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 AFREEN KHAN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of South Florida | Florida, United States | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 6, SDG 4 & UNAI 9
" "This Fellowship is the culmination of social impact, teamwork, and creativity and I am truly excited to grow and learn alongside my peers during this opportunity. Becoming a Millennium Fellow offers me the platform to create meaningful change both within my community and myself." "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Books & Butterflies
Books & Butterflies aims to create a positive association with reading for elementary and middle school children, particularly those of lower socioeconomic status. This first step of this project entails the installation of Little Free Libraries, providing new books free of charge to children, right in their neighborhoods. One of our stakeholders, a student organization at the University of South Florida, named Care for Company at USF has provided the funding necessary to purchase the kits to build the libraries. We chose local parks in lower socioeconomic neighborhoods where these libraries would be installed, with approval from another stakeholder, Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful. The second step of the project will be to partner with the College of Education at USF to create a campus-wide book drive where USF students can join our cause in alleviating educational disparities in our own community by donating books that can be used to fill these libraries. The third step of this project will be to recruit volunteers, ideally bilingual students. The final step will be to host weekly events at one of the parks, where volunteers will read with children and do engaging activities, such as crafts, to promote reading analysis, while providing companionship!
About the Millennium Fellow
Afreen Khan is a senior at the University of South Florida, double majoring in Biomedical Sciences and Psychology. She is passionate about advancing health equity and community well-being through service and advocacy and is deeply involved in student leadership and service organizations on campus. Afreen has worked with the Children’s Miracle Network to support pediatric patients, volunteered clinical service to lower socioeconomic populations, and founded a chapter of The Mark Wandall Foundation at her campus to promote for grief resources. Through her Millennium Fellowship project, Afreen is creating a Little Free Library initiative in underserved neighborhoods to promote literacy, mentorship, and future-oriented conversations with children. After graduation, Afreen plans to pursue a career as a physician at the intersection of global health, education, and social impact.
