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 SRIYA REDDY PUTTAM, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Stella Maris College | Chennai, India | Advancing SDG 10 & UNAI 7
" On my journey as a Millennium Fellow, I look forward to forging a culture of inclusivity and equity. Somewhere and sometime down the road, I wish to see a world where our gender and allied factors do not stand in the way of finding ourselves. I hope to bring about a transformed worldview through my work, and this promising opportunity opens the doors to building a haven to make sense of the world together. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Sanctuary
Our project titled ‘Sanctuary’ aims at creating a forum and a safe space for the students of our college. The project is based on SDG 10, ‘Reduced Inequalities’ and the 7th UNAI principle, ‘Intercultural dialogue’. Its main objective is to create a space where student can express and discuss their concerns and impact of societal issues. More than just a place of discussion, we hope to get in touch with mental health professionals and NGOs so that we can connect people in need of such services.
The project aims to be a multi-purpose forum and a safe space for women in our college community to express themselves without the fear of judgement. Sanctuary will also help share information and encourage healthy discussions on various intersectional themes such as colourism in India, menstruation taboos and more, culminating in the path to gender equality.
Additionally, Sanctuary will augment the discussion forum with social media exploring experiences, as well as devising additional targets to accomplish the goal of gender equality. While Sanctuary has synthesized as a conversation starter, it aims to evolve into a sound solution of appreciable value.
A tentative plan for the project would consist of - Creation of a social media page to create a digital space that would improve the scope of the project, generating social media posts, and creating a digital forum through platforms like Discord to ensure that more people can benefit from the project.
The project will make us confront the probing questions in our minds and hearts and eventually lead to drawing up plans or solutions to problems we encounter.
About the Millennium Fellow
Sriya Reddy is an assiduous and perceptive sophomore majoring in Economics who has a deep interest in international relations and entrepreneurship. Throughout her years in school, she was fortunate to work closely on the causes of gender equality and vertical literacy. Sriya, being an avid traveller, uses the break to learn and experience different cultures around the globe. She has also had the opportunity to interact with people at the grassroots as well as global forums to use her passion to drive social change.
