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 AMELIA RAUDALES, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2020.
Florida International University | Florida, United States | Advancing SDG 16 & UNAI 6
" I feel honored to be selected as a Millennium Fellow because it affords me the opportunity to learn and grow from my diverse cohort. I am also looking forward to expanding my knowledge on other SDGs and the creative ways my peers are confronting them. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Confronting Our Backyard
Confronting Our Backyard is focused on addressing different social issues that have impacted marginalized communities and have generally been ignored in our government, education system, and society. This semester will be specifically focused on human trafficking. They will bring awareness to this social issue, host 2 training workshops, implement 3 service days where they will share relevant resources such as hotline numbers, missing peoples posters, tips to keep in mind as well as other advocacy events.
About the Millennium Fellow
Amelia Raudales is a junior studying International Relations with a certificate in Women and Gender Studies. She is the President of FIU's student philanthropic council, the director of the PCA Board, which is focused on implementing effective service projects, and the head of her school's peer leadership consultants. Her drive to be an active citizen comes from her want to expand her knowledge on different issues and be solution driven when trying to solve them.