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 HAILEE YOUN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Harvard University | Massachusetts, United States | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 3
" I believe it is important to teach children how to negotiate and manage conflict. These skills enable them to advocate for themselves, resolve conflicts, and foster healthier relationships. If children learn negotiation early, they grow up more confident in handling challenges and more capable of working with others to find solutions. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Negotiation for Change
Negotiation for Change is an initiative dedicated to building a culture of dialogue, empathy, and creative problem-solving at Harvard. Through workshops, simulations, social events, and collaborations across campus, the project reframes negotiation as a universal life skill rather than a niche professional tool. Negotiation for Change grew out of the re-launch of the Harvard Undergraduate Negotiation Club (HUNC), which now serves as a hands-on learning community where students can practice navigating conflict, communicating across differences, and generating solutions that benefit diverse stakeholders.
Each month, the program offers immersive simulations—from environmental diplomacy to indigenous rights to multi-party leadership disputes—designed to help students experience the complexity of real-world negotiations. Informal activities such as game nights and community-building events complement these sessions by cultivating trust, openness, and psychological safety among participants. The project also partners with campus institutions such as the Institute of Politics and the Safra Center for Ethics to explore negotiation in political, ethical, and social contexts.
Ultimately, Negotiation for Change aims to make negotiation accessible, engaging, and socially impactful. By the end of the year, the program will produce a Negotiation Simulation Guidebook and expand intercollegiate collaborations, further promoting dialogue as a tool for community transformation.
About the Millennium Fellow
Hailee Youn is a senior at Harvard College studying Government and Economics, originally from New York. She is interested in studying how negotiation can shape institutions, resolve conflicts, and create lasting social and political changes. Her research looks at international peace settlements and the role of third-party actors in sustaining them. At Harvard, she competes on the Varsity Lightweight Women's Rowing Team, served as President of the Asian-American Association, and is Founder and President of the Harvard Undergraduate Negotiation Club.
