ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT DIVINIA A ASHLEY, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Brandeis University | Massachusetts, United States | Advancing SDG 10 & UNAI 6
" The Millennium Fellowship would not only connect me with a cohort of like-minded activists on my campus, it would add me to a global network of change makers–11,000 to be exact. I would love the opportunity to hone my interpersonal skills even further and work with my cohort to make a tangible difference on our campus. Being a Millennium Fellow will make me a better communicator, organizer, and leader and teach me about issues faced by the disabled community on my campus I may not have been aware of. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: The Right to Remain Mobile
Our objective is to help Brandeis students, faculty, and staff with disabilities or conditions that affect their mobility access to any area on campus, they must be able to. This project focuses on increasing mobile accessibility on campus by advocating for the improvement of infrastructure essential for mobility, such as automatic doors, elevators, lifts, ramps, and crosswalks. To ensure that Waltham residents also reap these benefits, we will reach out to city legislators to make a positive difference in the lives of pedestrians and people with disabilities. Furthermore, we wish to launch an educational campaign to increase public awareness of the challenges faced by members of the disabled community on and around campus.
About the Millennium Fellow
Divinia Ashley is a junior at Brandeis University majoring in biological physics and minoring in Health: Science, Society and Policy, blending scientific advancement with championing equity. As a physician-scientist she seeks to optimize radiotherapy dosing and open a radiation oncology clinic staffed primarily by women of color. Divinia is a Community Advisor, a Undergraduate Departmental Representative, and on E-Board for the Brandeis National Society of Black Women in Medicine. Additionally, she conducts medical physics research at Massachusetts General Hospital. Divinia is thrilled to explore disability advocacy as a Fellow and Director, hoping to improve mobile accessibility in and around Brandeis.
