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State of the Union September 2021

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in August: 34
  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2021: 207
  • Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2021: 700

Advocacy Emails

  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in August: 14,411
  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2021: 137,831
  • Advocacy Emails Goal for 2021: 330,000
  • % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 100%

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Rose Charlotin, bird-dogged Senator Edward J. Markey [D-MA] at an event in the New England Aquarium. Rose asked him his position on the Keeping Girls in School Act, and asked him to cosponsor this bill.

Rose also met with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley [D-MA-7] and discussed the International Affairs Budget and the COVAX Initiative

Political Affairs Team member, Hennessey Star met Representative Derek Kilmer [D-WA-6] and presented about The Borgen Project

Political Affairs Team member, Sarah Danon bird dogged Representative Ro Khanna [D-CA-17]

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 Team: Jesse Davis, Juliet Costell
          • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Sophie Picozzi
        • Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):  
          • Political Team: Taryn Campbell, Ayaan Ali, Renee Pierson, Sarah Damhof, John Coogan, Kaylee Deland
          • Content Team: Hin Lok Brian Yue
        • Bird-Dog Award: 
          • Political Team: Saumya Gunampalli, Shruti Nair, Jack Coogan, Brooklyn Samuels, Jenna Birnbohm-Kaminski
          • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Rose Charlotin
        • President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
          • Political Team: Shruti Nallappa, Saumya Gunampalli, Sean Dedmon, Taryn Peterson, Zoe Brewin, Hannah Velarde, Jack VanderSloot, Josh Chaiken, James Marculitis, Alek Mehta, Mckenzie Perkins, Sarah Danon, Gabriella Waddington, Samantha Gabay, Riley Farmer, Riley Konrad, Rose Hertz, Ryan Kobe
        • Articles of the Month:

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

Getting the Word Out

Swarms

Advocate, Emily Brown was moving, so she used the moment to get her helpers to call Congress!

Regional Director, Jenna Birnbohm-Kaminski, hosted an outdoor living room summit!

Political Affairs Team member, Casimir Stopa has raised $1,200 for the cause, and is seen here doing a family swarm to contact Congress

Political Affairs Team member, Cat McGuire successfully mobilized her friends

Information Events

Political Affairs Team member, Sean Dedmon gave a presentation to the Rotary Club of Lexington, SC

Regional Director, Venus Wang, hosted an Olympics party and raised awareness for The Borgen Project

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Anabel Makover hosted a presentation

 

 

 

Political Affairs Team member, Sarah Damhof gave a presentation to the St. Cloud Kiwanis Club. Sarah is with Club President Cathy Wogen

Regional Director, Jessica Huang, gave a class presentation about The Borgen Project

 

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

 

Political Affairs Team members, Sarah Danon, Clare Macmillan and friends

Political Affairs Team member, Sumer Perratti, implemented her one-mile campaign in New Fairfield, CT

Political Affairs Team member, Langley Sebastian

HR Team member, Claire Peterson

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Bita Mosallai

Political Affairs Team member, Isabel Jardiniano

Regional Director, Necati Uygun

HR Team member, Sarah Hasan

Political Affairs Team member, Saydie Ferris

Political Affairs Team member, Sarah Damhof implemented her one-mile campaign in Otsego, MN

HR Team member, Rachel Wolf

Political Affairs Team member, Meagan Kitsinian

Regional Director, Mey Olesya Tarim

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Muhammad Arsal Yousafzai

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Isabella Tjan implemented her one-mile campaign with the help of her sister and friends

HR Team member, Sylvaine Bucher

Political Affairs Team member Megan Wysocki

HR Team member, Juliette Mortenson

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Carlos Snellenberg-Fraser

Political Affairs Team member, Eliza Garcia

HR Team member, Kaley Burg

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Naomi Rynne

Regional Director, Alexa Blake Sinclair

HR Team member, Mya Stafford

HR Team member, Chenjie Qui

Political Affairs Team member, Melissa Bornovali

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Paulina Miranda

Content Team member, Hope Browne

Content Team member, Vyas Nageswaran

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Xuan Zhu

Political Affairs Team member, Abby Schultz

HR Team member, Maya Shankar

Political Affairs Team member, Renee Pierson

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Janelle Scillia

HR Team member, Emma Reuling

HR Team member, Taylor Mynear and her dog!

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Leah Daniels

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Andrea Peterson

Political Affairs Team member, Rachel Yeung

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Vincent En, had help from his friends, Ryan and Elvis, postering in Charlotte, NC

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Kaitlyn Evans

Political Affairs Team member, Louisa Palker

HR Team member, Lucienne Vintaer

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Rachel Harvey

Political Affairs Team member, Elisa Thomas

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Julia Drake

Political Affairs Team member, Selin Baytan, implemented her one-mile campaign  in Ann Arbor, MI

HR Team member, Molly Tierney

Political Affairs Team member, Anna Richardson, put up flyers for the cause around downtown Des Moines, IA

Political Affairs Team member, Tolulope Owokoniran implemented her one-mile campaign in Houston, TX

Political Affairs Team member, Taryn Peterson implemented her one-mile campaign in New Orleans, LA

Political Affairs Team member Shalin Mehta implemented his one-mile campaign in Plano, TX

Political Affairs Team member, Daniel Anderson

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Anabel Makover

 

 

 

 

 

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

Nonprofit Leadership Team

  • Anabel Makover in The Day
  • Carrie Miller

Content Team 

HR Team 

HR Team member, Sarah Hasan’s letter to the editor was published in the Cincinnati Enquirer. She received a letter in the mail from Senator Sherrod Brown saying that he read it and liked it!

PR/Marketing Team

Regional Director

 

Glowing Graphics

Shout-out to these team members who made incredible graphics last month

Nonprofit Leadership Team: Dominique Prisinzano, Adrienne Thayaparan, Rose Charlotin, Vincent En, Abigail English, Kayla Hoelscher, Jeanne Guirlin-Piron, Sydney Rusche, Soledad Sanchez, Isabella Tjan

PR/Marketing Team: Michelle Jennings, Dillon Paigen, Shauqie Hishamuddin

Political Affairs Team: Gwynn Mak

Here are some examples of our team’s creations:

HR Team member, Aana Ahsan

Political Affairs Team member, Elisa Thomas

 

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Carrie Miller

Political Affairs Team member, Diane Bao, designed this series of posts for social media

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Jeffrey Laguerre

HR Team member, Aana Ahsan

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Andrea Peterson

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Liliana Medel

PR/Marketing Team member, Noor Esseili

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Deanna Michaels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Political Affairs Team member, Alexandra Singer

Political Affairs Team member, Alexandra Singer, raising support and awareness for the Girls LEAD Act

HR Team member, Angela Mramba

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Rachel Harvey

 

Political Affairs Team member, Julia Haas

HR Team member, Ari Augafa

Fundraising

HR Team member, Isabelle Kirkwood made a crochet bunny to sell for fundraising

Political Affairs Team member, Isabel Jardiniano has been selling these amazing tote bags for her fundraising efforts

Political Affairs team member, Dana Hudgins organized a yard sale to raise funds and spread the word

Political Affairs Team member, Josh Jochem, held his fundraiser at Panera Bread

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Carrie Miller’s poster for her fundraiser

 

 

TikTok

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

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

 

State of the Union August 2021

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in July: 10
  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2021: 172
  • Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2021: 700

Advocacy Emails

  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in July: 21,061
  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2021: 123,420
  • Advocacy Emails Goal for 2021: 330,000
  • % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 100%

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Political Affairs Team member, Sarah Danon, bird dogs Representative Ro Khana [D-CA-17]

Regional Director, Jaisnav Rajesh, met with Representative Lauren Underwood [(D-IL-14] virtually as a part of her Youth Council to discuss new initiatives and possible solutions to existing problems.

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

      • Honors Award (raised $3,000 or more):
        • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Kaitlyn Evans
      • Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
        • Political Affairs Team: Stephen Crotty
        • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Macklin Fishman, Ripra Gupta
      • Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):  
        • HR Team: Roseanna Grega, James Kostick, Rachel Wolf, Abby Rodler
        • Political Affairs Team: Josh Chaiken, Asha Prabhat, Alexandra Singer, Jesse Davis, Langley Sebastian, Louisa Palker, Katherine Catulle, Parker Brandt, Sarah Danon, Casimir Stopa, Catherine McGuire, David Koster, Juliet Costell, Annie Berlin
        • Content Team: Ava Shusteman, Alessandra Heitmann, Jaya Patten, John Dunkerley, Mariam Abaza, Hayley Welch
        • PR/Marketing Team: Rachel Lambros, Grace Mead, Katherine Ardesia, Sofia Stillman, Jordan Fisch,
        • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Sophie Picozzi, Julia Drake, Julia Bous, Andrea Peterson, Rachel Harvey, Ella Bamer, Kayla Hoelscher
      • Bird-Dog Award: 
        • Political Team: Venus Wang, Elisa Thomas, Leila Nam, Patrick Hotchkiss, Olivia Acosta, Abbie Levine,
          Olivia Berman, Sarah Danon, Rachel Yeung, Jaisnav Rajesh
      • President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
        • Political Team: Vasti Carrion, Shruti Nallappa, Saumya Gunampalli, Sean Dedmon, Taryn Peterson,
          Zoe Brewin, Sarah Danon, Riley Konrad, Rose Hetz, Ryan Kobe, Gabriella Waddington
      • Articles of the Month:

Congratulations to Regional Director Venus Wang who completed her Editor’s Certificate Training last week. Venus is the second person to complete the program and is now an editor for the Blog and Magazine! Well done, Venus!

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

Getting the Word Out

Swarms

Regional Director, Jaisnav Rajesh, did a mega swarm with his family

Regional Director, Taryn Campbell, mobilized a calling swarm!

Advocate Lison Boris, held a calling swarm

While working a merchandise tent at the College World Series in Omaha, Political Affairs Team member, Bailey Wilson, informed her co-workers about The Borgen Project and mobilized them to call their local representatives.

Political Affairs Team member, Nathan White’s swarm

 

Information Events

Political Affairs Team member, Morgan Evans, held a class presentation

Political Affairs Team member, Megan Wysocki tabling at her local library

 

Political Affairs Team member, Shalin Mehta, gave a presentation to a Political Science Club

Regional Director, Colby Mathe presented to San Luis Obispo Rotary Club

Political Affairs Team member, Manuella Romero, presented to the Rotary Club of Great Neck

Manuella also presented our internships to fellow students at the University of Pennsylvania

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

HR Team member, Myah Diekema

Regional Director, Brianna Landrud, posted flyers near Senator Tina Smith’s [D-MN] office

HR Team member, Kaitlin Lovejoy’s dog undertakes the mile-marketing campaign!

HR Team member, Kaitlin Lovejoy

Political Affairs Team member, Stephen Crotty, did his one-mile campaign in Seattle, WA

HR Team member, Sofia Rodriguez

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Morgan Lilly

HR Team member, Jannik Pesch

Political Affairs Team member, Parwiz Waziry

HR Team member, James Kostick

 

 

 

 

Regional Director, Kyla Vida

HR Team member, Jacqueline Shen

Political Affairs Team member, Ryan Ratzlaff

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Tharma Philogene

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Ciera Dalton

 

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Pheobe Cykosky

HR Team member, Catherine Porta

HR Team member, Pravi Jain

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Alexandra Salamone

Content Team member, Serah-Marie Maharaj

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Rachel Najdowski

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Casey Munguia

HR Team member, Ashaki McDonald

Political Affairs Team member, Sushila Thind, did her one-mile campaign in Antioch, California

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Alex Yarinsky

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Kassandra Hernandez

Regional Director, Zofishan Zahid

HR Team member, Maya Shankar

Content Team member, Mckenzie Howell, held a car wash to raise awareness about poverty

Political Affairs Team member, Elone Mengistu, posting signs around her town promoting The Borgen Project Internships

Political Affairs Team member, Jillian Shaw

 

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

  • Cassidy Vangieri in The Reading Eagle

Nonprofit Leadership Team

Content Team 

HR Team 

PR/Marketing Team 

Regional Director

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

HR Team member, Sabina Jimeno

Content Team member, Serah-Marie Maharaj

HR Team member, Sarah Hasan

Regional Director, Sreyas Yennampelli

Political Affairs Team member, Jillian Shaw

Regional Director, Claire Olmstead

The following set of 5 infographics were created by Regional Director, Alexa Blake Sinclair, for the Keeping Girls in School Act

 

 

Nonprofit LeadershipTeam member Vera Rousseff’s infographics for Global Health Initiatives

Political Affairs Team member, Sean Dedmon

PR/Marketing Team member, Angela Cano Lloret, got a share on Instagram from a user with 148K followers!

Mey Olesya Tarim, Regional Director, pitched her Girls LEAD Act infographic to an Instagram Influencer: unapologeticallyasian_, who has 15,3K followers. They reshared the story!

 

Fundraising

HR Team member, Mariana Rojas

Political Affairs Team member, Sarah Damhof, did a “Chicken Dance for Charity” event

Sarah in action!

Content Team member, Ella LeRoy, has raised more then $100 using this fundraising technique

Political Affairs Team member, Paula Gonzalez Barreto held a bake sale as part of her fundraising efforts

Political Affairs Team member, Imaan Chaudhry, is selling necklaces and bracelets for her fundraising campaign

Political Affairs Team member, Renee Pierson fundraised at the the coffee shop where she works in Scottsdale, Arizona She raised $80 in 4 hours and spoke to several people about The Borgen Project

Political Affairs Team member, Sushila Thind held a garage sale as part of her fundraiser

Political Affairs Team member, Mellissa Bornovalli, held a garage sale as part of her fundraising campaign

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Political Affairs Team members, Sarah Danon and Kate Macmillan, held a bake sale

Sarah is also hosting a movie night

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Isabella Randle

Political‌ ‌Affairs‌ ‌Team‌ member, Diane‌ ‌Bao‌‌, is‌ ‌collecting‌ ‌shoes‌ ‌to‌ ‌raise‌ ‌money‌ ‌via‌ ‌Funds2Orgs,‌ ‌and‌ ‌is‌ ‌already‌ ‌up‌ ‌to‌ ‌250‌ ‌pairs!‌

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Carrie Miller, created this great ‘hour a thon’ infographic for her fundraiser

TikTok

Jordan Worthington, PR/Marketing Team

@jworth44It takes less than 30 seconds to show your support:) @theborgenproject #globalpoverty #endglobalpoverty ##PrimeDayDealsDance #AsSceneOnTubi #foryou♬ Pieces (Solo Piano Version) – Danilo Stankovic

 

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

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

 

 

State of the Union July 2021

Mark your calendars! On Saturday, July 31st, 2021, you’re invited to BORGENFEST!

Musical Guests:

99 Neighbors // Kitty Coen

 

Guest Speakers:

Congressman Adam Smith // Natalie Gill-Mensah // Clint Borgen

  

BORGENFEST is the organization’s virtual event of the summer benefitting the fight to end global poverty. Don’t miss our featured musical artists, special guest speakers, and headliner 99 NEIGHBORS!! 
 
Attending BORGENFEST is free for all volunteers, interns, and staff.
Please see the email sent to you by your manager for further details and fundraising opportunities.

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in June: 19
  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2021: 162
  • Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2021: 700

Advocacy Emails

  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in June: 20,245
  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2021: 102,359
  • Advocacy Emails Goal for 2021: 330,000
  • % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 100%

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Brianna Landrud, Regional Director, bird-dogged Representative Angie Craig [MN-02] at the June Town Hall Meeting and asked her a question about the Girls LEAD Act

Javid Javadi, Regional Director, bird-dogged Representative Katie Porter [D-CA-45]

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

      • Honors Award (raised $3,000 or more):
        • Political Affairs Team: Abe Passman
      • Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
        • HR Team: Jacqueline Shen
        • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Victoria Adams
      • Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):  
        • Political Affairs Team: Caroline Radocaj, Stephen Crotty, Shalin Mehta,
          Abhinav Ramesh, Aidan Swayne, Kathryn Parker, Amanda Morello, Tatum Korol
        • HR Team: Kaitlin Lovejoy
        • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Grace Hotaling, Macklin Fishman, Kaitlyn Evans, Ripra Gupta
        • Content Team: Will Pease
        • PR/Marketing Team: Brett Fawer
      • Bird-Dog Award: 
          • Regional Directors: Kaylee Deland, Brianna Landrud
          • Political Affairs Team: Imaan Chaudhry, Taylor Ridilla, Bryce Walsh
          • PR/Marketing Team: Anya Hariharan
      • President’s Circle Award (Mobilized 50+ people):
        • Political Team: Maleah Meinhold, Quinten Reid, Sydney Werner, Taylor Ridilla, Trey Jurica, Zoe Christidis
      • Articles of the Month: 

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

We are happy to announce that our work in the state of Michigan was recognized by MI Governors. Special thanks to Political Affairs Team member Amanda Morello and Political Affairs Assistant Manager Anna Ryu for gaining this tribute

Getting the Word Out

Information Events

Katie Chriscoe, Regional Director, spoke to this John Maxwell Transformation Tables group about The Borgen Project’s mission and how they can get involved

Kaylee Deland, Regional Director, hosted a living room summit

Regional Director, Colby Mathe, networked for the cause

Katie Chriscoe, Regional Director, hiked 20 miles on the American Tobacco Trail which connects the towns of Cary and Durham in North Carolina. While hiking, she recorded some vlogs about The Borgen Project.

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

PR/Marketing Team member, Damla Ipekcioglu

Regional Director, Paulina Jachimski

Political Affairs Team member, Rania Chakaki

Political Affairs Team memeber, Sophie Behzadi

Political Affairs Team member, Noelle VanDeBogart-Gonzalez

Brianna Landrud, Regional Director

Necati Uygun, Regional Director, in Turkey

Mey Olesya Tarim, Regional Director, in Turkey

PR/Marketing Team member, Inez Teixeira in Barcelona

 

Political Affairs Team member, Tatum Korol, in San Rafael, CA

 

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

Nonprofit Leadership Team

Content Team 

HR Team 

PR/Marketing Team 

Regional Director

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

Regional Director, Emily Day’s cat, supporting the cause!

4 infographics by Alexa Sinclair, Regional Director, Reach Every Mother and Child Act and the Girls Lead Act and The Gender Inequality Act.

 

 

 

Nonprofit Leadership Team member Casey Kohlstruk’s branding campaign materials

PR/Marketing Team member, Ashley Keiser created this infographic in support of the Girls LEAD Act

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Vera Rousseff, encouraging others to support the Girls LEAD Act

 

PR/Marketing Team member, Avery Marelli, created this International Affairs Budget infographic

PR/Marketing Team member, Benjamin Harriton, create the following set of materials in support of the Girls LEAD Act

Shalane Carson, Nonprofit Leadership Team member’s branding campaign infographics

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Jenna Butler’s branding campaign materials

PR/Marketing Team member, Christine Huynh, created this ‘Why Contacting Congress Matters’ infographic

 

 

 

 

 

Fundraising

Political Affairs Team member, Caroline Radocaj, prepares for her pizza fundraiser

Olivia Vandervelden, Nonprofit Leadership Team member, is making bracelets for her fundraising campaign

 

 

Sydney Rusche, Nonprofit Leadership Team member, hosted a yoga event as part of her fundraiser

 

HR Team member, Juliette Mortenson, baked these yummy cookies as part of her fundraiser!

Political Affairs Team member, Maleah Meinhold, is crocheting as part of her fundraising campaign

Media Outreach

Colby Mathe, Regional Director

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Soledad Sanchez

Videos

PR/Marketing Team member, Brendan Baksh

PR/Marketing Team member, Brett Fawe

PR/Marketing Team member, Casey Kwiks

Ellie Alsup, Political Affairs Team member, created a video presentation about the Girls LEAD Act

 

Jordan Barney, PR/Marketing Team member, gave a speech in front of Camarillo City Council on behalf of the organization

State of the Union June 2021

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in May: 42
  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2021: 143
  • Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2021: 700

Advocacy Emails

  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in May: 12,696
  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2021: 82,114
  • Advocacy Emails Goal for 2021: 330,000
  • % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 100%

Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Regional Director, Alexa Blake Sinclair, bird-dogged Representative Jayapal (D-WA)

Sreyas Yennampelli, Regional Director, bird-dogged Senator Markey (D-MA) and Representative Moulton (D-MA)

Paulina Jachimski, Political Affairs Team member, bird dogs Representative Craig (D-MN)

 

Updates from DC

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

 

Recognition

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

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

Getting the Word Out

Swarms

Advocate, Sam Lourie, organized a calling swarm

Advocate, Eden Tefera, organized a virtual swarm

Political Affairs Team members, Amanda Morello, hosted a neighborhood swarm for the Girls LEAD Act

Political Affairs Team member, Zoe Christidis, hosted a swarm with her friends

Political Affairs Team member, Richard Wynne hosted a swarm with his family

Political Affairs Team member, Owen McManus hosted a virtual swarm

 

 

Kieran Graulich, Regional Director, shared information about The Borgen Project on a joint call with other nonprofits  The ClearPath Foundation, Unified Black Caucus (UBC) and reBronx.

 

Information Events

Regional Director, Lejla Dervisevic, presented to a political science class

Regional Director, Alexa Blake Sinclair, presented to a rotary club

 

Political Affairs Team member, Amanda Morello, presented to Royal Oak Model United Nations

 

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Political Affairs Team member, Lilly Simmons

Political Affairs Team member, Zoe Patrick

PR/Marketing Team member, Whitney Symens

Political Affairs Team member, Christy Rahal

Political Affairs Team member, Emily Menshew

Political Affairs Team member, Gianna Barcia

Political Affairs Team member, Jesus Gonzalez

Political Affairs Team member, Lizette Torres

Political Affairs Team member, Audrey Kummer

Regional Director, Samantha Johnson

Political Affairs Team member, Chelsea Tholen

PR/Marketing Team member, Riley Ross

 

4 photos of Emily Menshew, Political Affairs Team member’s second 1 mile campaign

 

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

Nonprofit Leadership Team

 Content Team 

HR Team 

PR/Marketing Team 

  • Jordon Barney in VC Star
  • Miya Blythe

Regional Director

 

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

PR/Marketing Team member, Emily Then

Julian Bryant, Regional Director, pitched to an influencer

 

HR Team member, Nelia Blackman, created a Borgen Project awareness comic strip

 

Fundraising

HR team member, Tori Slider, sold hand-made soaps for Mother’s Day

PR/Marketing Team member, Mey Olesya Tarim, organized an online chess tournament in Istanbul as a part of her fundraiser

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Alexandra Salamone, created an Instagram Bingo chart for her fundraising campaign

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Henry Wu, hosted a benefit concert to raise money for his fundraising campaign

Political Affairs Team member, Alyssa Alvarez, held a basketball tournament to fundraise

Political Affairs Team member, Maleah Meinhold, decorated the back of a car with information on how to donate as part of her fundraising campaign

 

 

 

 

Genovi Jones, PR/Marketing Team member set up this Etsy store as a part of her fundraiser

Media Outreach

 

TikTok

Dairou Wang PR/Marketing Team member

@dairouwang

#theborgenproject

♬ Creative – SmiLE

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

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

Podcast

Making Poverty a Focus of U.S. Policy with Clint Borgen arranged by PR/Marketing Team member, Andrea Martinez

Social Media Outreach

Regional Director, Javid Javadikhomami, had an Instagram story reposted by @UCDavisASA

Regional Director, Kyrie Woodard, had her story reposted by @historicallywomens.c0m (11.1k followers) on Instagram

 

PR/Marketing Team member, Riley Rosi, had a media mention on Twitter

 

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Morgan Nuss, reached out to Girls Education International organization in support of the Girls Lead Act and her infographic was shared on their Facebook page

 

Videos

“Borgen Project Exit Interview” by PR/Marketing Team member, Colby Mathe

 

State of the Union May 2021

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in April: 38
  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2021: 101
  • Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2021: 700

Advocacy Emails

  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in April: 15,018
  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2021: 69,418
  • Advocacy Emails Goal for 2021: 330,000
  • % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 100%

Congressional Office Meetings 

Regional Director, Jesus Quinones, attended a coffee with constituents with Rep. Eskamani

Regional Director, Javid Javadikhomami, bird-dogged Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA)

Kim Thelwell, Alyssa Alvarez, Chloe Webster, Clare Dumler, Emre Kantarci, Gabriel Ratner, Kieran Graulich, Skyla Chiorando, Seth Morer, Sydney Zaremba, Paige McDonald, and Aidan Shor meet with Sachin Mathur, Senator Gillibrand’s Legislative Correspondent in April

 

Recognition

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

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

Getting the Word Out

Swarms

Political Affairs Team member, Olivia Potthast, hosted a living room summit

Political Affairs Team member, Ariana Salcedo, hosted a swarm

HR Team member, Biani Benitez, hosted a swarm

Political Affairs Team member, Aria Davis, hosted a swarm

 

 

Information Events

Regional Director, Alexa Blake Sinclair, presented to her class about her position and shared a link with the class for volunteer and internship opportunities

 

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

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HR Team member, Kristie Ortiz

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HR Team member, Rashad Sorel

PR/Marketing Team member, Janet Metcalf

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HR Team member, Rachel Nemeth

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HR Team member, Kristopher Woodard

PR/Marketing Team member, Jenny Newman

PR/Marketing Team member, Olesya Tarım, completed her mile campaign in Istanbul, Turkey

PR/Marketing Team member, Necati Uygun, also completed his mile campaign from Istanbul, Turkey.

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HR Team member, Stehanie Surber

Content Team member, Soizic Lcq

Political Affairs Team member, Ria Mehrotra

Political Affairs Team member, Tala Pesigan

Political Affairs Team member, Zachary Jones

Political Affairs Team member, Mackenzie Wetherill

Political Affairs Team member, Zofishan Zahid

Regional Director, Arjuna da Silva

Regional Director, Shelby Wane

Political Affairs Team member, Olivia Wolcott, did a one-mile campaign around the US Ambassador’s residence in Dublin, Ireland

Political Affairs Team member, Toraj Rozbeh

PR/Marketing Team member, Paola Bianchi

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Sanjana Tummala

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Nyah Doe

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Renae Maskey

PR/Marketing Team member, Alex Cuniglio

PR/Marketing Team members, Anna Borton

PR/Marketing Team member, Celeste Festoso

HR Team member, Biani Benitez

PR/Marketing Team member, Miya Blythe

Political Affairs Team members, Jesus Gonzalez

Regional Director, Alexa Blake Sinclair

 

 

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

Nonprofit Leadership Team

 Content Team 

HR Team 

PR/Marketing Team 

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

PR/Marketing Team member, Audrey Eckhart

Political Affairs Team member, Grace McDonough

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Adrienne Wentling

HR Team member, Kaylee Castillo

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Raisah Xu

Political Affairs Team member, Mackenzie Wetherill

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Lila Schell

Political Affairs Team member, Sreyas Yennampelli

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fundraising

PR/Marketing Team member, Audrey Eckhart, fundraised by selling masks

PR/Marketing Team member, Anna Borton hosted a bake sale for her fundraising campaign

PR/Marketing Team member, Alex Cuniglio, fundraised through pranks

PR/Marketing Team member, Işıl Ekin Özcan, sold cupcakes for fundraising

Regional Director, Lindsey Erdmann, dressed up in an inflatable turkey suit for work after all of her coworkers pitched in $5 for fundraising

PR/Marketing Team member, Sophie Behzadi, baked a marble bundt cake for fundraising

PR/Marketing Team member, Whitney Symens, created this graphic for her diverting campaign

Regional Director, Mickey Johnson, made $50 worth in donations from Uber Eats

Political Affairs Team member, Sarah Coffey hosted a basketball tournament as part of her fundraising campaign

PR/Marketing Team member, Mey Olesya Tarim, fundraised by hosting a chess tournament

 

 

 

 

 

Media Outreach

Interviews and Media Features

-PR/Marketing Team member, Reghan Callahan, secured a shoutout for The Borgen Project on Watchable: An Entertainment Podcast. Listen here.

-PR/Marketing Team member, Whitney Bain, secured a shoutout for The Borgen Project on the “‘I’ Statement: Decision Fatigue & Defining Core Principles.” Listen here.

TikTok

@julio323sanchez

How to send CONGRESS an email in 1 minute. #nonprofit #Howto #tutoriales #DIY #Congress #activism

♬ Steven Universe – L.Dre

PR/Marketing Team member, Julio Sanchez

@chloeplums

Learn how to call your Congressional leaders! #theborgenproject #congress #callcongress

♬ Lofi – Domknowz

PR/Marketing Team member, Chloe Plumley

@celeste.anne

I hope you all enjoy my very mediocre Ted Talk #theborgenproject #makeachange #globalpoverty

♬ Inspiration – WavebeatsMusic

PR/Marketing Team member, Celeste Festoso

@borgencaroline

MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!! it’s that easy!! 🙂 #theborgenproject #greenscreen #fyp #socialjustice #FreeFreeDance #foryou #foryoupage #xyzcba

♬ Buttercup – Jack Stauber

PR/Marketing Team member, Caroline Carrier

@alexc3434

Save lives and help develop communities with your voice#fast #easy #poverty #global #advocate #save #life #hunger #borgenproject

♬ original sound – Alex

PR/Marketing Team member, Alex Cuniglio

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

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

News Coverage

Regional Director, Maia Kiniyalocts, sent a brief overview of The Borgen Project and internship opportunities to a scholars group for Freshman. It was published in the weekly newsletter

Political Affairs Team member, Caroline Calhoun, pitched a story to Nimi Princewill who covers news out of the African continent at CNN about vaccine inequality and he did a piece along the lines of her suggestion and sent her the link

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Baylie McMahon, shared details of his internship within his fraternity’s newsletter

 

 

 

Letter 

Political Affair Team member, Emily Day, got a handwritten letter from Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) congratulating her on the article and her dedication to speaking out and bettering her community!

Instagram

Social Media Outreach

PR/Marketing Team member, Riley Rosi, got a story reposted by an account with 7k followers

PR/Marketing Team member, Thyra Funderburk, got a story reposted by @the.teenage.feminist (18.2k followers) on Instagram

 

Regional Director, Anna Ryu, got a post on @ConnectingWorldCultures on Instagram

 

 

Videos

“Importance of the Global Health Security Act” by PR/Marketing Team member Jenny Newman

“Senator Bob Casey Jr., Please Support and Co-sponsor The Girls Lead Act” by Sandra Malkin, Political Affairs Team member

 

State of the Union April 2021

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in March: 22
  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2021: 63
  • Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2021: 700

Advocacy Emails

  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in March: 17,823
  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2021: 54,400
  • Advocacy Emails Goal for 2021: 330,000
  • % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 99%

Congressional Office Meetings and Live Events

Regional Director, Maryam Khan, bird-dogged Senator Van Hollen (D-MD) during a Facebook Live town hall event

 

Regional Director, Javid Javadikhomami bird-dogged Senator Dave Min (D-CA), Representative Katie Porter (D-CA) and Mayor Letitia Clark

Regional Director, Wanting Su, Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Emily Sands and 29 additional Borgen Project Ambassadors met with Senator Feinstein’s Legislative Correspondent, Alexandra Heller

Content Team member, Calvin Melloh and Political Affairs Team members Grace McDonough and Paul Adeyemi, met with Senator Klobuchar’s Senior Policy Advisor, Kevin Lawson

Nonprofit Leadership Team members Emily Sands and Monica Kronstain, and Political Affairs Team member, Kyla Vida, met with Senator Duckworth’s staffers.

PR/Marketing Team member, Michael Lewis, used his internship with his congresswoman to have a quick sit-down coffee about The Borgen Project with her team

PR/Marketing Team member, Robin Myers, spoke to City Council

Recognition

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

      • Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
        • Content Team: Shelly Saltzman
      • Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):  
        • HR Team: Abigail Haugan, Nelia Blackman, Mahmoud Tout
        • Political Affairs Team: Ria Mehrotra, Emma Betz, Jillian Morley, Hannah Crodelle, Mary Oancia, William Zahner, George Brown, Kelsey Cartwright
        • Content Team: Riley Behlke, Caitlin Harjes, Katherine Lucht, Amy Perkins,
        • PR/Marketing Team: Taylor Morasci, Janet Metcalf, Kyle Adams
        • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Grey Purvis, Julian Prosser, Emily Sands, Henry Wu, Elizabeth Holloway, Michele Hillenbrand
      • Bird Dog Award:
        • Political Affairs Team: Sania Baig, Adam Bernstein, Alanis Galdamez, Olivia Potthast, Shauna Anderson, Elle Cross, Ilyssa Mann, Bryce Winterowd, Chloe George, Kia Fatahi, Mackenzie Wetherill, Michael Covin
        • Regional Directors: Shelby Wane, Grace Harlan, Gali Rodriguez, MeiLi Haan, Jesus Quinones, Samantha Johnson
        • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Ketan Revankar, Nicholas Feldman, Sanjana Tummala
      • President’s Circle:
        • Political Affairs Team: Noah Bray, Mollie Ping, Kyle Peterson, Alexa Sinclair, Emily Day, Arushi Dhingra, Monica Hsieh, Muskaan Mahajan, Oladele Eke, Olivia Potthast, Paul Adeyemi, Rocco Visconti, Starbesha Satterwhite, Brendan Quinn, Catherine Clancy, Elisa Toy, Elle Cross, Stephanie Kula, Tala Pesigan, Emily Diamond, Xiaoyu Liu, Yiwei Chu, Zeyuan Li, Saloni Singhal, Erin Kalei Memmer, Eva Mejia, Hank Presley, Hannah Crodelle, Hannah Seckman, Ilyssa Mann, Bryce Winterowd, Chloe George, Chloe Jacobs,
          Dina Nouaime, Emma Betz, Kelsey Cartwright, Michael Covin, Sarah Coffey
        • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Sanjana Tummala

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

Getting the Word Out

Informational Events

PR/Marketing Team member, Jessie Mack completed a second information event by presenting to a WSU Content Creation class

Swarms

Regional Director, Maia Kiniyalocts, organized a living room summit with friends

PR/Marketing Team member, Julian Bryant, hosted a swarm

 

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Content Team member, Soizic Lcq, in Paris, France

Regional Director, Lejla Dervisevic

PR/Marketing Team member, Olivia Trompeta

Political Affairs Team member, Kaylee Deland

Political Affairs Team member, Katie Chriscoe

Regional Director, Abdoulatif Aboubacar

HR Team member, Carly Quinn

Political Affairs Team member, Olivia Potthast

HR Team members, Andrea Gilabert Mora and Sofia Ballester Farnos collaborated on their one-mile campaign

Content Team member, Kari Millstein

HR Team member, Eryn Nielsen

HR Team member, Ahmed Hirad

Regional Director, Kayla Garcia

PR/Marketing Team member, Taylor Morasci

Regional Director, Conor McGrane

Political Affairs Team member, Manav Shankar Sinha

PR/Marketing Team member, Preston Thompson

PR/Marketing Team member, Veronica Terrell

PR/Marketing Team member, Samuel Kulp

 

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

Nonprofit Leadership Team

Regional Director

 Content Team 

HR Team 

PR/Marketing Team 

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

Political Affairs Team member, Marielena Alvarez

PR/Marketing Team member, Persilla Lutta

Regional Director, Sreyas Yennampelli

PR/Marketing Team member, Rim El Haitmy

PR/Marketing Team member, Riley Rosi

PR/Marketing Team member, Shivanni Babu

Fundraising

Content Team member, Sydney Thiroux, made art from recycled denim

Political Affairs Team member, Colby Mathe, created a children’s book being sold on Amazon and profits go to The Borgen Project

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Paige McDonald, sold water bottles for her fundraising campaign

Regional Director, Venus Wang, had a Chipotle fundraiser

Regional Director, Jaisnav Rajesh, ran two half marathons to spread awareness about TBP

Content Team member, Esha Kelkar, published a book and donated the proceeds to The Borgen Project

PR/Marketing Team member, Paola Bianchi, fundraised by creating portraits of friends and created and sold stickers on Redbubble.

Political Affairs Team member, James Gontarski, was able to get a local Panera to support The Borgen Project for fundraising

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media Outreach

Interviews and Media Features

-PR/Marketing Team member Reghan Callahan secured a shoutout for The Borgen Project on Watchable: An Entertainment Podcast. Listen here.

TikTok

@mojavemodel

Go find a tree near you to learn how to contact Congress! Follow @theborgenprojectcards on Instagram to find out more! @theborgenproject ????

♬ SUNNY DAY – Matteo Rossanese

PR/Marketing Team member, Maggie O’Dell

@miyablythe

It sounds like calling Congress deserves a standing ovation but really it’s super easy! Go to: borgenproject.org/legislation to support girls globally

♬ Crowd Cheers – Johnny Buchanan

PR/Marketing Team member, Miya Blythe

@hot.sarahcha

Looking for a quick and easy way to influence political leaders? Let me show you how to call Congress! #fyp #makeachange #congress #borgenproject

♬ Lofi – Domknowz

PR/Marketing Team member, Sarah Siano

 

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

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

Podcasts

PR/Marketing Team member, Whitney Bain, got a mention on the podcast, “I” Statement

Instagram

Social Media Outreach

PR/Marketing Team member, Kristin Van Epps, got a story reposted by @mindfulskatergirl (45.3K followers) on Instagram

Kristin also had a story reposted by @thisuserisbambi (33.3k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Bengt Fredrickson, got a repost from an account with 16k followers on Instagram

Regional Director, Anna Ryu, pitched to (@worldremedyorg) and they reposted the International Affairs Budget infographics on their story

PR/Marketing Team member, Maggie O’Dell, got a repost from @chinemeluelonu

Regional Director, Wanting Su, got a story reposted by @yesshecan2020 (17.1k followers) on Instagram

Videos

Rep. Sharice Davids, Please Continue Supporting the International Affairs Budget! by Miya Blythe

 

State of the Union March 2021

Congressional Office Meetings and Live Events

Content Team member, Alessandra Theresa Parker, attended Representative Strickland’s most recent town hall meeting

 

Political Affairs Team member, Arya Anand, bird dogged a city council meeting

 

Political Affairs Team member, Shaina Isaacsen, bird-dogged Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) and Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM-01)

Political Affairs Team member, Heba Latif, attended a Facebook Live event with Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)

 

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: Hayley Lenamon, Theresa Nevins, Rachel Bowdler, Alexa Blake Sinclair, Anna Ely, Catherine Clancy, Erin Kalei Memmer, Isaac Weber, Eva Mejia
        • Content Team: Matthew Brown, Rachel Wolf, Sophie Shippe
        • PR/Marketing Team: Taylor Morasci
        • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Megan Korsak, Natalie Allen 
        • HR Team: Elizabeth Bain, Stephanie Surber
      • Bird Dog Award:
        • Political Team: Maryam Khan, Shelby Wane, Maia Kiniyalocts, Lily Ramirez, Sreyas Yennampelli, Shaina Isaacsen, Kyrie Woodard
        • Content Team: Alessandra Theresa Parker
      • President’s Circle:
        • Poltitical Affairs Team: Kalekidan Abera, Madison Prue, Sania Baig, Marielena Alvarez
      • Article of the Month: Biden’s First 100 Days in Office by Adriane Phi

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

Getting the Word Out

Swarms

Political Affairs Team member, Bernisa Kamenjasevic created an online swarm

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Samantha Lee hosted a swarm with friends

Political Affairs Team member, Monica Hsieh, hosted a swarm

 

Political Affairs Team member, Olivia Johnson, hosted a living room swarm

 

Political Affairs Team member, Stefania Valera hosted a swarm

 

Informational Events

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

PR/Marketing Team member, Ryan Eitner and his brother

PR/Marketing Team member, Carissa Root

PR/Marketing Team member, Andrea Martinez

PR/Marketing Team member, Bridget Caffrey

PR/Marketing Team member, Julia McIntee

Political Affairs Team member, Anya Dougherty

 

Political Affairs Team member, Andrea Torres (and her puppy Milo)

HR Team member, Cara Krupnikoff-Salkin

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Christina Rose

PR/Marketing Team member, Melisa Yaylali

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Michele Hillenbrand

Regional Director, Christy Johnson

Regional Director, Hieran Andeberhan, hosted a living room summit with her family

Political Affairs Team member, Shaina Isaacsen

Political Affairs Team member, Nisha Patel

Political Affairs Team member, Andrea Torres

Political Affairs Team member, Arya Anand

Political Affairs Team member, Brandin Adams

Political Affairs Team member, Elvin Hormiz

Political Affairs Team member, Heba Latif

 

 

 

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

Nonprofit Leadership Team

Content Team

PR/Marketing Team

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

Political Affairs Team member, Christine Thomas

Regional Director, Christine Thomas

Political Affairs Team member, Alexa Blake

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Tia Jochimsen, created and posted on social media to mobilize people

Political Affairs Team member, Christine Thomas, created graphics for the Global Health Security Act

Content Team member, Elise Brehob, created graphics

PR/Marketing Team member, Julio Sanchez

PR/Marketing Team member, Fadi Baza, created a graphic for the Global Health Security Act

Political Affairs Team member, Ilyssa Mann, created an infographic about eradicating global poverty

PR/Marketing Team member, Corey Youngblood, created an infographic for the Global Health Security Act

 

Elizabeth Willey of the Nonprofit Leadership Team created a campaign poster/social media poster as a way to get people mobilized and excited about the Borgen Project

 

Media Outreach

Interviews and Media Features

-PR/Marketing Team member Reghan Callahan secured a shoutout for The Borgen Project on Watchable: An Entertainment Podcast. Listen here.

Fundraising

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, made necklaces for her fundraising campaign

Political Affairs Team member, Madison Prue, created tarot card readings as part of her fundraising campaign

PR/Marketing Team member, Hannah Johns, fundraising campaign

PR/Marketing Team member, Olivia Trompeta, did a 24-hour fundraiser on Facebook raising $420

PR/Marketing Team member, Robin Myers, secured a collaboration with a yoga business to expand her sourdough fundraising campaign

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Lyndsay Wilkens, sold treats for Valentine’s Day fundraising campaign

Regional Director, Maryam Khan, made brownies for fundraising

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Karen Woodall, sold Krispy Kreme donuts for fundraising

PR/Marketing Team member, Jessie Mack, raised money by selling sticker designs on Etsy

HR Team member, JR Lauron

TikTok

Tik Tok by PR/Marketing Team member Olivia Trompeta

@oliviatrompeta

When you are trying to mobilize others to contact Congress. Let me help!

♬ Моя голова винтом (My head is spinning like a screw) – kostromin

Taylor Morasci – PR/Marketing Team member

@taylormorascihow to help solve global poverty in 30 seconds♬ Classical Music – Classical Music

Whitney Bain – PR/Marketing Team member

@litwhit240Savage, but make it ✨have an impact✨ Call your Congressional leaders today!! #savagedance #contactcongress @theborgenproject♬ original sound – Whitney Bain

Political Affairs Team member, Haorong Zhang

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

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

Instagram

Social Media Outreach

PR/Marketing Team member, Juliet Amin, got a story reposted by @beautybyqwolf (36.6k followers) on Instagram

Regional Director, Kevin Grasell, got a story reposted by an account with 608k followers

PR/Marketing Team member, Hannah Johns, got a story reposted by @thesolidaritysisters (19.3k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Melisa Yaylali, got a story reposted by @umitko (63.7k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Kristin Van Epps, got a story reposted by @thedailyaus (90.7k followers) on Instagram

Regional Director, Anna Ryu, got an Instagram post from @young.mindsglobal

PR/Marketing Team member, Masyn Halpern, got a media mention from @tono.latino (12.1k followers) on Instagram

 

 

Letter

Political Affairs Team member, Maia Kiniyalocts, got a personalized, handwritten letter back from Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) after her letter to the editor was published in the Cincinnati Enquirer

Videos

“Congress, will you support the International Affairs Budget?” by Lindsey Erdmann, Political Team

“Informational Event Presentation” by Jessie Mack, PR/Marketing Team

“Covid-19 Relief Bill” by Shelby Wane, Political Team

 

 

State of the Union February 2021

Political Updates

 

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in January: 9
  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2021: 9
  • Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2021: 700

Advocacy Emails

  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in January: 18,753
  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2021: 18,753
  • Advocacy Emails Goal for 2021: 330,000
  • % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 99%

 

Congressional Office Meetings and Live Events

Regional Director, Kevin Grasell, bird-dogged Rep. Garamendi (CA-3) during a virtual town hall

 

Regional Director, Venus Wang presented to the Model UN Club

 

PR/Marketing Team member, Andrea Martinez, presented to her city council

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Alexandria Lee, hosted a living room summit

Recognition

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

      • Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
        • PR/Marketing Team: Bridget Caffrey
      • Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):  
        • HR Team: Natalie Greetham
        • Political Affairs Team: Acadia Johansongordet, Maia Kiniyalocts
        • Content Team: Zachary Kunze, Jackson Thennis, Margot Seidel
        • PR/Marketing Team: Pilar Willis, Andrea Martinez
        • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Sophie Swezey, Megan Korsak
      • Capital Achievement Award: 
        • Political Affairs Team: Hana Zalvan
      • Bird Dog Award:
        • Political Affairs Team: Arya Anand
      • President’s Circle:
        • HR Team: Cara Krupnikoff-Salkin
        • Political Affairs Team: Maggie Miller, Maia Kiniyalocts, Natalie DiLeo, Olivia Johnson, Shaina Isaacsen, Swathi Jacob
      • Articles of the Month: Addressing Time Poverty Around the World by Camryn Anthony and Preserving Papua New Guinea’s 850 Languages by Noah Sheidlower

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

Getting the Word Out

Informational Events

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Regional Director, Hieran Andeberhan

Content Team member, Samantha Rodriguez-Silva

HR Team member, Nancy Mponda

Political Affairs Team member, Grace Harlan

Regional Director, Venus Wang

Political Affairs Team member, Michelle Tyson

Political Affairs Team member, Maryam Khan

HR Team member, Alondra De Loa

PR/Marketing Team member, Amanda Hollowell

PR/Marketing Team member, Erin Byrne

PR/Marketing Team member, Haven Rector

HR Team member, Madeline Timerman

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Leanedra Goodwin

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Hailey Mooney

Political Affairs Team member, Kirandeep Pahl

PR/Marketing Team member, Juliet Amin

PR/Marketing Team member, Thomas Chiarello

HR Team member, Andrea Thomas

 

 

 

 

Letters to the Editor

Political Team

Nonprofit Leadership Team

HR Team

PR/Marketing Team

Content Team

 

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

PR/Marketing Team member, Zahrah Surratt

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Kandie Hansen

Political Affairs Team member, Sreyas Yennampelli

Political Affairs Team member, Sreyas Yennampelli

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Janxim Galdamez

Fundraising

Political Affairs Team member, Madison Prue, edited essays for fundraising

HR Team member, Salonee Shatagar, hosted a Panera Bread Fundraising Night

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Bailey Johnson, selling face masks for her fundraising campaign

 

 

 

Media Outreach

Interviews and Media Features

-PR/Marketing Team member Reghan Callahan secured a shoutout for The Borgen Project on Watchable: An Entertainment Podcast. Listen here.

TikTok

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

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

Instagram

Social Media Outreach

PR/Marketing Team member Wanting Su, got a story reposted by @atribeofwomen (184k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Erica Loy, got a story reposted by @Zenerations (63.8k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Erin Byrne, got a story reposted by @politicalteaandme (12.5k followers) on Instagram

 

 

 

Twitter

Political Affairs Team member, Maia Kiniyalocts, received a response on Twitter from the band Mt. Joy

 

Videos

Twitch shout out by Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Robert Greenhow

 

 

 

State of the Union January 2021

Political Updates

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in December: 3
  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2020: 1,137
  • Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2020: 710

Advocacy Emails

  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in December: 20,169
  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2020: 275,789
  • Advocacy Emails Goal for 2020: 120,000
  • % of Congress Emailed 2020: 100%

Congressional Office Meetings and Live Events

Our In-Office team met with Representative Derek Kilmer, who then Tweeted about the call.

Recognition

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

      • Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
        • Content Team: Christopher Millard, Maryam Tori, Zachary Kunze
        • PR/Marketing Team: Sara Reid Lewis, Bridget Caffrey, Julian Bryant, Tyler Lu
        • Political Affairs Team: Christine Thomas, Maryam Khan, Jacqueline Zemba, Morgan Turner
        • HR Team: Rylee Perkins, Natalie Greetham
        • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Caroline Custis
      • Bird Dog Award:
        • Political Team:  Rosalind Coats, Megan Goyer
      • President’s Circle:
        • Political Affairs Team: Noah Bray, Mollie Ping, Kyle Peterson
      • Articles of the Month: Foreign Aid in Congress’ December Stimulus Package by Bardia Memar

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

Getting the Word Out

Informational Events

PR/Marketing Team member, Mina Naziri, hosted an information event on Zoom attended by more than 40 people

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Political Affairs Team member, Madison Routledge

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Hailey Foster

Nonprofit Leadership Team member, Meg Gonzalez

Political Affairs Team member, Lucia Grant

Political Affairs Team member, Morgan Turner

PR/Marketing Team member, Pilar Willis

Regional Director, Hieran Andeberhan

Regional Director, Kevin Grasell

PR/Marketing Team member, Mina Naziri

Political Affairs Team member, Claire Forsythe and her cat, George

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letters to the Editor

Political Affairs Team

  • Anya Dougherty in issuu

HR Team

PR/Marketing Team

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

PR/Marketing Team member, Erica Loy

PR/Marketing Team member, Yiyang Sun

PR/Marketing Team member, Mikayla Smith

HR Team member, Porscha Levi

 

 

Fundraising

PR/Marketing Team member, Sacha Coleman made sugar scrubs for a fundraising campaign

PR/Marketing Team member, Erica Loy, hosted a dog treat bake sale fundraiser

 

 

 

 

Media Outreach

Interviews and Media Features

-PR/Marketing Team member Reghan Callahan secured a shoutout for The Borgen Project on Watchable: An Entertainment Podcast. Listen here.

TikTok

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

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

PR/Marketing Team member, Ally Styers

PR/Marketing Team member, Mikayla Smith

Instagram

Social Media Outreach

PR/Marketing Team member, Trey Steckline, got a story reposted by @aaron_yacht (31k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Tiana Oster, got a story reposted by @erinthumann (156 k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Julian Bryant, got an influencer with 87k followers on Instagram to repost a graphic on their story

PR/Marketing Team member, Owen Whetstone, got a story reposted by an account on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Adrian Ku, got a story reposted by @disneyfriendsclub (18.6 k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Jabria Scott, got a story reposted by @lovesimplydave (34 k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Sydney Norton got a story reposted by @novanationer (36.7 k followers) on Instagram

Regional Director, Julia Lupariello, got a story reposted by @activislam (98.2 k followers) on Instagram

 

 

 

 

Twitter

PR/Marketing Team member, Jabria Scott, generated a tweet from @Ebonie_QT (22.3k followers) on Twitter

Jabria also generated a tweet from @KeyshaMilana (10.1k followers) on Twitter

 

Videos

The Borgen Project President, Clint Borgen, on C-SPAN

The War on Global Poverty by Regional Director Matt Aston

The Borgen Project Kahoot by Writer Jillian Reese

State of the Union December 2020

Political Updates

 

Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts

  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in November: 18
  • Total # of Lobbying Meetings in 2020: 1196
  • Lobbying Meetings Goal for 2020: 710

Advocacy Emails

  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in November: 25,389
  • Total # of Advocacy Emails in 2020: 255,620
  • Advocacy Emails Goal for 2020: 120,000
  • % of Congress Emailed Year to Date: 100%

 

Congressional Office Meetings and Live Events

Political Affairs Team member, Caleb Kebede, presented to a Rotary Club

Political Affairs Team member, Kayla Garcia, presented to members of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

PR/Marketing Team member, Julian Bryant presented to the City Council

Political Affairs Team member, Jasmine Thomassy bird dogged Congresswoman Elaine Luria (D-VA)

Political Affairs Team member, Maggie Walsh received a handwritten letter from her Senator about The Borgen Project

 

 

 

 

Recognition

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

      • Honors Award (raised $3,000 or more): 
        • PR/Marketing Team: Lillian Bertelkamp
        • Content Team: Jack Silvers
      • Capital Achievement Award (raised $2,000 or more):
        • PR/Marketing Team: Robert Rogers
      • Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
        • Political Affairs Team: Alexander Vanik, Devin Wallner, Jamie Davis, Madison Coleman, Madison Routledge, Conor McGrane, Hana Zalvan, Lucia Grant, Noah Whitman, Asia Rose DuVernay
        • Content Team: Eva Pound, Violet Chazkel
        • PR/Marketing Team: Ian Gibbs, Matthew McCormick, Tai Robinson, Lauren Hartley
        • HR Team: Naina Vyas, Olivia Lender
        • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Monique Towns, Kayla Crow, Lora AL-Hammood, Alessandra Ayers
      • Bird Dog Award:
        • Political Affairs Team: Madison Rosewall
      • President’s Circle (50 or more people mobilized): 
        • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Kenneth Huynh
        • Political Affairs Team: Kyle Peterson, Madison Coleman, Margaret Walsh, Marie Leone, Mollie Ping, Nishan Kafle, Rachel Sun, Rose Stewart-Maddox, Rycki Cruz, Sean Panajotovic, Siobhan Nolan, Stephani Hutson, Thomas Kwon, Vera Muzzio, Vojsava Ramaj, Ximena Eguia, Noah Bray, Mollie Ping, Lily Sellers, Madison Rosewall, MeiLi Haan
      • Articles of the Month:

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

Getting the Word Out

Informational Events

PR/Marketing Team members, Kacey Mapp and Lillian Bertelkamp tabled on their university campus to raise awareness about The Borgen Project

One-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

Content Team member, Jillian Reese

Content Team member, Mary Qualls

HR Team member, Carlie Suggs

HR Team member, Sofia Bicho

Political Affairs Team member, Lucia Grante

Political Affairs Team member, Kayla Garcia

Political Affairs Team member, Luisa Klein

Political Affairs Team member, Emre Kantarci

Political Affairs Team member, Marie Leone

Political Affairs Team member, Stevanna Sargeant

Political Affairs Team member, Rani Lauwers

Political Affairs Team member, Mollie Ping

PR/Marketing Team member, Miguel Mendes

Content Team member, Emma Jessica Maytham

Political Affairs Team member, Joseph Thompson

Political Affairs Team member, Abigail Shearer

Political Affairs Team member, Madison Coleman

Political Affairs Team member, Caroline Greene

Political Affairs Team member, Margaret Walsh

PR/Marketing Team member, Gabriela Cortez

PR/Marketing Team member, Anakaren Maldonado

PR/Marketing Team member, Kacey Mapp

PR/Marketing Team member, Joshua Massaquoi

PR/Marketing Team member, Jessica Gobble

PR/Marketing Team member, Lauren Hartley

PR/Marketing Team member, Nayab Abbas

PR/Marketing Team member, Sarah Belasco

PR/Marketing Team member, Zhilin Jiang

Political Affairs Team member, Megan Morrison

PR/Marketing Team member, Tai Robinson

PR/Marketing Team member, Sarina Lavon

PR/Marketing Team member, Briana Nguyen

PR/Marketing Team member, Rachel Daniel

PR/Marketing Team member, Ian Gibbs

Advocate, Kawsar Yasin

PR/Marketing Team member, Reenua Jones

HR Team member, Omar Baki

 

Swarms

Political Affairs team member, Lejla Dervišević, and her friends doing a swarm

Political Affairs Team member, Maryam Khan, hosted a swarm

Letters to the Editor

PR/Marketing Team

Nonprofit Leadership Team

Outreach & Mobilizing Materials

PR/Marketing Team member,
Mikayla Smith

PR/Marketing Team member, Anakaren Maldonado

PR/Marketing Team member, Matthew McCormick

 

Political Affairs Team member, Sadie Fleig

PR/Marketing Team member, Wanting Su

Content Team member, Johana Vazquez

 

HR Team member, Porscha Levi

Nonprofit Leadership team member, Paige Hamilton

PR/Marketing Team member, Julian Bryant

 

Fundraising

Political Affairs intern, Maryam Khan, baked to raise money

Political Affairs Intern, Rani Lauwers, designed some handmade stickers for her fundraising campaign

PR/Marketing Team member, Kacey Mapp, made stickers for her fundraising campaign

Regional Director, Melia Reyther-Espinoza sold customized tote bags

Content Team Member, Zachary Kunze, created candles for his fundraising campaign, with a little bit of help from his children!

Media Outreach

Interviews and Media Features

-PR/Marketing Team member Reghan Callahan secured a shoutout for The Borgen Project on Watchable: An Entertainment Podcast. Listen here.

TikTok

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

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

Instagram

Social Media Outreach

Joanna Barbero, PR/Marketing Team member, got a story reposted by @sportshumor, an account with 220k followers

PR/Marketing Team member, Rachel Daniel, got a story reposted by @theangelchante, an account with 19.5k followers

PR/Marketing Team member, Lissette Cabral, got an influencer to post her graphic on their Instagram page

Political Affairs Team member, Morgan Turner, reached out to @nowsimplified with 89.9K followers on Instagram who tagged The Borgen Project on their story

PR/Marketing Team member, Jessica Gobble got a story reposted by @dandydoodlez (11.4 k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Lillian Bertelkamp, got a story reposted by an account with 68 k followers on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Tiana Oster, got Jillian Dearwater (57.1 K followers)to repost this image on her story

PR/Marketing Team member, Ryan Eitner, got a story reposted by an influencer

 

 

 

PR/Marketing Team member, Bridget Caffrey, got a story reposted by @sydprogress (150k followers) on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Danielle Powderley, got a story reposted by an account with 14.5 k followers on Instagram

PR/Marketing Team member, Trey Steckline, got a story reposted by an influencer with 62 k followers

 

 

Twitter

 

Political Affairs Team member, Morgan Turner, got a reply from Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN)

Videos


Dear Senator Feinstein, Please Support the Keeping Girls in School Act by Political Affairs Team member, Noah Whitman

Noah also called into C-SPAN and talked about the importance of protecting the International Affairs Budget



The Borgen Project and Christmas by Political Affairs Team member, Madison Routledge

How to Call Congress by Regional Director Rosalind Coats

Global Poverty and Dance by Political Affairs Team member, Anna Grace Kolodny