ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2020
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2020, 15,159 young leaders applied to join the Class of 2020 on 1,458 campuses across 135 nations. 80 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 1,000+ Millennium Fellows. The Class of 2020 is bold, innovative, and inclusive.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT SALOME MARIE CALMO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2020.
University College London | London, United Kingdom | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 7
" I am so excited to be a Millennium Fellow because it is such an amazing opportunity to start building a project that is very close to my heart. The program gives students from all around the globe a starting point for developing a project they are passionate about. I am looking forward to meeting like minded students, as motivated as I am to have a positive impact and change the world for the better. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Every Colour
Every Colour is a project that aims at informing young people about the spectrum of sexualities and gender identities, with the goal of reducing inequalities, homophobia and intolerance in schools and beyond. The project fits in with the new regulations that will come into force from September 2020 in England: teaching Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in primary and secondary schools. Every Colour will propose London-based schools and high schools interactive presentations explaining the range of different sexualities, including discussions regarding the usual clichés about LGBTQIA+ culture and society. The goal of the project is to give pupils inclusive sex education and, through playful presentations, basic knowledge about the different types of sexualities while teaching them tolerance and openness of mind. We seek to do 1 presentation every 2 weeks for the first 2 months, then increased to 1 presentation every week for the remaining 2 months if the project appears to reach the expected success. Our goal is, therefore, to have given 12 presentations by December 2020, to approximately 300 pupils in various London schools.
About the Millennium Fellow
Salome Calmo is a very motivated and hard-working young woman who loves learning and challenging herself. As a citizen of the world, Salome has had the opportunity to live in various places such as Guadeloupe, Barcelona, London, and St. Petersburg. For Salome, understanding the incredible multicultural world she is living in is both a passion and a duty. Nevertheless, Salome also believes there are so many things yet to do and change to make this world a better place, and she is convinced each and every one of us can take action to improve our environment.
