ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT DARLENE UZOIGWE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Harvard University | Massachusetts, United States | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 6
" As a Millennium Fellow, I am incredibly passionate about shifting narratives and upending power imbalances.
The See Her, Hear Her initiative serves to remove the veil before the term “Human Trafficking” and humanizes the voices of trafficked women by providing a platform to tell their stories in a unfiltered and safe virtual space. The manipulative tactic of human traffickers is isolating their victims and forcing them to endure a “social death”. Through this platform, I hope to counter this tactic and demonstrate the strength of the community that awaits them while simultaneously altering the public perception of the human behind the term.
I want to be a person that challenges social stigmas that permit this grave injustice to happen. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: See Her, Hear Her
The See Her, Hear Her initiative serves to remove the veil before the term “Human Trafficking” and humanizes the voices of trafficked women by providing a platform to tell their stories in a unfiltered and safe virtual space. We intend to provide posters, flyers, and more containing a QR code which links to a website and app where trafficked women can share their stories and report their situations. The website and application will also provide educational resources, help lines, receive donations, and suggested measures of safety for women in regards to trafficking. The manipulative tactic of human traffickers is isolating their victims and forcing them to endure a “social death”. Through this platform, we hope to counter this tactic and demonstrate the strength of the community that awaits them while simultaneously altering the public perception of the human behind the term.
About the Millennium Fellow
Darlene Uzoigwe is a brilliant, accomplished, and globally competitive student at Harvard University, studying Government, Global Health & Health Policy. Darlene has always been passionate in interrogating and correcting systemic disadvantages that disenfranchise entire demographics of people. This passion translates to her professional experience and unyielding dedication to uplifting voices and writing new narratives. She has fought for social justice, civic engagement, and human rights on a local, state, and global level in her expansive work including designing budgeting processes to fund needed pandemic relief, community, and city projects. While at Harvard University, she investigates the legacy of colonial slavery in structures of contemporary America, organizes national youth conversations, and works to allocate funds to New York communities hit the hardest by CO-VID 19. Through her outstanding leadership, she plans to further these initiatives. Darlene aspires to cultivate paths for long overdue change, and provide her contribution to the advancement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Goals through her project, See Her, Hear Her.
