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 SHRIYA SHAH, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania, United States | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 5
" In an increasingly polarized world, the rights which are given to us merely by virtue of our humanity are largely jeopardized. Yet, throughout my activism work, I have come to realize how only through a collaborative effort can you truly make a difference. The Millennium Fellowship offers a novel opportunity to meet like-minded individuals, to engage in meaningful discussions, to learn and teach one another - using our own abilities, voices and privileges to turn our visions for the future into a reality. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: TeacHER Philadelphia
An organization that works to empower women and women's education through educational videos on topics traditionally not taught to women and young girls.
About the Millennium Fellow
Shriya Shah is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania studying International Studies and Business in the Huntsman Dual Degree Program, and pursuing the Graduate Certificate in Human Rights from UPenn Law. She has a passion for making institutional human rights change in her community, particularly at the intersection of technology, disability rights & role of advocacy networks. She has fostered this through her position on the Youth Board of Directors of Amnesty International Canada, conducting migrant rights research for the Global Labor Justice Institute & delivering a TEDx talk on the Privilege of Movement. Shriya continued her work through the University of Pennsylvania Encompass Fellowship this summer, travelling to Palestine & Israel to investigate the geopolitical conflict from a human rights lens. Shriya believes that access to opportunity & empowering youth to grow as leaders, activists and visionaries is a fundamental part of societal growth - and aims to further exactly that through the Millennium Fellowship.
