The United Nations Academic Impact and MCN partner to present the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 4,000+ Millennium Fellows have built a grassroots movement strengthening their communities. Fellows have dedicated hundreds of thousands of hours shaping 1,000+ grassroots civic initiatives to tackle inequities, discrimination, and climate change, making the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reality.
Thousands of Millennium Fellows worldwide will join live for Graduation. Fellows will spotlight their civic commitments, engage with global leaders, and join thousands of Alumni in sustaining their social impact beyond graduation.
Meet Class of 2024 Millennium Fellows
Pakistan
Health Sciences Academy
Millennium Fellows in Pakistan are piloting Project SHIELD to tackle gaps in sanitation and health education in marginalized communities, focusing on the Mashal Model School to advance SDG 3.
Canada
Huron University College
Hiba Ansari is igniting the EcoPatriot movement, promoting a new kind of patriotism rooted in environmental stewardship. Her mission is to empower proactive students to become passionate environmental leaders.
Nigeria
Obafemi Awolowo University
Timothy Ayelagbe is championing a Greener Future by rallying Nigerian students to fight for climate justice, promote sustainability, and lead tree-planting initiatives.
Each year at Graduation, MCN honors leaders who are using their global platforms to boldly and positively shape the world. Past recipients include Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Malala Yousafzai, Muhammad Yunus, and Forest Whitaker
This year we recognize:
GLOBAL LEADERS JOINING IN
Friday, November 22, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET
Become Alumni...
There are 15,000+ Alumni of the Millennium Fellowship, with 87% sustaining their social impact post-graduation. Here are two spotlights:
Shantel Marekera
2018 Millennium Fellow, Arizona State University
Post-Fellowship, she was selected as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, spoke on the global stage alongside the UN Secretary-General, and now works as a Legal Analyst at the World Bank to shape economic opportunity for women in 190 nations.
Mathias Charles
2021 Millennium Fellow, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Post-Fellowship, he has built out the social venture Akofresh. It helps smallholder farmers address the challenge of post-harvest losses with their solar-powered refrigeration units, extending the life of produce from 5 to 21 days. 3,000+ farmers have utilized these units in Ghana, and Mathias is now expanding Akofresh in Uganda.
