ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2023
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. 44,000+ student leaders from 3,300+ campuses across 170+ nations applied to join the Class of 2023. 260+ campuses worldwide (just 9%) in 38 countries were selected to host 4,000+ Millennium Fellows for the Class of 2023.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT KONSTANTINA-MARIA CHEIMARA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2023.
Deree The American College of Greece | Athens, Greece | Advancing SDG 5 & UNAI 6
Millennium Fellowship Project: Women's rights advocacy
In collaboration with the UK Embassy in Greece we hosted a two-panel event to help raise awareness and eliminate violence against women and girls "16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Conference". The event was located at Deree the American College of Greece, took place on November 28th and it was open to the public. The event was attended by more than 80 individuals, including non-profits invited.
The one panel was focused on allyship and consent, with insights from the UK and Greece (lead by the UK embassy) and the other one on violence against women (lead by the Women's rights advocacy cohort of the Millennium Fellowship which consisted of Konstantina Maria Cheimara and Laila Eirini Karra).
Event Agenda
12.15 Arrival of guests & registration
12:30 Opening remarks
Claudia Carydis, Vice President Public Affairs, The American College of Greece
Clare Douglas, His Majesty’s Consul & Consular Regional Operations Manager for Greece and Cyprus
12.45-13.30 Panel discussion Consent and Allyship – insights from the UK and Greece
Speakers:
Hellenic Police representative
Hellenic Ministry for Social Cohesion and Family official
Steven Bertram, Detective Superintendent, Police Scotland
Lamprini Georgiou, Genderhood, Greek MKO
Dr Zefi Dimadama, Secretary General for Human Rights and Equality, Hellenic Ministry for Social Cohesion & Family official
13.45-14.00 Q&A session
SECOND PANEL LEAD BY THE FELLOWS
14:00-14:05 Greeting by UN Academic Impact
14:05-14:10 Greeting from Konstantina Cheimara and Laila Karra – Women’s Rights Advocacy cohort
14:10-14:40 How to protect your mental health when being a victim, Prevention and signs
Dr. Tinia Apergi – Clinical Psychologist, ACG Associate Professor
14:40-15:20 Panel Discussion “Women’s rights and social support”
Foivi Shelter for victims of violence against women located in Cholargos
Dr. Anastasia Tosouni, Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies at California State University in Sonoma
The panel was moderated by the Campus-Director and project co-organizer: Konstantina-Maria Cheimara
15:20-15:30 Final Remarks, Fundraising
The event had a fundraising component supporting a small local shelter housing abused women and their children , called FOIVI, located in Cholargos.
The event was supported by the following college organizations:
Social Issues Club, Deree – ACG
Psychology Society, Deree — ACG
Sociology Society, Deree — ACG
ACG Sustainability Leaders
ACG Office of Sustainability –Public Affairs
Event's link: https://www.acg.edu/events/sixteen-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-violence-conference/
About the Millennium Fellow
Konstantina Cheimara is born and raised in Athens and speaks 3 languages (Greek, English and French). She is majoring in Psychology and pursues a minor in Anthropology at The American College of Greece. Konstantina is an active student being the Founder and President of Social Issues Club, elected General Secretary of the Psychology Society, Sustainability Leader and Campus Director of the Millennium Fellowship Program by United Nations and MCN for her college. She is always striving to bring change first in the student community and then in the workforce by participating in educational and skill building programs, and volunteering for numerous humanitarian causes.
