The United Nations Academic Impact and MCN partner to present the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 5,500+ Millennium Fellows have built a grassroots movement strengthening their communities. Fellows have dedicated hundreds of thousands of hours shaping 2,000+ grassroots civic initiatives to tackle inequities, discrimination, and climate change, making the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reality.
Thousands of Millennium Fellows worldwide will join live for Graduation. Fellows will spotlight their civic commitments, engage with global leaders, and join thousands of Alumni in sustaining their social impact beyond graduation.
Wednesday
November 18th, 2026
10:00 am ET - 12:00 pm ET
Zoom


What Change Looks Like: Courage, Creativity, Community
This theme explores the many ways social change happens and the different forms leadership can take. From challenging established norms and developing innovative solutions to mobilizing communities and advocating for greater equity, it recognizes that there is no single pathway to creating impact. It celebrates the courage to address difficult challenges, the creativity to imagine new possibilities, and the importance of working with communities to make those possibilities real.
Three Sparks from a Thousand
GLOBAL GENERATION AWARD
Each year at Graduation, MCN honors leaders who are using their global platforms to boldly and positively shape the world. Past recipients include Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Malala Yousafzai, Muhammad Yunus, and Cecelia Conrad.
This year, we recognize:

Michael Brown
Principal, Public Purpose Strategies
Co-Founder, City Year
Senior Advisor, MCN
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Josh Fryday
Chief Service Officer, California Volunteers, Office of the Governor
Speakers Joining Us:

Jasmine Tendo Mpoza
Event MC
Millennium Fellow '26
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences

Monica Zimba
Millennium Fellow '26
EARTH University
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Sasha Palmer
Millennium Fellowship Alumna '23 Pace University

Aleksandra Gorišek
Department of Global Communications
United Nations

Rafiah Binte Mizan
Millennium Fellow '26
North South University
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Arni Madhok
Millennium Fellowship Alumna '25
University of South Florida

Natasha Kulviwat
Millennium Fellow '26
Harvard University

Lindsey Davis
Millennium Fellow '26
Spelman College

Sam Vaghar
Executive Director
Millennium Campus Network

Kahukya Hope Patience
Millennium Fellow '26
Makerere University

Sean Alexander
Millennium Fellowship Alum '23
Georgia Institute of Technology
A Look Back at Millennium Fellowship Graduations








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