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Hope DWF Youth Leadership
Conference at Harvard University
The 2018 Human Excellence Awards
June 19: Featuring Sam Vaghar, Millennium Campus Network: Empowering Youth for Social Activism
Limited Seats--Act Now!
Hope DWF Youth Leadership
Conference at Harvard University
The 2018 Human Excellence Awards
June 19: Featuring Sam Vaghar, Millennium Campus Network: Empowering Youth for Social Activism
Limited Seats--Act Now!
Sam Vaghar says that he was a shy teenager. He came to Brandeis University at 19, and was moved by the problems of global poverty and injustice. At Brandeis, he found a voice and mission, and has since shared that with 1000's of young leaders around his Millennial Network. While a student, there he created a network to mobilize students. Through small scale concerts and events, the group first raised $5,000 for bed nets to prevent malaria. And that was the beginning.
Sam co-founded the Millennium Campus Network (MCN) that has since grown into a global non-profit convening and training 21st century social impact leaders, empowering student leaders across the United States with the resources they need to advance global development and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Through an innovative year-long experience, MCN helps young leaders find their voice and own their power for social impact on campus and in community.
The MCN conferences enable students to share stories, make connections, and develop skills to launch social impact careers. They practice skills from networking to ethical storytelling. They wrestled with big questions, like: should we be focusing our energies on Aid or Justice? And then the set out to help solve some of the world's mission-critical problems.
Students are transformed by MCN.
Testimonials:
Sam co-founded the Millennium Campus Network (MCN) that has since grown into a global non-profit convening and training 21st century social impact leaders, empowering student leaders across the United States with the resources they need to advance global development and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Through an innovative year-long experience, MCN helps young leaders find their voice and own their power for social impact on campus and in community.
The MCN conferences enable students to share stories, make connections, and develop skills to launch social impact careers. They practice skills from networking to ethical storytelling. They wrestled with big questions, like: should we be focusing our energies on Aid or Justice? And then the set out to help solve some of the world's mission-critical problems.
Students are transformed by MCN.
Testimonials:
Katie Sgarro, Undergraduate Student at University of Pennsylvania: "I was given the chance to launch the “#AsylumConnect: In Pursuit of Happiness, Freedom and Safety” global peace campaign at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City in August 2015. Supported by MCN and the MCJ/Amelior Foundation. this prize presented me with the rare opportunity to break down prejudices. It introduced me to a panel of global development expert mentors, and over 450 student leaders from more than 50 countries around the world. It let me present my case, an argument for respecting the humanity of all people, to delegates who live in countries where it is still illegal to be gay."
John Kotey, Undergraduate Student at Columbia University: "[The MCN Conference] renewed my faith in social change work and put me right back on track..... During the conference, I got the chance to learn about grassroots student movements focused on non-paternalistic and community-based global development, which informed and reinvigorated my dream of using technology as a way to address basic human rights and needs. With a new sense of purpose, I went back to Columbia and convinced the First-Generation Low-Income Partnership to apply for the Millennium Fellowship; the National First-Generation, Low-Income Partnership (FLIP National) was born in those transformational eight months during the fellowship... Created with other Millennium fellows, FLIP National is a non-profit organization that focuses on providing equal opportunity for first-generation and/or low-income (FGLI) students in institutions of higher learning."
John Kotey, Undergraduate Student at Columbia University: "[The MCN Conference] renewed my faith in social change work and put me right back on track..... During the conference, I got the chance to learn about grassroots student movements focused on non-paternalistic and community-based global development, which informed and reinvigorated my dream of using technology as a way to address basic human rights and needs. With a new sense of purpose, I went back to Columbia and convinced the First-Generation Low-Income Partnership to apply for the Millennium Fellowship; the National First-Generation, Low-Income Partnership (FLIP National) was born in those transformational eight months during the fellowship... Created with other Millennium fellows, FLIP National is a non-profit organization that focuses on providing equal opportunity for first-generation and/or low-income (FGLI) students in institutions of higher learning."
On June 19, 2018, we are fortunate to have:
Sam Vaghar Keynote our 2018 Human Excellence Awards
Join us to celebrate Hope, Community, and Human Excellence by honoring heroes in high-impact social innovation.
Harvard University
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Sponsored by
Hope Collaborative and Divine Will Foundation with Meketa Investments, People Shores, The Sai Global Federation of Foundations, and Science for Society.
Our goals for the day are to:
1) Honor leaders and corporations making a difference as a model for a new generation and
2) Empower youth leaders with leadership skills in social impact and conversations that connect youth with companies doing powerful work for mentorship. The output of the conference will be a commitment to impactful projects in the neighborhood to have impact and make a difference.
See Sam Vaghar and our inspiring award nominees and speakers at the 2018 Human Excellence Awards, June 19, 2018.
Attendance is Free Thanks to Generous Donations from Funders.
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