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 XIAOQING XU, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2023.
New York University Shanghai | Shanghai, China | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 10 | Emerging Technologist
Millennium Fellowship Project: Less Stigma, More Love!
The project "Less Stigmas, More Love!" is mainly about reducing the public’s stigmas and discrimination towards people living with HIV in urban Shanghai as well as letting more young people know knowledge about HIV/AIDS and the real state of people living with HIV. The number of people living with HIV is currently increasing in China, especially among young people. However, in general, the public still doesn’t have enough knowledge about HIV/AIDS.
Though with proper treatment, the viral load of HIV in people living with HIV can be low enough to not be tested and spread, their lives won’t be influenced as much as people might think, and it’s not their fault for being infected, people living with HIV are still facing many stigmas, stereotypes, and discriminations. At many moments, the stigmas and discriminations that people living with HIV are facing affect them much more than the virus itself. Reducing stigmas and discriminations toward HIV/AIDS and people living with HIV is a big deal!
This project contains the following four parts:
1. Working with a local NGO in Shanghai for an art support group program;
2. Continue my ethnographic research with people living with HIV to know more about their current state, specifically about the discriminations and problems they are facing;
3. Investigate young people’s current knowledge about HIV/AIDS to better spread knowledge of HIV/AIDS in the future;
4. Create a website and share stories of people living with HIV and people whose work is relevant to HIV/AIDS and people living with HIV anonymously with their permission to let the public know more about HIV/AIDS and people living with HIV, with the purpose of reducing public’s stigmas and discrimination towards people living with HIV.
About the Millennium Fellow
Xiaoqing Xu is a sophomore studying Social Science with a focus on Anthropology and Humanities at New York University Shanghai. Xiaoqing has attended different kinds of volunteer work within China and internationally. During her first year at NYU Shanghai, Xiaoqing has built deep connections with several NGOs in Shanghai providing services for migrant children and keeps helping provide more good-quality education for migrant children. Besides, Xiaoqing is also doing a research project relevant to people living with HIV. Cooperating with an NPO, Xiaoqing is trying to know more about people living with HIV in Shanghai, help reduce stigmas towards them, improve their lives quality, and let more people know proper knowledge about HIV/AIDS. Xiaoqing desires to learn more about different people and societies. She wants to use her knowledge, experience, and power to make more social impact from different aspects, using her energy to warm more people, and warm the world!
