ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2018
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2018, students applied to join the Class of 2018 on 285 campuses across 57 nations. 30 campuses worldwide (just 11%) were selected to host the 402 Millennium Fellows in the global pilot this year.
The Class of 2018 is bold, innovative, and inclusive. During the Millennium Fellowship, Millennium Fellows' dedicated 48,785 hours and their 214 unique projects positively impacted the lives of 393,449 people worldwide.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT GABBIE BUENDIA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2018.
Rollins College | Florida, United States | Advancing SDG 11 & UNAI 9
" I am passionate about promoting a sustainable, equitable, and inclusive environmental experience for all because of the exclusive history of environmentalism that has previously erased people like me from the narrative. However, I know that the environment belongs to everyone and everyone deserves to know how their environment is influencing them and vice versa. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: EcoReps
EcoReps is a volunteer-based, peer-to-peer education program focused on raising awareness of and building leadership skills for environmental sustainability issues.
Each semester, student volunteers go through training sessions to learn how to advocate for campus sustainability initiatives. Then, we organize one learning experience, one advocacy experience, and one volunteer experience for them each month so that they can gain a better understanding of global issues and how they relate to their daily lives. Students have engaged with sustainability issues through informational tabling, a lake clean up, a campus greenhouse tour, multiple guest speakers, and movie screenings.
Our goal for this semester was to get 25 EcoReps trained and get at least 40% attendance at each event.
About the Millennium Fellow
I am a senior at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL studying Environmental Studies and Sexuality, Women and Gender Studies. My passions include feminism, environmental justice, and education. In my free time, I love to go hiking, do Pilates, and improve my (vegan) cooking skills!
