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 RILEY GONZALES MACIAS, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2020.
Arizona State University | Arizona, United States | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 8
" As a Millennium Fellow, I am hopeful to see the impact of my project given the wonderful opportunities and resources that come along with being apart of the Millennium Fellowship. I am excited to work alongside those who are equally as passionate as I am about positive change in the world. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Eunoia
The purpose of the project Eunoia is to support education reform to address the mental health crisis in the United States.
Within August-December 2020, Eunoia will be a club on the Arizona State University Tempe campus whose sole mission is to utilize academic research, advocacy, and action to promote human rights for the economic, social, cultural, and overall health and well-being of the communities it serves.
The project Eunoia will also serve as a social media platform to foster discussion and support for education reform. Hopefully, through social media, Eunoia will work to widen educational access and outreach as well as form fundraisers and partnerships that result in scholarships/ funds for high school students who do not see college as an affordable opportunity.
The long term hope for the project Eunoia is that it results in the improvement of educational policies in the state of Arizona.
About the Millennium Fellow
Riley Macias is a sophomore at Arizona State University (ASU) studying Global Studies. She is currently the Treasurer for ASU's UNICEF Campus Initiative and a Peer Ambassador for the SPIRIT program, a two-week program that helps incoming first-year indigenous students adjust to campus life, build friendships, and identify mentors. She intends on utilizing inclusive and equitable quality education to promote the health and well-being of the communities she serves.
