Millennium Fellowship Class of 2024 Town Hall

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Zusammenfassung

TLDRThe global town hall event celebrated the launch of the Millennium Fellowship class of 2024, bringing together participants from over 280 campuses and 48 nations. Inspirational speakers, including Millennium fellows, coordinators, alumni, and partners from organizations like the United Nations Academic Impact and Coach Foundation, addressed the audience. They emphasized leadership principles, the importance of sustainability, and the power of community. The event highlighted social impact projects led by fellows, the significance of empathy and humility in leadership, and the opportunities provided through the fellowship, such as scholarships and mentorships. The Coach Foundation's new scholarship program for sustainable leaders and a surprise gift of Coach Topia bags to fellows were notable highlights. The event concluded with networking sessions, inviting fellows to connect and foster collaborations for future initiatives.

Mitbringsel

  • 🎉 Celebrating the 2024 Millennium Fellowship class.
  • 🌍 Global participation from 48 nations and 280 campuses.
  • 🤝 Importance of leadership, community, and empathy.
  • 🔍 Focus on sustainability and social impact projects.
  • 📚 Sharing of insights and experiences by alumni.
  • 🤝 Collaboration with partners like the United Nations and Coach.
  • 🎁 Surprise gifts of Coach Topia bags for fellows.
  • 💡 Launch of new scholarship programs for sustainable leaders.
  • 🎧 Inspirational speeches and stories.
  • 🔗 Networking opportunities for global collaboration.

Zeitleiste

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The video starts with congratulations to the Millennium class of 2024, with speakers expressing excitement for the event. Genesis Wiy refers to the global connection with students from over 48 nations. Energy is high as attendees from various countries mention their presence.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    Ian, a student, shares his excitement about being selected as a Millennium Fellow. Others like Singh from India express their gratitude and eagerness to participate in the fellowship, focusing on impactful projects like early childhood education and sustainability.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Program coordinators and executive directors speak. Sam Vagar shares his journey and emphasizes the importance of community and education in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. He encourages Fellows to focus on small acts of social impact within their communities.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Sam Vagar discusses the importance of the Millennium Fellowship and its values of empathy, humility, and inclusion. He highlights how projects like community farms and mental health stigma reduction campaigns drive change and inspire hope.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    The United Nations representative emphasizes needing young people's creativity and energy to tackle global challenges. They call for courage and collaboration while highlighting the responsibility to act on social impact initiatives with hope and humility.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    The Coach Foundation collaborates with the Millennium Fellowship, announcing scholarships and emphasizing their commitment to empowering young leaders in sustainability. Gratitude is expressed for the support and partnership.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:35:00

    An announcement of the Millennium Oceans Prize winner highlights innovative projects aimed at ocean conservation. The importance of youth-led initiatives and the role of fellowships in fostering sustainable development is reinforced.

  • 00:35:00 - 00:40:00

    Two Millennium Fellowship alumni, Jeremiah and B, reflect on how the fellowship shaped their work towards sustainability and environmental advocacy. They emphasize partnership and building powerful networks.

  • 00:40:00 - 00:45:00

    The next segment involves an interactive discussion on social impact, with attendees sharing their interpretations of its meaning, focusing on inclusivity, community, and change. Attendees are encouraged to share their experiences.

  • 00:45:00 - 00:50:00

    As the event wraps, organizers inform attendees of upcoming segments focusing on networking, impact projects, and further education opportunities. Gratitude is expressed to partners and participants for their contributions.

  • 00:50:00 - 00:55:00

    The event closes with reflection on the discussions, expressing the excitement and potential of the upcoming year for the new Millennium Fellowship cohort, encouraging networking and collaboration among attendees.

  • 00:55:00 - 01:02:06

    Conclusion with a call to action for attendees to engage in global networking sessions, continuing discussions on impactful projects within their communities and fostering connections for collaborative efforts in sustainability.

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

  • What is the Millennium Fellowship?

    The Millennium Fellowship is a prestigious program for undergraduate leaders worldwide, aimed at advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals and United Nations Academic Impact principles.

  • Who participated in the global town hall?

    The town hall featured Millennium fellows of 2024, program coordinators, executive directors, alumni, representatives from the United Nations Academic Impact, and partners like the Coach Foundation.

  • What was the purpose of the event?

    The purpose was to welcome and inspire the Millennium Fellowship class of 2024, discuss leadership and sustainability, and encourage collaboration among global students for social impact projects.

  • What was a highlight from the Coach Foundation's participation?

    Coach Foundation announced a new scholarship program for students passionate about sustainability, and surprised Millennium fellows with a gift of Coach Topia bags.

  • How many campuses and nations participate in the Millennium Fellowship?

    Over 280 campuses in 48 nations participate in the Millennium Fellowship.

  • What were some themes discussed in the town hall?

    Themes included leadership, sustainability, empathy, teamwork, and impact of student-led projects on global issues.

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    congrats once again to the Millennium
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    class of 2024 class of 2024 and my name
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    is s my name is Sonia people like you
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    want and deserve a seat at the table
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    this is one of my favorite events to
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    join every year I'm wishing you all the
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    very best hi class of 2024 welcome to
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    the global town hall for the Millennium
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    Fellowship my name is Genesis wiy streer
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    I'm a millennium fellow in a sophomore
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    at Pace University in the heart of New
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    York City where I'm diving into my
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    passion for English I'm absolutely
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    thrilled to be a part of this year's
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    amazing group of Millennium fellows to
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    join this community of global Scholars
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    we're about to kick off a semester full
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    of incredible learning experiences
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    connecting with Millennium fellows and
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    cohorts at more than 280 campuses in 48
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    Nations around the world studying in New
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    York has shown me just how powerful a
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    strong Community can be and I'm super
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    excited to hear about where you all are
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    tuning in from
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    [Music]
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    I'm seeing a lot of Nigeria a lot of
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    Bangladesh Spain
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    NYU wow this year we have over 4,000
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    fellow strong and it's so exciting to
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    see so many of you here today the energy
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    is already amazing and I see that there
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    are over a thousand students already
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    participating let's keep that number
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    climbing we've got great fellows from
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    every corner of the globe today so let's
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    take a moment to hear from some of you
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    in the
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    chat it's it's going a lot there's so
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    many people here um a lot of India a lot
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    of
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    Nigeria yeah it's going great thank you
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    so much for sharing all right guys we
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    have an amazing video for you guys and
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    it's about to play in a couple seconds
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    enjoy
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    [Music]
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    name
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    Ian and I am a first year student ATA
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    University of Science and Technology in
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    GH today I am excited and honored to
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    share with you that I've been selected
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    as one of the 4,000 plus fellows for
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    this year's Millennium Fellowship hello
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    everyone Namaste I am Singh I'm from
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    India and I'm a third-year student at
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    lady sham college for women University
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    of Delhi I'm deeply grateful to inform
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    to every one of you that I've been
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    selected as one of the 5,000 plus
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    Millennium fellows out of a cohort of
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    50,000 plus applicants worldwide I'm Tru
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    and excited and honored to be among the
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    5,000 plus fellows selected from a large
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    pool of 50,000 for the Millennium
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    fellowship program I'm Asam K from
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    Uganda
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    student from M University and I'm very
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    serly to hon and excited to be among the
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    5,000 students selected I believe that
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    my fellowship at the Millennium campus
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    will help me get the right exposure to
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    amplify my impact I am very much excited
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    to work alongside my peers and I'm
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    deeply grateful to the Millennium campus
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    Network and United Nations academ make
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    impact for this opportunity my project
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    focuses on providing quality Early
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    childood Education I'm excited to
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    enhance my leadership and interpersonal
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    skills I also build a strong foundation
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    for me to grow and make impact in my
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    community I'm truly excited to grow and
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    network with my kids hello my name is
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    Francis I came from Shanghai and I am
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    really stoud to be committed to this
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    Millennium fellowship and being selected
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    as one of those 5,000 students I feel
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    really honored and my program is uh
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    based on the sustainability of the
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    unemployment R in Asia and also in Mana
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    region and I'm deeply grateful to the
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    Millennium campus Network and United
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    Nation's academic impact for this
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    opportunity thank you so much namaskar
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    I'm also grateful for the Millennium
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    campus Network and the United Nations
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    academic impact for supporting me and
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    other fellows around the world so I'm
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    honored to be selected one of one of
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    those Camp's leaders and I will try my
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    best to organize activities and to my
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    part wow that was such an incredible
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    video and a message from our incoming
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    fellows their enthusiasm is absolutely
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    contagious and I know it's only the
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    beginning of amazing things we are going
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    to see from them this year hey everyone
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    my name is n and I'm one of the program
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    coordinators as well as a proud
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    Millennium fellow from the class of 2022
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    first off a huge shout out to each and
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    every one of you uh present here for the
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    incredible work that you have put in and
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    the work that you're doing so your
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    energy your drive and your passion it's
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    all absolutely electric and it's what
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    makes the fellowship so special we want
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    to hear more more from you if you're
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    feeling inspired or have something to
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    share with our community I encourage you
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    to send in short video clips to us we'll
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    be featuring them across all our social
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    media channels so this is your chance to
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    shine and like share your journey with
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    the world so now it's my pleasure to
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    introduce Sam vear our executive
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    director who will be speaking on behalf
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    of Millennium campus Network Sam has
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    been a guiding force in our mov movement
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    and I'm sure you'll be inspired by what
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    he has to share today over to you Sam
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    thank you nanica and hi Millennium
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    fellows my name is Sam vagar my pronouns
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    are he and him and this is my 17th year
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    with Millennium campus Network
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    MCN let me start by saying thank you
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    thank you for your Civic leadership to
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    make the sustainable development goals
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    and unai principles reality the world
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    needs your
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    leadership exactly two decades ago in
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    August 2004 I was moving into my first
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    dorm room at brandise University near
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    Boston I had no idea what to expect a
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    mix of fear nervousness and enthusiasm
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    catapulted me through that dorm room
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    door at the time I actually felt
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    lonely I thought about four years of
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    high school in which I felt like an
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    Outsider and wondered if my
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    undergraduate experience would be
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    another lonely 4 years for any of you
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    who are introverts like me you may know
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    this feeling I was also disillusioned
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    with a fundamentally unjust World
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    sitting alone I wondered why am I here
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    why are we here what is our purpose I
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    certainly hadn't found mine yet but I
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    drew Hope from two sources
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    community and
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    education community and
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    Education First on community I took the
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    leap to reach out of my comfort zone and
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    build friendships on campus and we ended
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    up co-founding MCN in our dorm rooms our
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    first social impact events were very
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    small we struggled to get people to show
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    up if you ever wonder if your small acts
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    make a difference you should know that
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    you the thousands of Millennium fellows
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    convening together to today that this
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    program started over a decade ago with
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    an inaugural class of just 11 Millennium
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    fellows change often starts
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    small on education Millennium fellows I
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    learned that education happens both
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    inside and outside the classroom I read
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    two books as an undergraduate that
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    changed my life the book mountains
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    Beyond mountains told me the story of
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    Paul Farmer who stole Medical flies from
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    Harvard brought them to Haiti
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    volunteered and became a doctor working
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    for 35 years in a dozen countries to
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    help shape the movement for Public
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    Health Equity I then read the end of
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    poverty by The Economist Jeffrey Sachs
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    at the End of This Book was a checklist
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    eight steps every person could take
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    locally to do their part to make the
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    global goals reality reaching out beyond
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    the classroom gave these books special
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    meaning friends and I reached out to
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    these leaders I mentioned and learned
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    how to build relationships and networks
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    for
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    Progress the combination of community
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    and education and action completely
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    Chang the course of my life knowing how
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    difficult it can be and how lonely it
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    can be to try and make a difference we
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    want to ensure every Millennium fellow
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    has access to community and experiential
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    education to support your own Civic
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    leadership for a more just
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    sustainable world the choice to spend
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    these next four months advancing your
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    Millennium Fellowship initiatives are
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    exercises in hope hope in what can work
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    hope in affirming human dignity hope in
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    protecting our environment hope in what
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    is possible when we collectively Focus
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    leadership on what matters
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    most your fellowship project
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    from setting up Community Farms to
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    tackle food insecurity and campaigns to
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    reduce stigma around mental health to
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    solar energy projects to provide
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    electricity to community members will
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    make a difference as you engage please
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    keep mcan's core values empathy humility
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    and inclusion front of Mind rooting
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    these values in your daily leadership
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    can make all the difference and how you
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    show up for yourselves and each other
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    being respectful and supportive if
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    another fellow needs help creating an
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    environment free from harassment and
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    discrimination building enabling
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    environments to learn together in
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    cohorts on campuses and virtually in
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    webinars with fellows worldwide your
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    actions can Inspire massive amounts of
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    Hope in each other as well if you are
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    ready to begin your Millennium
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    Fellowship journey to grow as Leaders to
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    be Discerning to take formed action and
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    reflect along the way and to inspire and
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    share hope in what is possible I want to
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    invite each of you to type one word into
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    the chat right now
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    hope I want to invite each of you to
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    share that one word in the chat right
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    now Millennium
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    fellows as you can see this is a
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    movement thank you Millennium fellows
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    for bringing the
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    hope we at MCN can't support you alone
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    we know there's significant need for
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    more Partners to meaningfully support
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    you too and that is why I am so thrilled
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    to be joined today with MC's longtime
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    partner on the Millennium Fellowship the
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    United Nations academic impact since our
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    partnership commenced in 2018 more than
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    11,000 Millennium fellows have
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    participated 87% of Fellowship alumni
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    now employed report working in social
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    impact careers sustaining their
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    commitments to the sg's
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    postgraduation there are so many facets
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    of the UN system and the one most
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    meaningful to me the one that personally
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    gives me deep hope is UN
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    AI together we are supporting each of
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    you Millennium fellows and we are so
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    grateful to count on this Visionary
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    Discerning team as collaborators we are
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    joined to today by jri Sarah Wyatt the
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    chief of Education Outreach at the
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    United Nations Department of Global
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    Communications jri thank you to you and
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    the team at una for your partnership
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    welcome and the floor is yours thank you
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    so much Sam it is so great to be here
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    this is honestly one of my favorite
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    events to join every year I absolutely
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    am the biggest cheer leader for the
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    Millennium Fellowship
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    initiative as Sam said my name is gri
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    Wyatt I'm the chief of Education
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    Outreach in the United Nations
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    Department of Global
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    Communications I oversee the United
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    Nations academic impact initiative and
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    we work with over 1,600 universities in
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    over 100 and 50 countries
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    worldwide we work with those
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    universities to align their teaching
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    their research and their Community
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    engagement and Partnerships with the
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    sustainable development goals and with
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    the principles of the United Nations and
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    we hope that each of you will go to your
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    University administrations and if they
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    don't already belong to the UNA we hope
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    that you will convince them through the
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    powers of your influence and energy to
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    join the unai and Sam will share that
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    information with you I just want to
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    briefly touch on why this partnership is
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    so important not only to me personally
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    and our team but to the United Nations
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    itself we partnered in
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    2018 with the Millennium Fellowship
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    which is part of the Millennium campus
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    Network and we did this because we
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    recognized that this unique initiative
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    it unlocks and it unleashes the power
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    the energy the creative Force the
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    passion the vision and the leadership of
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    young burining scholars you are the
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    leaders of the future and that is why we
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    are in this game with you we support you
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    we are cheering for you we want you to
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    have a voice and we want you to have a
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    place at the table a millennium
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    Fellowship initi itive is a
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    manifestation and a demonstration of the
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    United Nations commitment to young
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    people across the globe so I
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    congratulate each and every one of you
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    all 4,000 plus Millennium fellows from
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    over 280 campuses in over 48 Nations
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    this is just an incredible class of
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    2024
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    friends as the Secretary General of the
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    US has recently noted we're living in
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    extremely difficult times conflicts are
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    raging tensions are rising our planet is
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    burning humanitarian needs are at an
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    all-time high human rights are under
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    Relentless assault hate speech
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    misinformation and disinformation spread
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    like wildfire on social media more than
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    ever we need Global solidarity and we
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    need the United Nations but
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    as the Secretary General recently noted
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    the United Nations needs young people
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    with your energy creativity courage and
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    commitment so what do you need in this
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    journey this amazing semester and this
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    incredible pro project that you're each
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    undertaking you need courage you need
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    courage to complete this incredible
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    journey because believe me as Sam was
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    saying when he started out in his dorm
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    room it was just the beginning this is a
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    lifetime journey of social impact as Sam
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    also said you need
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    humility you need to remember that you
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    may not have every
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    answer to every question and to every
  • 00:16:48
    challenge turn to your community that's
  • 00:16:51
    what this community is all about you
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    need that Spirit of togetherness of
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    community of Oneness of inclusion you
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    have to collaborate no person is an
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    island you are so much stronger when you
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    work together you need
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    tenacity because you will face
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    challenges but if things were always
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    simple there wouldn't be the chance to
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    learn and to search for the right answer
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    for the highest truth and how you can
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    manifest that and last but not least I
  • 00:17:29
    Echo Sam again and say you must always
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    maintain an
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    orientation an inner and outer
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    orientation of Hope to accompany you on
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    this journey to never give up on what
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    you can accomplish because you are the
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    United Nations the United Nations
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    Charter does not read we the governments
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    of the United Nations no it reads we the
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    peoples of the United Nations so
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    understand as you take on these projects
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    as you are working in your social impact
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    areas you are actually the United
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    Nations in action and that is so on
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    point with this year's theme
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    sustainability in action so let me leave
  • 00:18:25
    you with this one thought by Mark me she
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    was an American Anthropologist and I
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    take inspiration from her all the time
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    and she said never doubt that a small
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    group of thoughtful committed citizens
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    can change the world indeed it is the
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    only thing that ever
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    has thank
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    you thank you so much jri thank you so
  • 00:18:54
    much for reforming the need to be more
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    collaborative more empathetic more
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    humble as we are all in this fight
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    together at the height of probably all
  • 00:19:06
    of us being caught in despair that
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    nothing is being done thank you for for
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    the hope that it builds and on a
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    personal not as a person who also loves
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    Margaret me thank you so much for
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    sharing that particular Cote I think
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    that was a Margaret me was a first uh
  • 00:19:22
    fale Anthropologist I read thank you so
  • 00:19:25
    much for that um thank you for such such
  • 00:19:29
    inspiring inspiring remarks I have no
  • 00:19:32
    doubt that all of us including the
  • 00:19:34
    upcoming class of Millennium Fellowship
  • 00:19:37
    a class of 2024 they are also inspired
  • 00:19:40
    as they begin to navigate this this
  • 00:19:43
    beautiful empowering Arena of social
  • 00:19:46
    impact and social
  • 00:19:47
    change also for all of us who are
  • 00:19:50
    joining us right now um you can follow
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    United Nations academic impact on
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    LinkedIn X or formally Twitter Facebook
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    and on their YouTube channel you can
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    also follow Millennium campus Network on
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    social media if you haven't done so
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    already can follow us on LinkedIn
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    Instagram Facebook again X or formly
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    Twitter at MCN pathas the links are
  • 00:20:14
    being shared right now in the chat box
  • 00:20:16
    as I speak congratulations again to the
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    Millennium Fellowship class of
  • 00:20:22
    2024 I'm adri jash she one of the
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    program coordinators for the Millennium
  • 00:20:28
    campus netw joining in from India and
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    I'm so excited and thrilled to learn
  • 00:20:33
    from you about you and your vision for
  • 00:20:36
    social impact and social change so I
  • 00:20:39
    think it's high time we get to know each
  • 00:20:41
    other a little bit better now you've
  • 00:20:43
    been hearing from us throughout this
  • 00:20:45
    town hall for the last 30 40ish minutes
  • 00:20:48
    I think we can um hear from hear from
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    you on your chat boxes you'll be seeing
  • 00:20:54
    a link to M Maita you can click on that
  • 00:20:58
    link that you can see on your chat boxes
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    and answer this one prompt in one word
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    what does social impact mean to you and
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    as we all wait for you to respond let me
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    turn to you Genesis what does social
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    impact mean to
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    you I think social impact means
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    community and really just being able to
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    work with one another to create
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    something that can help push us forward
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    as a society and I think that the
  • 00:21:26
    Millennium Fellowship is so good for
  • 00:21:28
    that in particular because all of us are
  • 00:21:30
    going to be working on our campuses with
  • 00:21:32
    our fellows and getting to know one
  • 00:21:34
    another meet new people and work towards
  • 00:21:37
    our own personalized goals but as a
  • 00:21:39
    whole we're all working together both on
  • 00:21:40
    our campuses and as a whole as
  • 00:21:43
    Millennium Fellowship there are so many
  • 00:21:45
    of us and I think that together we can
  • 00:21:47
    produce something that's so important
  • 00:21:48
    and
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    great absolutely I so agree um I can see
  • 00:21:55
    the word cloud filling up change
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    community and
  • 00:21:59
    inclusivity I think if you put all of
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    this in a one pager or put all of these
  • 00:22:04
    together in in a pot it's like the
  • 00:22:06
    perfect recipe for what social impact is
  • 00:22:09
    at the end of the day but yeah
  • 00:22:12
    collaboration hope love I think I think
  • 00:22:15
    we almost forget all the time how we
  • 00:22:17
    need to Center humanness and humanity
  • 00:22:21
    and whatever we do so I think love is
  • 00:22:23
    also very important um but I'll pass it
  • 00:22:25
    on to again Genesis what about the other
  • 00:22:27
    words that here that are speaking to you
  • 00:22:29
    the most honestly I think change it's
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    the biggest one on there but I think
  • 00:22:34
    it's so important because we're all
  • 00:22:36
    trying to push forward in our society I
  • 00:22:39
    think there are a lot of issues that can
  • 00:22:40
    arise when it comes to the political
  • 00:22:43
    aspects of where we're heading and the
  • 00:22:45
    Divide between personal beliefs and how
  • 00:22:48
    that kind of interplays into our
  • 00:22:49
    day-to-day lives but I think change is
  • 00:22:51
    just so important because we as the
  • 00:22:53
    youngest generation who's able to incite
  • 00:22:56
    change we can do so much
  • 00:22:59
    and I think that it's great that the
  • 00:23:00
    Millennium fellows who are participating
  • 00:23:02
    in this are also seeing
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    [Music]
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    that yeah no I absolutely agree
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    absolutely change is at the heart of of
  • 00:23:12
    social impact um but yeah it's we have
  • 00:23:16
    over 900 responses that is amazing thank
  • 00:23:19
    you so much for engaging with us in this
  • 00:23:22
    particular uh particular interactive
  • 00:23:24
    session if you are unable to use Mita
  • 00:23:28
    right now I think we can also reopen the
  • 00:23:31
    chat box a little bit later when you can
  • 00:23:34
    fill up your responses there as well but
  • 00:23:36
    for the time being I'll pass it over to
  • 00:23:38
    you jenesis to introduce the next
  • 00:23:40
    segment of this global town hall yes for
  • 00:23:44
    the next segment of the Town Hall we are
  • 00:23:47
    going to be moving into the alumni panel
  • 00:23:51
    um for this there's two amazing fellows
  • 00:23:55
    who are going to be part of this um we
  • 00:23:58
    have
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    sish who was joining us from Cornell
  • 00:24:01
    University and Selena from boy serus law
  • 00:24:03
    school sish and Selena do you want to
  • 00:24:05
    share something about your Millennium
  • 00:24:07
    Fellowship project and what you're
  • 00:24:08
    looking forward to in the fellowship
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    hello everyone my name is SES prau and
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    I'm from Corell University Welcome to
  • 00:24:15
    everyone from this cohort of Millennium
  • 00:24:18
    fellows and I extremely excited that we
  • 00:24:21
    all are here to make change and make
  • 00:24:24
    impact in the world my project focuses a
  • 00:24:27
    little bit on agriculture because I come
  • 00:24:29
    from India and agriculture is the
  • 00:24:32
    backbone of our economy however
  • 00:24:34
    pesticide inhalation debts are a huge
  • 00:24:36
    problem in the country and my project
  • 00:24:39
    aims to solve that in a more efficient
  • 00:24:42
    way by increasing awareness as well as
  • 00:24:44
    making sure that banning pesticides is a
  • 00:24:47
    policy issue with the governments of the
  • 00:24:49
    world I intend to create a stakeholder
  • 00:24:52
    conferences so that people can discuss
  • 00:24:55
    and make change this Fellowship brings
  • 00:24:58
    us all together in one the Synergy of us
  • 00:25:01
    is what makes change truly and now we
  • 00:25:06
    have Selena from Germany a very close
  • 00:25:08
    friend and another Millennium fellow of
  • 00:25:10
    this year hi Millennium fellows alums
  • 00:25:13
    and coordinators my name is Elina nna
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    and I'm one of the campus directors of
  • 00:25:17
    my cohort as well as co-organizer of the
  • 00:25:19
    climate law summer weekend which is
  • 00:25:21
    taking place for the first time in two
  • 00:25:23
    weeks I discovered the field of
  • 00:25:25
    education and climate law when I met a
  • 00:25:27
    small but Fierce group of older students
  • 00:25:29
    on our campus who were working to create
  • 00:25:32
    more educational opportunities for law
  • 00:25:34
    students interested in climate and
  • 00:25:36
    sustainability they had realized that
  • 00:25:38
    classes in this field were offered
  • 00:25:39
    rarely a phenomenon taking place not
  • 00:25:41
    only in our University but in a lot of
  • 00:25:44
    other German law faculties as well
  • 00:25:46
    climate change and climate protection
  • 00:25:48
    however are becoming increasingly
  • 00:25:50
    important topics for legal practitioners
  • 00:25:52
    regardless of whether they work as
  • 00:25:53
    lawyers in court in Academia or in the
  • 00:25:56
    administration their work as accompanied
  • 00:25:58
    by important and sometimes difficult
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    questions to answer how far does the
  • 00:26:02
    state's responsibility to protect its
  • 00:26:04
    citizens from climate change extend what
  • 00:26:07
    measures can and must it take which laws
  • 00:26:09
    need to be changed and which new ones
  • 00:26:11
    created what about discrimination and
  • 00:26:13
    climate protection and how far can
  • 00:26:15
    climate activism go with the aim of
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    creating an initial sense for the range
  • 00:26:19
    of topics climate protection touches
  • 00:26:21
    upon as well as getting more people
  • 00:26:23
    interested in its legal implications my
  • 00:26:26
    team and I were able to introduce a 4
  • 00:26:28
    day program this year called the climate
  • 00:26:30
    law Summer Weekend it offers students
  • 00:26:32
    from all across Germany the opportunity
  • 00:26:34
    to exchange ideas with the most renowned
  • 00:26:36
    legal Professionals in this field while
  • 00:26:38
    networking with their peers and
  • 00:26:39
    lecturers and learning more about their
  • 00:26:41
    career paths developing the project was
  • 00:26:44
    very rewarding for me but there were
  • 00:26:46
    many moments when I clearly felt my lack
  • 00:26:48
    of experience therefore I'm all the
  • 00:26:50
    happier that I was accepted to become a
  • 00:26:52
    millennium fellow this year the program
  • 00:26:54
    will give me and my cohort the
  • 00:26:56
    opportunity to ask all the questions
  • 00:26:58
    regarding project-based social impact
  • 00:26:59
    work as well as learning new skills and
  • 00:27:02
    competences to drive our concept forward
  • 00:27:04
    and just as much as I'm excited about
  • 00:27:06
    the course material I'm looking forward
  • 00:27:08
    getting to know the class of 2024 as
  • 00:27:10
    well as the already more experienced
  • 00:27:12
    Millennium fellows and the impressive
  • 00:27:14
    projects pursued by them one of the
  • 00:27:16
    people I'm very curious about is
  • 00:27:18
    Jeremiah Jeremiah your groundbreaking
  • 00:27:21
    work in environmental sustainability and
  • 00:27:23
    energy is remarkable how did your
  • 00:27:25
    experience in the Millennium Fellowship
  • 00:27:27
    shape or influence your
  • 00:27:30
    it's an absolute pleasure to be here
  • 00:27:32
    with you all today uh my name is j and
  • 00:27:35
    I'm a I'm proud to say that I'm a full
  • 00:27:38
    for Africa but just like you I want
  • 00:27:41
    start where you are now as a millennian
  • 00:27:43
    fellow I'm full of ambition and ready to
  • 00:27:45
    make a difference um back then I was
  • 00:27:49
    deeply into trying to see how I can
  • 00:27:51
    scale up my renewable energy project in
  • 00:27:53
    s and the Millennium Fellowship just
  • 00:27:56
    didn't give me a platform it's charged
  • 00:27:58
    my journey it was like being handed um a
  • 00:28:01
    key that unlocked a community of
  • 00:28:02
    likeminded change makers all passionate
  • 00:28:05
    about turning Big Ideas into tangible
  • 00:28:08
    impact the tools support connections
  • 00:28:11
    always there and it was exactly what I
  • 00:28:14
    needed um to scale up my vision for
  • 00:28:16
    sustainable energy for energy deprived
  • 00:28:18
    communities in seron as you kick off
  • 00:28:22
    your fellowship journey I want to
  • 00:28:23
    encourage you to take full advantage of
  • 00:28:25
    this opportunity push your boundaries
  • 00:28:27
    question assumptions and engage deeply
  • 00:28:30
    with your peers the friendship and
  • 00:28:32
    Partnerships you form here can be the
  • 00:28:34
    launch part for your project that will
  • 00:28:36
    change the world sustainability is no
  • 00:28:38
    more just a buzz word it's a call to
  • 00:28:41
    action whether you are focused on people
  • 00:28:43
    the planet or Prosperity your work is
  • 00:28:46
    part of the bigger movement towards a
  • 00:28:48
    more just and sustainable future so keep
  • 00:28:51
    asking yourself how can I turn what I
  • 00:28:53
    know into what I do thank you millenum
  • 00:28:55
    fellows for your dedication and a huge
  • 00:28:57
    shout out to MCN and the United Nation
  • 00:29:00
    academic impact for creating this
  • 00:29:02
    incredible space for us all to go and
  • 00:29:04
    Thrive I'm excited to see the impact of
  • 00:29:06
    all um that you go on to make and
  • 00:29:09
    congratulations again once more now it B
  • 00:29:12
    so um you've been making wave in
  • 00:29:15
    environmental sustainability and each
  • 00:29:17
    advocacy how was your Millennium
  • 00:29:19
    Fellowship crucial towards what you
  • 00:29:21
    currently doing this
  • 00:29:23
    areas thank you Jeremiah hello everyone
  • 00:29:27
    I am
  • 00:29:28
    a millennium fellow alumnus and the
  • 00:29:30
    executive director of Grassroots to
  • 00:29:32
    Global sustain development Network and
  • 00:29:34
    it's a delight to have been invited as
  • 00:29:36
    his panelist to the global town hall
  • 00:29:38
    class of
  • 00:29:39
    2024 as a millennium fellow alumnos I
  • 00:29:42
    want to take this moment to commend and
  • 00:29:44
    appreciate s Vega for his commitment and
  • 00:29:47
    consistency in This Global event which
  • 00:29:50
    has c a dynamic experience for me and
  • 00:29:53
    has also contributed to the meaningful
  • 00:29:55
    action I take when it comes to the
  • 00:29:57
    sustainability space leading the project
  • 00:30:01
    I was um in my undergraduate days
  • 00:30:04
    actually buil some capacity and some
  • 00:30:06
    skills with me or in me that has led to
  • 00:30:09
    the meaningful work I carry out with my
  • 00:30:11
    NGO Grassroots to Global sustainable
  • 00:30:13
    development Network and I must say that
  • 00:30:16
    this period played a pivotal role for me
  • 00:30:18
    and was relevant in building those
  • 00:30:20
    skills and so I want to emplore you
  • 00:30:22
    class of 2024 to seize this moment in
  • 00:30:24
    building capacity and skills relevant to
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    advancing the work you would do post
  • 00:30:29
    your graduation and post this Fellowship
  • 00:30:32
    I'm wishing you all the very best as you
  • 00:30:34
    take action for the sustainable
  • 00:30:36
    prosperity of our people and our shared
  • 00:30:38
    Planet thank you and so to you Shreya I
  • 00:30:42
    know you also have been making great
  • 00:30:43
    strides in the area of environmental
  • 00:30:46
    sustainability especially leveraging
  • 00:30:48
    your research work could you briefly
  • 00:30:51
    show your work in climate environment
  • 00:30:54
    and share how you believe this new class
  • 00:30:57
    of
  • 00:30:58
    campus fellows can maximize their time
  • 00:31:01
    in the fellowship to elevate their
  • 00:31:03
    impact over to you Shrea thank you V hi
  • 00:31:06
    everyone it's so wonderful to be joining
  • 00:31:07
    all of you today I'm Shrea chy a fourth
  • 00:31:10
    year student at UC Berkeley and a
  • 00:31:12
    millennium fellow Alum from 2023 my
  • 00:31:15
    project for the Millennium Fellowship
  • 00:31:17
    was a course that I created and taught
  • 00:31:18
    at Berkeley called decolonizing
  • 00:31:20
    environmentalism the first of its kind
  • 00:31:22
    at Berkeley that directly addressed the
  • 00:31:24
    colonial roots of the climate crisis and
  • 00:31:26
    detailed potential climate solutions
  • 00:31:28
    from indigenous knowledge systems
  • 00:31:30
    globally I'm excited to see it grow
  • 00:31:33
    further this year with a larger team of
  • 00:31:34
    student teachers this project was only
  • 00:31:37
    possible through the Millennium
  • 00:31:38
    fellowship and it was instrumental to
  • 00:31:40
    grow the nonprofit that I founded and
  • 00:31:42
    run project pit which is dedicated to
  • 00:31:45
    building anti-colonial climate education
  • 00:31:48
    congratulations to the next class of
  • 00:31:50
    Millennium fellows this Fellowship is
  • 00:31:52
    such an incredible opportunity to
  • 00:31:54
    develop and grow your own project it
  • 00:31:56
    does go by faster than you would expect
  • 00:31:58
    however so my advice for maximizing your
  • 00:32:01
    time for elevating your impact will be
  • 00:32:03
    to have a clear plan set with specific
  • 00:32:05
    deadlines for yourself before you begin
  • 00:32:07
    your fellowship I found it especially
  • 00:32:09
    helpful to block specific hours within
  • 00:32:12
    my weekly schedule that was dedicated to
  • 00:32:14
    working on the fellowship congrats once
  • 00:32:17
    again to the Millennium class of 2024
  • 00:32:19
    I'm so excited to see everything that
  • 00:32:21
    each of you will accomplish wishing you
  • 00:32:23
    all the best in embarking in your
  • 00:32:24
    fellowship journey and have fun as we're
  • 00:32:26
    talking so much about sustainability and
  • 00:32:28
    environment I just want to say I want to
  • 00:32:31
    bring up Victory ashaka he's Millennium
  • 00:32:33
    fellow alumni and the spoken word poet
  • 00:32:35
    and the youth advocate for the young
  • 00:32:37
    people's action team in the at
  • 00:32:39
    generation
  • 00:32:41
    UNICEF dear human race behold the
  • 00:32:44
    terrain of History to know that our word
  • 00:32:47
    has no neutral story from life on earth
  • 00:32:49
    and the ecos system on this planet we
  • 00:32:52
    are living our cbon footprint like a
  • 00:32:54
    giant car and ignoring the warnings
  • 00:32:56
    chaos and instability so far every day
  • 00:32:59
    we see the data and statistics piling up
  • 00:33:02
    highe yet we easily turn a blind eye
  • 00:33:04
    despite being faced with the aura of
  • 00:33:06
    climate change that the oppressed and
  • 00:33:08
    poor musl beard abro the social
  • 00:33:10
    impediment is right before our eyes cuz
  • 00:33:12
    we refuse to realize that this fight
  • 00:33:15
    isn't just to gratify nature but to
  • 00:33:17
    preserve creatures for the future from
  • 00:33:19
    drought in Africa to World fires in
  • 00:33:22
    Australia from volcanic eruption in
  • 00:33:24
    Europe to flooding in Asia from dry
  • 00:33:27
    corridors in Central America to
  • 00:33:29
    hurricane in Hawai Hulu Philippines and
  • 00:33:32
    the pacifics global warming has swept
  • 00:33:35
    through actors of land killed millions
  • 00:33:37
    of people and billions of native animals
  • 00:33:39
    rais entire communities to the ground
  • 00:33:41
    taken the homes of numerous families and
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    left millions of people choked in
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    hazardous Smokey a and greenhouse gases
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    some species and ecosystem may never
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    recover from Extinction the world is
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    burning and we as descendants of this
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    era must rise to rescue our ident from
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    Human FES nature exists so that we may
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    exist along with it but this Global
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    crisis is swiftly becoming the world's
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    biggest catastrophy with disastrous
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    rling effects life on Earth is
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    ecologically regressive through burning
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    coals that melt upon the surface of
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    glaciers and Ice shars polluting the
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    Artic Air of a colorful summer winter
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    Autumn and spring none of this is
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    ascribed to either the white or block
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    rich or poor small or great but all of
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    humankind our Lifeline of renewable
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    energy is not not extending fast enough
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    we must turn away from the energy of
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    foral f the energy of death destruction
  • 00:34:33
    and Casualty towards clean affordable
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    and renewable the energy of life and
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    sustainability oing climate Justice is
  • 00:34:40
    what the world requires and time is a
  • 00:34:42
    currency to purchase our desires with
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    sanitation comes sanity for a healthy
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    living to Transit from being aart from
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    nature to being a part of nature the
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    world has a deadline let's turn into a
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    Lifeline gear human race let's protect
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    our biodiversity arise all black and
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    white and yellow and brown and red stop
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    deforestation rainforest can be ca
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    forever and anything we can't do forever
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    is unsustainable let's Embrace tree
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    planting for good breathing the
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    Intriguing thing about truth is although
  • 00:35:11
    it can be denied but can never be
  • 00:35:13
    avoided much attention is paid to ice is
  • 00:35:16
    with less than none to why the ice is
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    melting oceans are rising creators are
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    dying carbon level is heat scrapping
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    braise yourselves to draw a line to
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    fight without leing a sword to get never
  • 00:35:27
    leaving no one behind for his
  • 00:35:29
    sustainable
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    world but uh thank you so much victory
  • 00:35:34
    for your for your words uh they I think
  • 00:35:37
    they resonated deeply with everyone in
  • 00:35:38
    the room at this point I want to shift
  • 00:35:41
    this conversation uh turn it over to uh
  • 00:35:44
    Partners at coach Foundation who will be
  • 00:35:46
    sharing uh a few updates with us so uh
  • 00:35:51
    Rachel and darel I'll hand it over to
  • 00:35:54
    you thank you hello everyone
  • 00:35:58
    I want to Echo the numerous people who'
  • 00:36:00
    have already said this but
  • 00:36:01
    congratulations to the class of 2024 I'm
  • 00:36:04
    a firm believer in that you should
  • 00:36:05
    celebrate things no matter how big or
  • 00:36:07
    small so I'd love to know in the chat
  • 00:36:09
    how people plan to celebrate their
  • 00:36:11
    acceptance into this program um how
  • 00:36:14
    they're feeling would basically a Vibe
  • 00:36:17
    check and while you're doing that I'll
  • 00:36:19
    introduce myself um my name is darel I'm
  • 00:36:22
    the manager of the coach Foundation
  • 00:36:24
    where I have the privilege of supporting
  • 00:36:26
    students around the world as a pursue
  • 00:36:27
    their dreams oh I've got some
  • 00:36:32
    answers great great thank you all for
  • 00:36:34
    giving me the vibe chat um a little bit
  • 00:36:36
    background on the coach foundation so
  • 00:36:38
    we're the philanthropic arm of coach and
  • 00:36:40
    our mission is to create opportunities
  • 00:36:42
    and remove barriers for the next
  • 00:36:43
    generation of young people who have the
  • 00:36:45
    courage to dream at real through our
  • 00:36:47
    signature initiative dream at real we
  • 00:36:49
    focus on partnering with nonprofit
  • 00:36:51
    organizations globally to fund
  • 00:36:53
    scholarships and provide pivotal
  • 00:36:55
    resources for young people inclusive of
  • 00:36:57
    mentor ship opportunities career
  • 00:36:58
    workshops College advising and way more
  • 00:37:01
    we funded over 5,000 scholarships to
  • 00:37:03
    support historically underrepresented
  • 00:37:05
    Youth and we've since updated our
  • 00:37:07
    commitment to now fund 10,000
  • 00:37:08
    scholarships by 2030 I'm particularly
  • 00:37:11
    excited to be here today not only
  • 00:37:13
    because the MCM te is amazing to work
  • 00:37:15
    with but the coach foundation and
  • 00:37:18
    coach's sub brand focused on circular
  • 00:37:20
    craft coach Topia are launching a new
  • 00:37:22
    scholarship program with the Millennium
  • 00:37:24
    campus Network the coach dream at real
  • 00:37:26
    times coach topia scholarship program
  • 00:37:28
    supports undergraduate leaders from
  • 00:37:30
    historically underrepresented
  • 00:37:31
    communities who have a passion for
  • 00:37:33
    sustainability and are interested in
  • 00:37:35
    learning more about building a better
  • 00:37:36
    future for the planet towards a circular
  • 00:37:38
    economy as a member of Generation Z I
  • 00:37:41
    see firsthand the power of my peers and
  • 00:37:43
    the Next Generation possess and driving
  • 00:37:45
    enduring change by crafting a more
  • 00:37:47
    sustainable future and the coach
  • 00:37:48
    Foundation is excited to support them
  • 00:37:50
    while on their journey to achieving
  • 00:37:51
    their dreams we believe in the power of
  • 00:37:53
    community and understand that you go
  • 00:37:55
    farther than achieve more when you have
  • 00:37:57
    the resources you need to succeed and
  • 00:37:59
    also the people to help steer you so I'm
  • 00:38:01
    going to pass it to Rachel who will give
  • 00:38:03
    a little bit more about um the coach's
  • 00:38:05
    commitment to youth Le climate
  • 00:38:08
    Solutions thank you Darielle hi everyone
  • 00:38:11
    my name is Rachel and I am the marketing
  • 00:38:13
    Community lead on Coach Topia I am
  • 00:38:16
    excited to have this opportunity to
  • 00:38:18
    speak to you all today to Echo Dariel we
  • 00:38:21
    are so inspired by some of the work you
  • 00:38:23
    and your peers are doing within your
  • 00:38:25
    different studies for those of you who
  • 00:38:28
    are not familiar with Coach Topia coach
  • 00:38:30
    Topia is a sub brand of coach in fact it
  • 00:38:34
    is the first sub brand in over 80 years
  • 00:38:37
    of Heritage which we launched in April
  • 00:38:40
    2023 after 2 years of
  • 00:38:43
    incubation copia is a new world of
  • 00:38:45
    circular craft powered by Community with
  • 00:38:48
    the mission to transform Fashion's
  • 00:38:51
    impact on the planet and Pioneer
  • 00:38:53
    circularity within fashion through our
  • 00:38:56
    made Circ design philosophy coach Topia
  • 00:38:59
    reimagines the product life cycle from
  • 00:39:02
    the end to the beginning reducing the
  • 00:39:05
    creation of new materials by crafting
  • 00:39:08
    with waste and designing products that
  • 00:39:11
    can be reimagined remade and recycled to
  • 00:39:15
    live multiple lives Community has and
  • 00:39:19
    always will be at the core of everything
  • 00:39:22
    that we do within coach Topia since our
  • 00:39:25
    Inception we have collaborated on
  • 00:39:26
    product
  • 00:39:27
    messaging and ideas with our Global beta
  • 00:39:30
    community of gen Z designers thinkers
  • 00:39:34
    makers and consumers because we know
  • 00:39:37
    that when it comes to building a better
  • 00:39:39
    future for our industry and planet
  • 00:39:41
    people like you want and deserve a seat
  • 00:39:44
    at the table we've also worked to
  • 00:39:47
    empower the next generation of climate
  • 00:39:49
    leaders through our coach Topia Catalyst
  • 00:39:51
    fund a set of initiatives that provides
  • 00:39:54
    direct funding to accelerate the work
  • 00:39:58
    of our genz climate leaders in our
  • 00:40:01
    community the scholarship program we've
  • 00:40:04
    launched in collaboration with the coach
  • 00:40:06
    foundation and Millennium campus Network
  • 00:40:08
    only reaffirms our commitment to
  • 00:40:11
    supporting the next generation of
  • 00:40:13
    sustainability leaders interested in
  • 00:40:15
    redesigning linear models to reflect a
  • 00:40:18
    more circular economy our first cohort
  • 00:40:21
    will receive a scholarship to continue
  • 00:40:23
    their education journey in addition to
  • 00:40:26
    receiving training webinar wears about
  • 00:40:28
    circularity and pioneering Innovation
  • 00:40:31
    and of course mentorship from some of
  • 00:40:34
    our coach Topia and ESG team members I
  • 00:40:38
    will now pass it to the Millennium
  • 00:40:39
    campus Network team to announce the
  • 00:40:41
    names of our Scholars
  • 00:40:43
    congratulations thank you Rachel thank
  • 00:40:46
    you Dariel uh it's been such an honor
  • 00:40:49
    and pleasure to partner with you both
  • 00:40:51
    and and your teams at the coach
  • 00:40:53
    foundation and Coach Topia I want to
  • 00:40:56
    Express gratitude as well to all the
  • 00:40:58
    applicants across our class of 2024 who
  • 00:41:01
    applied for this scholarship I know we
  • 00:41:03
    could only accept a small number in this
  • 00:41:05
    inaugural cohort and so for all who
  • 00:41:07
    applied we will make sure to create a
  • 00:41:10
    webinar specifically around how to
  • 00:41:12
    explore higher education scholarships
  • 00:41:14
    and fundraising for academic studies we
  • 00:41:17
    will also have an interactive day in
  • 00:41:19
    November to network virtually further
  • 00:41:21
    with the coach foundation and Coach
  • 00:41:23
    Topia teams and the 10
  • 00:41:25
    Scholars and now I want to take this
  • 00:41:28
    opportunity to celebrate the inaugural
  • 00:41:31
    cohort of the coach dream at real times
  • 00:41:34
    coach Topia Scholars these 10 Scholars
  • 00:41:37
    are part of the Millennium Fellowship
  • 00:41:39
    class of
  • 00:41:41
    2024 and you can see them on a on screen
  • 00:41:44
    in a slideshow now uh and so want to
  • 00:41:49
    celebrate and hope you all will
  • 00:41:51
    congratulate these 10 extraordinary
  • 00:41:54
    peers of yours fellows of yours uh who
  • 00:41:57
    have received this scholarship this
  • 00:42:00
    year a special
  • 00:42:03
    congratulations to namon turku from NYU
  • 00:42:08
    Shanghai Justice rhic from the
  • 00:42:10
    University of eldoret Kenya sarves pru
  • 00:42:14
    from Cornell
  • 00:42:16
    University Hina berei from nor Eastern
  • 00:42:20
    University Ahmed y from the Pakistan
  • 00:42:23
    Institute of engineering and applied
  • 00:42:26
    sciences Anushka Jane from University
  • 00:42:30
    College London
  • 00:42:31
    UCL Sonia ugona from V University of
  • 00:42:36
    Lagos Anin kbuk from Duke kunan
  • 00:42:41
    University and Hiba Ansari from Huron
  • 00:42:45
    University College at the University of
  • 00:42:48
    Western
  • 00:42:49
    Ontario congratulations to each of you
  • 00:42:53
    these inaugural coach the coach dream it
  • 00:42:56
    real times coach Topia Scholars and we
  • 00:42:59
    wanted to take 60 seconds each to hear
  • 00:43:02
    from two of the inaugural Scholars
  • 00:43:05
    Millennium fellows namon and Sonia namon
  • 00:43:08
    first over to you welcome the floor is
  • 00:43:13
    yours oh thank you Sam so um hello
  • 00:43:16
    everyone I'm deeply honored to stand
  • 00:43:19
    before you today on behalf of my fellow
  • 00:43:21
    kapia Scholars and my name is nam and
  • 00:43:24
    I'm a Soper at New York University Shang
  • 00:43:27
    hi first of all I want to extend my
  • 00:43:29
    heartful thanks to the coach foundation
  • 00:43:31
    and Millennium campus Network for
  • 00:43:34
    investing in US believing in our
  • 00:43:35
    potential and supporting our journey
  • 00:43:37
    toward sustainable future I come from
  • 00:43:40
    nomatic background in Mongolia where the
  • 00:43:42
    principles of sustainably and living in
  • 00:43:44
    harmony with nature have been way of
  • 00:43:46
    life for Generations growing up in this
  • 00:43:49
    environment inspired me to develop a
  • 00:43:51
    deep respect for our planet and Spark my
  • 00:43:53
    passion for sustainability which is I'm
  • 00:43:56
    here today this scholarship is more than
  • 00:43:59
    just a financial support it's a gateway
  • 00:44:01
    to our dreams connecting diverse hurts
  • 00:44:03
    from all around the world it impos all
  • 00:44:06
    of this turn our ideas into reality and
  • 00:44:10
    take B steps towards creating a circular
  • 00:44:12
    economy for many of us this is a chance
  • 00:44:15
    to expand our voices and make meaningful
  • 00:44:17
    impact on the world above all it is an
  • 00:44:20
    investment in our potential our
  • 00:44:22
    creativity and our shared vision of a
  • 00:44:24
    sustainable future I believe that that
  • 00:44:27
    with creativity and with strong passion
  • 00:44:29
    and a collaborative approach we can find
  • 00:44:32
    solution to any challenge I am beyond
  • 00:44:34
    grateful to be part of this program
  • 00:44:36
    where we not only explore innovative
  • 00:44:38
    solutions but also take immediate action
  • 00:44:41
    to make a positive impact in our
  • 00:44:43
    community as we move forward on this
  • 00:44:45
    journey let's remember that every small
  • 00:44:48
    step can lead to significant change
  • 00:44:50
    together we have the superpower to make
  • 00:44:52
    a Major Impact in this world thank you
  • 00:44:54
    for your trust and your support and for
  • 00:44:57
    for studying with us in this Mission and
  • 00:45:00
    now I'm passing it over to Sonia from
  • 00:45:02
    Nigeria who's also a coach dreamid and
  • 00:45:05
    Coach topio scholar let's welcome her to
  • 00:45:07
    the stage thank you very much namon
  • 00:45:10
    hello everyone my name is Sonia and I a
  • 00:45:13
    foure student at the University of Lagos
  • 00:45:16
    Nigeria first I want to express my
  • 00:45:18
    sincere appreciation to the Millennium
  • 00:45:20
    campus Network and the coach foundation
  • 00:45:22
    for creating this incredible opportunity
  • 00:45:25
    for young people to engage in able
  • 00:45:27
    action after months of eagly waiting I
  • 00:45:29
    was overjoyed to receive not just one
  • 00:45:32
    but two emails announcing my acceptance
  • 00:45:34
    into the class of 2024 and my selection
  • 00:45:36
    as a 2024 coach Dre real times coach
  • 00:45:40
    Topia scholar growing up in lakos I
  • 00:45:42
    witnessed firstand the devastating
  • 00:45:44
    effects of environmental dation and for
  • 00:45:46
    15 years I experienced the harsh
  • 00:45:48
    realities of uran Floren Nature's
  • 00:45:50
    response to unsustainable practices this
  • 00:45:53
    experiences profound profoundly shaped
  • 00:45:56
    my passion for Environmental Protection
  • 00:45:58
    and set me on a path to discover my true
  • 00:46:00
    Po and today I am driven by vision of a
  • 00:46:03
    sustainable world where human activities
  • 00:46:05
    harmonize with nature and I am committed
  • 00:46:07
    to creating a wtre world where every
  • 00:46:09
    resource is Val used judiciously and
  • 00:46:12
    return to the environment we care this
  • 00:46:14
    scholarship specifically but the
  • 00:46:16
    Millennium Fellowship more generally is
  • 00:46:18
    a vital step in advancing this mission
  • 00:46:20
    in Vegas which is the most popular city
  • 00:46:23
    in Africa and where and among the
  • 00:46:25
    vibrant youth demograph trffic in
  • 00:46:27
    Nigeria I firmly believe in the
  • 00:46:29
    transformative power of young people our
  • 00:46:32
    vision passion and potential this
  • 00:46:34
    scholarship will support and enhance our
  • 00:46:36
    ability to inspire behavioral change
  • 00:46:38
    promote a circular economy and work
  • 00:46:41
    towards a shared vision of
  • 00:46:42
    sustainability I'm excited to qu lasting
  • 00:46:45
    impact alongside my campus fellows here
  • 00:46:47
    at the University of Vegas and with
  • 00:46:49
    fellows from around the world I look
  • 00:46:51
    forward to learning from and
  • 00:46:52
    collaborating with you all as we amplify
  • 00:46:55
    the MCN mission of changing the world
  • 00:46:57
    one person at a time we the Young
  • 00:47:00
    Generation are the generation for action
  • 00:47:02
    and we can and we will make a difference
  • 00:47:05
    on behalf of the 2024 coach Dre real
  • 00:47:07
    time Co bers I want to extend a
  • 00:47:10
    heartfelt thank you to the coach
  • 00:47:12
    foundation and the Millennium campus
  • 00:47:14
    Network for this
  • 00:47:15
    incredible we are eager to shine the
  • 00:47:18
    light in our communities and make you
  • 00:47:19
    proud thank you very much now I'm
  • 00:47:22
    passing it over to Sam Ed of the MCN
  • 00:47:24
    over to you Sam
  • 00:47:27
    thank you so much namon and Sonia for
  • 00:47:29
    sharing congratulations to the inaugural
  • 00:47:32
    Scholars and with our deep gratitude to
  • 00:47:35
    the coach foundation and Coach Topia for
  • 00:47:39
    your support for being with us today and
  • 00:47:41
    partnering with us and we're always
  • 00:47:43
    looking for these aligned partners and
  • 00:47:45
    we're so excited to build with you both
  • 00:47:49
    and I think Rachel before you go I think
  • 00:47:53
    Rachel has a surprise for millennium
  • 00:47:55
    fellows tuning in around the world so
  • 00:47:59
    Rachel back over to you yes thank you
  • 00:48:02
    Sam we see firsthand how pivotal the
  • 00:48:05
    work Millennium campus network does to
  • 00:48:08
    cultivate each of your Journeys and
  • 00:48:10
    leadership as a small thank you we are
  • 00:48:13
    gifting each one of you a coach Topia
  • 00:48:16
    bag we hope you enjoy it wear it well
  • 00:48:20
    and when it comes time to give it
  • 00:48:23
    another life be sure to keep be sure to
  • 00:48:26
    keep keep it out of landfill the coach
  • 00:48:29
    Topia team and I encourage each and
  • 00:48:31
    every one of you to continue taking
  • 00:48:33
    steps to following your dreams and
  • 00:48:36
    building the future that you want to see
  • 00:48:39
    good luck to each of you as you begin
  • 00:48:41
    your fall semester thanks everyone wow I
  • 00:48:45
    what a surprise I feel like every
  • 00:48:47
    Millennium fellow in the chat is
  • 00:48:48
    literally losing it over this amazing
  • 00:48:51
    surprise I know that all of us are super
  • 00:48:54
    excited um it's only right that we now
  • 00:48:56
    hear from some the incoming Millennium
  • 00:48:57
    fellows in the program alumni but before
  • 00:49:05
    that I want to just say thank you so
  • 00:49:07
    much to all of the fellow all of the
  • 00:49:09
    alumni who came and talked to all of us
  • 00:49:11
    today and coach for giving us this
  • 00:49:13
    amazing
  • 00:49:15
    gift thank you so much Samuel and thank
  • 00:49:18
    you everyone for joining us today for
  • 00:49:20
    the global town hall I'm thrilled to be
  • 00:49:21
    a part of this incoming Community it has
  • 00:49:23
    been so incredible to learn and hear
  • 00:49:25
    from all of you today
  • 00:49:27
    as Samuel will I'm going to pass it off
  • 00:49:30
    to you now to speak right before we end
  • 00:49:32
    off thank you so much uh Jen uh thank
  • 00:49:35
    you so much for um thank you so much
  • 00:49:38
    coach thank you so much for this amazing
  • 00:49:40
    surprise I think it just made all our
  • 00:49:43
    days thank you so much and so now that
  • 00:49:46
    we are in the middle of talking about
  • 00:49:49
    sustainability and for a sustainable
  • 00:49:51
    future I think this gives us an amazing
  • 00:49:53
    moment to introduce the uh iium uh
  • 00:49:57
    Millennium oceans prize and I am um so
  • 00:50:02
    grateful uh to have this opportunity to
  • 00:50:05
    introduce the Millennium uh Millennium
  • 00:50:07
    oceans prize and for that I will pass it
  • 00:50:09
    on to uh to James thank you so much
  • 00:50:12
    Adria uh We've covered the Millennium
  • 00:50:15
    Fellowship over the last 15 minutes now
  • 00:50:16
    I want to speak about another one of
  • 00:50:18
    MC's cor cor programs 10 years ago MCN
  • 00:50:22
    made a commitment to support young
  • 00:50:24
    leaders passionate about the oceans to
  • 00:50:26
    together with the Rema Family Foundation
  • 00:50:28
    they launched the Millennium oceans
  • 00:50:29
    prize targeting and celebrating youth
  • 00:50:32
    activists who are advancing SG goal
  • 00:50:34
    number 14 Life Below water and are focus
  • 00:50:37
    on enriching the communities through
  • 00:50:39
    advancing marine and fresh water
  • 00:50:40
    conservation and sustainable use of
  • 00:50:42
    Marine Resources over the last decade
  • 00:50:45
    the prize has empowered impact from s
  • 00:50:47
    Leon to Haiti Ghana to India Ecuador to
  • 00:50:51
    Malaysia and many many more other
  • 00:50:54
    countries it is now my pleasure to
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    introduce
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    Mr Steven Fox from the Rema Family
  • 00:50:59
    Foundation to speak about our
  • 00:51:01
    partnership and to make a special
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    announcement about the 2024 10th
  • 00:51:04
    Millennium oceans prize Stephen over to
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    you thank you James hello Millennium
  • 00:51:12
    fellow my name is Stephen Fox I'm a
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    trustee of the Remer Family Foundation
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    supporting grants in the ocean space I'm
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    a prop a partner at propeller Ventures
  • 00:51:21
    which funds ocean climate startups and
  • 00:51:23
    I'm just a overall huge ocean nerd uh
  • 00:51:27
    but most importantly I am thrilled to be
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    introducing this year's Millennium
  • 00:51:32
    oceans Prize winner a little bit of
  • 00:51:34
    background 10 years ago this prize
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    started as a niche it was the first
  • 00:51:39
    prize was given before
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    sg14 uh even existed um today there are
  • 00:51:46
    thousands of you Millennium fellows uh
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    supporting all of the SGS and I'd like
  • 00:51:51
    to think the oceans prize embodies much
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    of your theme for the year
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    sustainability and it is a place where
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    our planet is transforming and we can
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    take actions today to tangibly help
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    Coastal societies and economies thrive
  • 00:52:04
    in a changing world and heal uh and
  • 00:52:07
    sustain the health of our oceans and
  • 00:52:09
    coastlines to that end um we've had
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    another record-breaking year for the
  • 00:52:13
    oceans prize in quantity and quality of
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    applicants eager to push Solutions and
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    gather support for protecting our
  • 00:52:20
    oceans uh I often refer to the oceans as
  • 00:52:23
    the lungs of our planet I think it's
  • 00:52:25
    very easy to disassociate ourselves from
  • 00:52:27
    the ocean it's vast appears unvarying
  • 00:52:30
    and is largely Over the Horizon but we
  • 00:52:32
    live on an ocean planet 70% of our home
  • 00:52:36
    planet is the ocean and it does a heavy
  • 00:52:38
    lifting of keeping us cool recycling the
  • 00:52:41
    air we breathe and mitigating the
  • 00:52:43
    dramatic effects of climate change it is
  • 00:52:45
    also powerful and an intimidating
  • 00:52:48
    presence not for the faint of heart so
  • 00:52:50
    it gives me strength to know that many
  • 00:52:52
    of you have submitted for the prize in
  • 00:52:54
    the face of this unrelenting challenge
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    it's a important work it must get done
  • 00:52:58
    for our planet our
  • 00:53:00
    people uh planet people and penguins
  • 00:53:03
    penguins need the ocean and everybody
  • 00:53:05
    loves Penguins um so now on to the
  • 00:53:08
    prizes uh I'd like to dig in and
  • 00:53:10
    announce the winner but first thank you
  • 00:53:12
    to the Millennium campus Network and the
  • 00:53:13
    United Nations academic impact for
  • 00:53:15
    supporting and stewarding this prize
  • 00:53:17
    with tons of hard work this was an
  • 00:53:20
    intensely competitive year and we had so
  • 00:53:23
    many deserving applicants so the rer
  • 00:53:25
    Family Foundation is really happy to
  • 00:53:27
    announce that we will be supporting not
  • 00:53:28
    only one winner but two runner up Rises
  • 00:53:31
    this year the first time that we uh have
  • 00:53:34
    ever done that I believe um so without
  • 00:53:36
    further Ado I'd like to in to introduce
  • 00:53:38
    your first runnerup for the prize or
  • 00:53:40
    announce your first runner up for the
  • 00:53:41
    oceans prize and second runner up the
  • 00:53:43
    first runner up is Stephania Del of
  • 00:53:46
    anasto Riviera esqu Superior
  • 00:53:50
    polyn at her project mik Costa Stephania
  • 00:53:53
    has campaign to promote and enable
  • 00:53:55
    citizen science in Ecuador or will lead
  • 00:53:57
    to community solutions for Beach
  • 00:53:59
    conservation we're excited about her
  • 00:54:01
    data Centric approach with those Stephan
  • 00:54:04
    our second runner up I'm really excited
  • 00:54:08
    to announce is lonus anari of the
  • 00:54:10
    University of Nairobi and his project
  • 00:54:12
    Coral rescue line is's campaign to
  • 00:54:15
    create precise geospatial maps of the
  • 00:54:18
    state of coral reefs along a region of
  • 00:54:20
    the Kenyan Coast represents an exciting
  • 00:54:22
    opportunity to map the degradation of
  • 00:54:24
    these vital ocean assets and could be
  • 00:54:26
    replicated in communities like each of
  • 00:54:28
    yours thank you lonus for your great
  • 00:54:31
    work um and finally I won't keep you on
  • 00:54:34
    pins and needles um I'd like to
  • 00:54:37
    introduce your Millennium oceans Prize
  • 00:54:39
    winner for 2024 from Monash University
  • 00:54:42
    in Australia Bita gunawan and her
  • 00:54:44
    project diverses were thrilled for you
  • 00:54:48
    brijita I'm excited to introduce you so
  • 00:54:51
    you can teach everyone about your
  • 00:54:52
    campaign for ocean conf conservation
  • 00:54:54
    through open source Tech enabled
  • 00:54:56
    literacy congratulations once again uh R
  • 00:55:00
    can I hand it to
  • 00:55:02
    you yeah definitely um thanks so much
  • 00:55:05
    Stephen um thank you so much for this
  • 00:55:08
    opportunity once again I am beyond
  • 00:55:10
    thrill to be named the winner of this
  • 00:55:12
    year's Millennium motion prize and I'm
  • 00:55:14
    excited to be joining this community of
  • 00:55:16
    such passionate young leaders worldwide
  • 00:55:19
    I have seen the chat blow up and it's so
  • 00:55:22
    amazing to see the excitement in all of
  • 00:55:24
    you and to know that this prize is in
  • 00:55:26
    its 10th year it truly shows the
  • 00:55:28
    dedication and commitment that this
  • 00:55:31
    community has for Life Below water and
  • 00:55:33
    I'm immensely grateful for the Remer
  • 00:55:37
    Family Foundation and MCN as well for
  • 00:55:39
    giving me this opportunity to truly set
  • 00:55:41
    sail with my project diverses which is
  • 00:55:44
    really close to my heart it's an open-
  • 00:55:47
    Source asset for immersive ocean
  • 00:55:49
    literacy and we're using virtual reality
  • 00:55:51
    storytelling to enable connecting of
  • 00:55:54
    young minds with ocean conservation
  • 00:55:56
    leaders on the front lines it really is
  • 00:56:00
    refreshing to know that there are this
  • 00:56:02
    many people who care enough about the
  • 00:56:04
    ocean um and our planet to step up and
  • 00:56:07
    actually lead the change that they want
  • 00:56:08
    to see and to all the fellows over here
  • 00:56:12
    today tonight wherever you are in the
  • 00:56:14
    world I wish you the best of luck in
  • 00:56:16
    your journey ahead thank you so much
  • 00:56:19
    thank you Reta my heest congratulations
  • 00:56:21
    to the winners and to the class of
  • 00:56:23
    2024 your dedication and commitment to
  • 00:56:26
    creating social impact is truly
  • 00:56:28
    commendable hello everyone I'm Shireen
  • 00:56:31
    kalra a program coordinator at MCN and a
  • 00:56:34
    fellowship Alum from 2022 as we embark
  • 00:56:37
    on the semester long journey I'm sure
  • 00:56:40
    many of you would be wondering what lies
  • 00:56:42
    ahead let's explore what you can expect
  • 00:56:45
    from the Millennium Fellowship today
  • 00:56:47
    marks the official commencement of the
  • 00:56:49
    class of 2024 a journey that will unfold
  • 00:56:53
    to the end of November over the next 4
  • 00:56:55
    months all of you Millennium fellows
  • 00:56:58
    will engage in a series of exciting
  • 00:57:00
    activities meticulously designed to
  • 00:57:03
    equip you with the tools mindset and
  • 00:57:06
    knowledge needed to drive positive
  • 00:57:08
    change within your communities and
  • 00:57:10
    across the globe your Journey Begins by
  • 00:57:13
    connecting with the Millennium fellows
  • 00:57:15
    on your campus together you will
  • 00:57:17
    participate in six training sessions
  • 00:57:20
    these sessions will focus on scaling
  • 00:57:22
    your social impact as well as fostering
  • 00:57:24
    values of empathy humility and inclusion
  • 00:57:28
    as you actively work on your unique
  • 00:57:30
    projects advancing the SGS through the
  • 00:57:33
    semester you will get multiple chances
  • 00:57:36
    to convene in thought-provoking
  • 00:57:37
    discussions with like-minded fellows
  • 00:57:40
    challenge yourself while exploring
  • 00:57:42
    Pathways to meaningful careers in social
  • 00:57:45
    impact but that's not all as Millennium
  • 00:57:48
    fellows you will have an unparalleled
  • 00:57:50
    opportunity to engage with world leaders
  • 00:57:53
    change makers through global webinars
  • 00:57:56
    these sessions will broaden your
  • 00:57:58
    horizons and allow you to connect with
  • 00:58:00
    Visionaries at the Forefront of
  • 00:58:02
    sustainable development I would also
  • 00:58:04
    like to take this opportunity to
  • 00:58:06
    highlight some crucial submissions that
  • 00:58:08
    every fellow would need to look out for
  • 00:58:10
    during the next four months firstly
  • 00:58:13
    every fellow will need to complete the
  • 00:58:16
    program entrance survey by the end of
  • 00:58:18
    August which is essential for us to
  • 00:58:21
    understand your fellowship expectations
  • 00:58:23
    project goals after that the social
  • 00:58:25
    impact T in October is a video
  • 00:58:28
    submission to highlight the progress
  • 00:58:30
    that you've made so far with your
  • 00:58:32
    project as we approach the end of the
  • 00:58:34
    program in November you will need to
  • 00:58:36
    complete the program exit survey and the
  • 00:58:39
    project report this is a comprehensive
  • 00:58:41
    overview of your project and its impact
  • 00:58:45
    on 22nd November we convene as a
  • 00:58:48
    community to celebrate you and your work
  • 00:58:50
    in our Global
  • 00:58:52
    graduation um I know this sounds like a
  • 00:58:54
    lot of information so where does this
  • 00:58:57
    all live on the Millennium Fellowship
  • 00:58:59
    portal which you will be required to
  • 00:59:01
    join here you will have easy access to
  • 00:59:04
    all the forms mentioned the training
  • 00:59:06
    material and everything relevant to the
  • 00:59:08
    fellowship we will have weekly
  • 00:59:10
    newsletters for all you fellows with all
  • 00:59:12
    the important updates updates will also
  • 00:59:15
    be regularly conveyed to you by your
  • 00:59:17
    respective campus directors for campus
  • 00:59:20
    directors we request you to kindly
  • 00:59:22
    connect with your designated program
  • 00:59:24
    coordinator who will serve as as your
  • 00:59:26
    main point of contact throughout the
  • 00:59:28
    fellowship please also sign up to attend
  • 00:59:30
    the campus director onboarding sessions
  • 00:59:33
    details about which will soon be in your
  • 00:59:35
    inbox once again welcome to the
  • 00:59:38
    Millennium Fellowship class of 2024 we
  • 00:59:41
    look forward to seeing the impact you
  • 00:59:43
    will make and the growth you will
  • 00:59:44
    achieve during this journey over to
  • 00:59:48
    Genesis thank you so much shine um this
  • 00:59:52
    comes to the end of the global town hall
  • 00:59:55
    I'm going to pass it over to um I'm
  • 00:59:57
    going to pass it over so that we can
  • 00:59:59
    figure out how this is going to
  • 01:00:03
    end what an amazing events we've had so
  • 01:00:06
    far it's been so inspiring to see the
  • 01:00:08
    energy and passion in this room now it's
  • 01:00:12
    time for us to switch gears and get to
  • 01:00:14
    know each other a bit more better we're
  • 01:00:16
    kicking off our networking session where
  • 01:00:18
    you can connect with your fellow
  • 01:00:19
    millenum fellows and share your stories
  • 01:00:22
    and maybe find new collaborators for
  • 01:00:24
    your project we've set up separate Zoom
  • 01:00:26
    rooms each with its own Vibe and the
  • 01:00:29
    link to join the networking room is now
  • 01:00:31
    in the chat so please go ahead and click
  • 01:00:34
    on the the link that catches your eye
  • 01:00:37
    once again this is your chance to
  • 01:00:38
    connect have some fun and build those
  • 01:00:41
    interesting connections that make the
  • 01:00:43
    minion Fellowship so special can't wait
  • 01:00:45
    to see the amazing conversation that
  • 01:00:47
    unfold dive in and enjoy the networking
  • 01:00:50
    session thank you thank you so much
  • 01:00:53
    Samuel and thank you everyone for
  • 01:00:54
    joining us today for the global town
  • 01:00:56
    Hall I'm thrilled to be a part of this
  • 01:00:57
    incredible community and looking forward
  • 01:00:59
    to learning and unlearning what we've
  • 01:01:01
    experienced together of this uncoming
  • 01:01:03
    semester as Samuel mentioned we're now
  • 01:01:05
    going to be moving over to the global
  • 01:01:07
    networking session to get to know each
  • 01:01:09
    other a bit more closely we'll be
  • 01:01:11
    breaking into smaller meetings where we
  • 01:01:13
    can meet one another personally please
  • 01:01:15
    select one of the meetings in the link
  • 01:01:17
    that you find the most interesting and I
  • 01:01:20
    encourage you to have your video on and
  • 01:01:22
    ready to participate this is a great
  • 01:01:25
    opportunity to connect and share with
  • 01:01:27
    other Millennium students I'm excited to
  • 01:01:29
    see where this community is going to be
  • 01:01:30
    going I look forward to seeing you all
  • 01:01:33
    again on November 22nd for Global
  • 01:01:35
    graduation bye thank you so much jesis
  • 01:01:38
    and thank you samel just to stay again
  • 01:01:41
    there's Zoom links in your chat room uh
  • 01:01:44
    the town hall the main town hall is now
  • 01:01:46
    wrapped up please click on one of the
  • 01:01:49
    links in the zoom Link in the chat box
  • 01:01:51
    head to one of the rooms uh get into a
  • 01:01:54
    breakout room and get to interact with
  • 01:01:55
    other Millennium Fellers uh share a
  • 01:01:57
    little bit about who you are about your
  • 01:01:59
    project and let's get to know each other
  • 01:02:01
    and start to build community thank you
  • 01:02:03
    all so much for joining today
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