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 LUCY TAMARA FERGUSSON, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2020.
Griffith University | Queensland, Australia | Advancing SDG 10 & UNAI 8
" The Millennium Fellowship offers the chance to work with humanitarian issue address within the SDG, however it allows people to work within their own area of interested and skills. I am excited to be able to contribute to the world in a positive way through my own means and skill. The Millennium Fellowship will offer me the skills to be able to continue doing this through out my life. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: THE POWER OF YOUTH: STORIES OF PEACE
The Power of Youth project brings young people together through the concept of positive alternative narrative. The project involves a compilation of stories that showcase the transformational journeys of young people, in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. The team believes that a powerful tool in the promotion of peace is story-telling. It is a misconception that young people have yet to experience adversity and through this project they have found that young people possess a passion for peace advocacy. Additionally, the project supports the United Nations Academic Impact Principle #8: Peace and Conflict Resolution.
About the Millennium Fellow
Lucy Fergusson is currently studying a Bachelor of Design majoring in Graphics and intend on continuing on to an Honours degree through the Queensland Collage of Art at Griffith University. She interested researching how design can impact societal issue and the effectiveness of non-verbal communication. One of Lucy passions is illustration, she believe it can be a powerful tool to create understanding and support literature especially when it comes to complex humanitarian and social issue. Lucy has also taking a vested interest, due to her own experiences, in helping young people with silent disabilities and reducing the stigma around disabilities itself.
