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ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2019

United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship.  In the three months the application was open in 2019, over 7,000 young leaders applied to join the Class of 2019 on 1,209 campuses across 135 nations.  69 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 805 Millennium Fellows. 

During the Millennium Fellowship, Millennium Fellows' dedicated 96,705 hours and their 422 unique projects positively impacted the lives of 564,366 people worldwide.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT ALEC SANTIESTEBAN BERNAL, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2019.

CETYS Universidad | Ensenada, Mexico | Advancing SDG 10 & UNAI 6

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" I'm excited to be a Millenium Fellow because it will give me tools to continue making a positive impact in the community. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Social Inclusion

Our project consists in raising awareness in our society towards people with different disabilities through campaigns on several social media platforms, conferences, activities and workshops. All these activities will be made in public spaces where the community can participate and experience first hand what it is like to live in the shoes of people with disabilities. Because we are focusing on the Sustainable Development Goal number 10: Reducing inequalities we believe that the previous propositions of activities will result on creating empathy and awareness in the community towards people with this conditions. At the end of the month of events we will challenge a local business to make their establishment more inclusive like having employees with disabilities, having the menu in braille or having accessible entrances.

About the Millennium Fellow

Alec Santiesteban is a junior at Cetys University, Ensenada Campus, where he studies International Business. He's a member of FORTES Liderazgo, a group linked to UN Aspire, where he works along his fellows to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. He has always cared about social justice and human rights, and hopes to make an impact on his environment.

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