,000
% of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 100%

Updates from DC

Listen in to hear all of the latest updates from DC.

Recognition

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

- - Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
    - Political Affairs Team: McKenzie Perkins, Yasmin Salerno, Caroline Sharp
    - Content Team: Anna Prafcke
  - President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
    - Political Team: William Nondorf, Lauryne Vassor
  - Articles of the Month:
    - The Importance of Being a Female Leader in India by Rebecca Pomerantz
    - Global Citizen Live’s 24-Hour Festival to End Poverty by Amanda Frese
    - DNDi Aims for Equity in COVID-19 Treatment Research by Amy Perkins
    - The Role of Sponsorships and Donations to Educate Haitian Children by Michelle Renée Genua

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

Getting the Word Out

Swarms

Regional Director, Aria Davis held a Living Room Summit to get the word out about our cause

Information Events

Political Affairs Team member, Kyla Foley, held a presentation about The Borgen Project

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Political Affairs Team member, Melissa Rostran implemented her one-mile campaign in San Francisco, CA

Melissa created further materials for her outreach

Political Affairs Team member, Tim Lyons

Political Affairs Team member, Emily Osman

Political Affairs Team member, Suzy Ott implemented her one-mile campaign this past week in Montclair, NJ

Political Affairs Team member, Rahaf Albateni

Political Affairs Team member, Shannah Sacco implemented her one-mile campaign in Chicago, IL

HR Team member, Kirsta Rodriguez-McKee

Regional Director,
Paulina Jachimski

HR Team member, Pooja Patel

Political Affairs Team member, Tejas Das implemented his one-mile campaign in Annandale, VA

Political Affairs Team member, Will Gorringe

HR Team member, Miata Smith

Political Affairs Team member, Imaan Chaudhry

Letters to the Editor

Nonprofit Leadership Team

Sydney Rusche in The Herald Bulletin
Michael Kossbiel in Abilene Reporter News

Content Team

Harrison Vogt in Telegram.com

PR/Marketing Team

Jordan Fisch in The Morning Call
Campbell Schoenfeld in Albany Herald.com
Michelle Renee Genua in Mississauga.com
Brooke Whipple in New Hampshire Union Leader

Regional Directors and Advocates

Shreeya Pavani in Shoreview Press
Olivia Shen in San Francisco Chronicle

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

PR/Marketing Intern, Konya Bangura made a t-shirt with The Borgen Project logo and wore it at a neighborhood event in support of the organization.

Regional Director, Sreyas Yennampelli

Political Affairs Team member, Julia Haas

Fundraising

Political Affairs Team member, Sarah Nemshick held a Labor Day Weekend Mini-Flea Market

Content Team member, Anna Prafcke created these fantastic cards for her fundraiser

Political Affairs Team member, Sophie Morey hosted a fundraising event where all proceeds from her concession stand at a volleyball game at her school were donated to The Borgen Project!

Sophie’s concession stand prepped and ready to go!

TikTok

The Borgen Project is now on TikTok! Give us a follow @theborgenproject.

Have an idea for a TikTok? Please email them [email protected].

@sophmorey #theborgenproject #reduceglobalpoverty @theborgenproject♬ FEEL THE GROOVE – Queens Road, Fabian Graetz

Political Affairs team member Sophie Morey

Videos

PR/Marketing Team member, Noor Esseili

PR/Marketing Team member, Ethan Chen

PR/Marketing Team member, Brooke Whipple

PR/Marketing Team member, Alexis LeBaron

Posts

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Updates from DC

Recognition

Getting the Word Out

Swarms

Information Events

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Letters to the Editor

Political Team

Nonprofit Leadership Team

PR/Marketing Team

Fundraising

Media Outreach

TikTok

Videos

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Advocacy Emails

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Updates from DC

Recognition

Getting the Word Out

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

PR/Marketing Team

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

Fundraising

TikTok

Videos

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Advocacy Emails

Updates from DC

Recognition

Getting the Word Out

Swarms

Information Events

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

PR/Marketing Team

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

Fundraising

TikTok

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Advocacy Emails

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Updates from DC

Recognition

Getting the Word Out

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

PR/Marketing Team

Media Outreach

TikTok

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Advocacy Emails

Updates from DC

Recognition

Getting the Word Out

Podcasts

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

PR/Marketing Team

HR Team

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

Fundraising

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

Advocacy Emails

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Updates from DC