In this episode, Sam and I explore the power of youth leadership, the impact of the Millennium Fellowship and the importance of building the capacity of young people to be changemakers.

Sam Vaghar (he/him/his) is the Executive Director & Co-Founder of Millennium Campus Network - MCN.  He co-founded this organization in his Brandeis University dorm room and has led MCN for 12 years.  MCN and the United Nations Academic Impact present the Millennium Fellowship. In addition to this work, Sam serves as an Advisor to the Executive Director of UN Women.  He is a graduate of Brandeis University and also holds two Honorary Degrees.  This year Sam is also a student again - he is a graduate student at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he is also a Gleitsman Fellow at its Center for Public Leadership.  You can engage with Sam on social media @samvaghar.

In 2019, 805 Millennium Fellows collectively advanced all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, contributed nearly 100,000 hours to 422 projects, and positively impacted the lives of 564,366 people in 15 nations.  Over 15,000 young leaders on 1,458 campuses in 135 nations applied for the Class of 2020.  This is a robust global network and undergraduates worldwide are invited to apply for the Class of 2021.