What is the Borgen Project?

The Borgen Project is a national campaign focused on mobilizing Americans to reach out to their congress representatives in order to pass legislation that helps to downsize poverty. The Borgen Project was founded by a humble man named Clint Borgen.
In 1999, while working as a young volunteer in refugee camps during the Kosovo War and genocide, Clint Borgen recognized the need for an organization that could bring U.S. political attention to issues of severe poverty.
In 2003, after graduating from Washington State University and interning at the United Nations, Borgen began developing his project. In need of startup funding, Borgen took a job living on a fishing vessel docked in Dutch Harbor, Alaska (the same location as “The Deadliest Catch”). From humble beginnings in one of Earth’s most remote locations, The Borgen Project was born.
Now headquartered in Seattle, The Borgen Project has become an influential campaign platform aimed at reducing global poverty through public mobilization and political advocacy, and serves as a testament that one man and a laptop can change the world.
The fishing dock where the project began serves as the background of this blog.