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State of the Union October 2025


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Congressional Office Meetings and Bird Dogging

Political Affairs Team

Suyash Tawde met with MP Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North)

Jasmine Phibbs with her brother after attending a surgery with MP Alison Bennett (Mid Sussex)

Julianna Stroemple birddogging  via IG Live with Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT)

Sana Mohammed meeting with MP Alistair Strathern (Hitchin)

Agamya Khurana and some friends attended an event where they met MPP Effie Triantafilopoulos (Oakville North-Burlington)

Clariska Iskandar met with Representative Pete Aguilar’s (D-CA-33) Constituent Services Representative, Marcopolo Anzora

Sofia Ruiz had a virtual meeting with  MP Rachael Maskell (York Centre)

 

Updates from DC

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

https://borgenteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DC-Update-September-2025.m4a

 

Recognition

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

    • Big Kahuna Award (raised $5,000 or more):
      • Nonprofit Leadership Team: Brenda Williams
      • Chief Closer Award (raised $1,000 or more):
        • Political Team: Ashton Christo, Elliott Evrard-Vescio, Usha Bhusal, Tobias Holme, Nicole Hadar
        • Bird-Dog Award:
          • Political Team: Agamya Khurana, Treena Bolin, Jackson Mayer, Lillian Woodard, Anika Poythress
          • Article of the Month: Poverty, Power and Organ Trafficking in China by Nicole Fernandez
          • Visit the Our Team Members page and read about success stories with our organization.

            Getting the Word Out

            Content Team

            Alyse Rhee

            Political Affairs Team

            Jasmine Phibb delivering an online presentation

            Emily Isaac’s Presentation

             

            Eman Ansari’s Information Event

            Treena Bolin presented to Daniels Ranch Council and a local book club

            Julianna Stroemple tabling outside her library

            1-Mile Campaigns & Mobilizing

            Political Affairs Team

            Usha Bhusal’s one-mile campaign in San Francisco, California

            Jackson Mayer implemented his one-mile campaign in Washington, DC

            Treena Bolin’s One-mile campaign in Seattle, Washington

            Vanessa Garcia implemented her one-mile campaign in Miami, Florida

            Jasmine Phibbs 1-Mile Campaign

            Muniba Anwar presented to the Muslim Students Association at her university

            Nonprofit Leadership Team

            Brenda Williams implemented her one-mile campaign in a local park

            Content Team

            Alice Haston

             

            Letters to the Editor

            NonProfit Leadership Team

            • Briana Monk – The Daily News
            • LaRaymee Lee – The Zimbabwean
            • PR/Marketing Team

              • Atheeth Ravikrishnan – Danville/SanRamon
              • Content Team

                • Shea Dickson – Concord Monitor
                • Political Affairs Team

                  • Sura Abdullah Alkhalaf – Daily Democrat
                  • Noa Daudelein – Le Devoir
                  • Fundraising

                    Content Team

                    Grace Gonzalez held a bake sale for her fundraising campaign

                    Political Affairs Team

                    Treena Bolin did a lot of dog walking for her fundraising

                    Allie McGuigan held an art sale for her fundraising

                     

                     

                     

                    Political Affairs Team member, Julianna Stroemple’s held a Battle of the Bands event for her fundraising. The event raised $472 for the Borgen Project. Julianna was also able to talk to the audience about foreign assistance and what we can do to help the world’s poorf at the beginning, middle, and end of the show.

                    Agamya Khurana has been doing henna for her fundraiser

                    Nicholas Killen spent several hours cleaning out his parent’s basement in exchange for a donation

                     

                    Tobias Holme and Emily Dotson held a concert fundraiser. They raised $600 from the event, had 120 paying attendees. They had two different University of Denver newspapers attend the event and post articles discussing The Borgen Project and putting links to email/donate in the articles!

                    Advocate Team

                    Olivia Kinsley held a yard sale for her fundraiser

                     

                    Videos

                    Political Affairs Team

                    Agamya Khurana

                    Eman Ansari

                    Lauren Lunshof

                    Avery Prewitt

                    Eeshan Lal

                    Maria Seidel

                    https://borgenteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/copy_DAAF1CBB-BA6E-4DD3-B902-4A72C287C5A9.mp4

                    Eeshan Lal

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