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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.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT LAVINYA CELLY, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.

Sciences Po | Le Havre, France | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 10 & UNAI 1

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" This fellowship offers something I deeply crave: a structure and a community. I want to learn how to create real, measurable impact...not just write well-meaning books or give ideas wings, but roots too. I am excited to be equipped with meaningful mentorship, and look forward to collaborating across borders and cultures—something I am confident will happen by becoming a Millennium Fellow. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Our Story: A book for everyone

Our Story (A Book for Everyone) is focused on creating an accessible and low-cost educational book on world history for individuals who lack access to structured learning environments. Many young people and adults, especially in underserved communities, struggle to understand history as a connected timeline; instead, they encounter fragmented information that is often confusing, obscured by political propaganda, or hindered due to personal bias. My book aims to simplify global history into a single, cohesive narrative, from the universe’s beginning to present-day societies, using accessible language and relatable analogies. The end goal is not academic mastery, but curiosity: I wish for everyone to have a clearer understanding of how we arrived in the world we live in today. Once completed, the book will be printed and distributed for free or at a minimal cost in partnership with NGOs and public schools in India and France, and eventually translated and shared further.

About the Millennium Fellow

Lavinya Celly is a creative person with a strong sense of justice, guided by deeply held values and faith. Her career goal is to become someone who can protect human lives and dignity in times of crisis through work in law and diplomacy. Shaped by life and experience across manifold communities, she holds a perspective that is both global and empathetic, thus believing that progress begins with systemic change. She enjoys creative and research writing.
After graduating from SciencesPo, Lavinya plans to pursue a law degree.

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