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 MARY HANNA GACIS AVENIDO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
University of the Philippines Diliman | Quezon City, Philippines | Advancing SDG 12 & UNAI 9
" Empowered through the pursuit of environmental sustainability and gender equality through social impact, being a Millennium Fellow becomes an opportunity to be supported by a global community that shares the passion in addressing social issues starting from your own community "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Zero-UP!
The Zero-Waste Festival at UP Diliman aims to create a community sharing the proactive route towards sustainability. From August to December 2022, we will be gathering a digital community where strategies and activities on shifting a sustainable lifestyle will be posted bi-weekly in the Project’s social media community (Facebook group, Instagram Page). These strategies and activities that will be posted will be through a diverse form of medium, whether they be an infographic, a short film, a sustainable activity (planting, composting, recycling as a community), and the like. One specific activity I have in mind is gathering your plastic wastes and encouraging participants to drop them off, hopefully at a drop-off point within the campus. This is from a personal experience where during the pandemic, I became more conscious of the amount of plastic waste I consume that the only thing I could do about it is to donate them to organizations that would use them for their product. Specifically referring to the Green Antz Builders where they open plastic drop-off points and produce a new kind of building products made from plastics. To celebrate the bi-weekly projects from August to December, there will be an integration event called the Zero-Waste Festival. This event would invite speakers to share their knowledge about the community's sustainable knowledge, open signatories in partnership with other organizations towards a Sustainable transition within the University, and even celebrate this journey through bonding activities and performances.
About the Millennium Fellow
Mary Hanna Avenido is a third-year student of the University of the Philippines Diliman currently taking up a Bachelor of Science in Tourism. Empowered through the pursuit of environmental sustainability and gender equality through social impact, she believes that her experience as a passionate student leader amplifies her call in serving the people.