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 CARRINGTON WASH, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Spelman College | Georgia, United States | Advancing SDG 11, SDG 17 & UNAI 3
" I am excited to be a Millennium Fellow, a transformative platform that will elevate my social impact by providing the tools, resources, and community to amplify my efforts in social justice and advocacy. As a sophomore at Spelman College, an all-women’s HBCU in Atlanta, Georgia, grounded in the mission of “A Choice to Change the World,” I am deeply committed to purposeful leadership. The Fellowship’s pillars of Convene, Challenge, and Celebrate resonate profoundly with my academic and professional goal of being a civil rights attorney. Guided by my mantra from Mahatma Gandhi, “Be the change you wish to see in the world,” I use these words as a moral compass in my advocacy journey, shaping how I identify injustices, engage communities, and drive systemic change. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Honoring Our Sheroes: Social Justice in Action
As a Millennium Fellow and Spelman College Social Justice Fellow, I, Carrington Wash, founded Standing on the Shoulders of Our Sheroes: Social Justice Advocacy in Action, an initiative that celebrates the legacies of Spelman alumnae, trailblazers, and civil rights leaders featured in the Spelman College Social Justice Mural. The project uses art as a medium to amplify stories of resilience and advocacy, promoting reflection, dialogue, and empowerment. Standing on the Shoulders of Our Sheroes highlights how art and advocacy intersect to promote equity and awareness. The initiative transforms artistic recognition into purposeful engagement, using creative dialogue as a tool for collective growth and understanding. The project includes three core components of speaker events, student dialogues, and book colloquies. These efforts have encouraged students to reflect on how history influences their own activism. The project continues to deepen awareness of the importance of social impact while promoting the use of art as an essential instrument of justice and empowerment.
About the Millennium Fellow
Carrington Wash is a sophomore at Spelman College, majoring in Political Science with a minor in Comparative Women’s Studies on the Pre-Law Track. Carrington is passionate about advocacy, social justice, and civic engagement. As a Millennium Fellow, Carrington is committed to advancing justice, fostering leadership, and creating equitable systems through education, advocacy, and mentorship. On campus, Carrington is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, the Social Justice Fellows Program, Student Conduct Board, Pre-Law Society, and serves as a First-Year Study Group Leader and a Student Ambassador for the Office of Career Planning and Development. Anchored by Mahatma Gandhi’s words, “Be the change that you wish to see in the world,” Carrington embraces the Fellowship as a platform to lead with vision, advocate for justice, uplift with compassion, and spark transformative, lasting impact as a changemaker and future civil rights attorney.
