The Social Impact Stories

25/09/2022

This is really a very important agenda following current events! Bravo SIL!

03/05/2022

Happy Eid to Everyone 🌼

26/04/2022

New Episode of Social Impact Stories🌼

In this episode, Srijan talked with the co-founder of Unmilit, Adrija Das, Millennium Fellow, about her journey and how she deals with the obstacles of being a social entrepreneur.

উন্মীলিত (UNMILIT) is a student-led, non-profit organisation(based in India) furthering the goal of quality education for all, through a holistic and inclusive approach.

🎧Listen To This Amazing Episode Here : https://youtu.be/8a-PI3tOH1o

🎙️ https://linktr.ee/social_impact_stories

08/04/2022

Why it is important to represent the youth in national politics, young leaders' participation in elections, the roles the young students can play in national decision making;
In this episode- " Youth and Politics" we talked about all these things with the CEO of Young India Foundation, Rishika Arora.

Tap here to watch the full episode:
https://youtu.be/81Dxgu44IvY

Rishika is the CEO of Young India Foundation. She is an undergraduate student at Ashoka University, India, pursuing a double major in Politics and Literature. Her organization is a youth-centric political action committee that she has been a part of since 2019 and begun to lead last year. They believe that a democratic nation with one of the youngest populations in the world should platform, champion, and engage with the young people who populate it. The axis of their work is engaging with young, independent candidates at the grassroots level to help them contest elections free of cost, making governing bodies representative and progressive. Currently, YIF is set to embark on a nationwide tour bringing attention to young voters in India, conducting registration drives, voter awareness workshops, and youth-specific research on voting trends, reaching upwards of thousands of people. YIF has emerged as an active stakeholder in the sphere of civic engagement, and this vast journey started with Rishika simply volunteering to help at an event because of her combined fascination with electoral politics and young people's democratic potential. She worked extensively across the domains of research and communications to bring young people under the banner of YIF's mission and was chosen to head the foundation as a CEO in 2021.

Find More about their work here-
YIF website: https://youngindia.foundation
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youngindiafdn/
Some of YIF research: https://youngindia.foundation/research
YIF Age Tracker: https://youngindia.foundation/age-tracker
YIF Election Tracker: https://youngindia.foundation/election-calendar

Thanks to Ikram Hasan for Co-hosting this episode and for making the episode more interesting.
Ikram Hasan the Founder and CEO of Techshoi, a software firm and is an outstanding developer and human being. Find more about him here : https://www.ikramhasan.com/

08/04/2022

An inspiring message from Sean Schrader about social impact✨

Sean is a Millennium Fellow and a senior at the University of South Florida (USF) studying business management.

He is a big believer in positive change starting small, and over time expanding into broader change. And this led him to start his own initiative to reduce the use of plastics. He shares his story about how from volunteering to collect trash from sea beach to developing a sustainable tool kit came to be.
𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
https://lnkd.in/gMEFadwZ
https://lnkd.in/gd4CBpB9

10/02/2022

𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟮 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟭 𝗜𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘄!

Sean Schrader, a Millennium Fellow at the University of South Florida, USA, joins Srijan in this episode to share about his project: Sustainable School Supply Kits, which is 100% zero plastic (pencils, erasers, ruler and other essential supplies)

Sean is a senior at the University of South Florida (USF) studying business management and a senator in the USF student government.

He is a big believer in positive change starting small, and over time expanding into broader change. And this led him to start his own initiative to reduce the use of plastics. He shares his story about how from volunteering to collect trash from sea beach to developing a sustainable tool kit came to be.

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
https://youtu.be/RkrZ2Im0krc

https://linktr.ee/social_impact_stories

05/01/2022

We can succeed the most only when we have a positive impact on others and our world 🌸
-Aaron Masuba

Listen to the full episode with this amazing person as he talks about how he is using AI to help solve climate change here :
https://youtu.be/OeE14g4uIj8

And
Find the podcast 🎙️
Here : https://anchor.fm/social-impact-stories/episodes/The-One-With-Aaron-and-AI-To-Tackle-Climate-Change--Clivi-Scope-e1ci1cq

About Aaron and the Project:

In this episode we talk with a brilliant Millennium Fellow from Uganda, Aaron Masuba. This Innovator, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Climate Activist studies at BRAC University doing EEE in Bangladesh. He is passionate about Innovations and Social Entrepreneurship. Aaron is also a member of BRAC University Electrical and Electronic Club, Robotics Club of BRAC University and BRAC University Entrepreneurship Development Forum. Aaron is currently addressing SDG 13 Climate Action through Project Clivi-Scope. He believes that the infinite small steps that one does every day add value when merged together.

About His Project:
Climate change is increasingly becoming a fatal challenge of our time. We all appreciated the fourth industrial revolution through unimaginable ways of economic growth and a machiavellian modern-day civilization. The recent decades have illustrated a devastating and unpredictable cry on humanity and the paradox of sustainability over profitability is undebated but the co-existence of both is much more important for resilience and effectiveness.

Project Clivi-Scope through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) ascends to ensure the resilience and effectiveness of climate actions for long-run efficiency.
Goals
Effectiveness: Clivi-Scope works to equip and support societies, first responders, community-based organisations, industrialists, government and non-government organizations to quickly suscept negative climatic actions.
Resiliency: Clivi-Scope works to see that climate actions are well-coordinated, safe, affordable to all classes of society and ensure continuity in effectiveness of both green and digital economic development.
Empowerment:Clivi-Scope works to empower the local action groups with the power to predict and optimise the decisions being made for the betterment of societies at low costs, saving time and much resources.

Find Aaron Here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-masuba-780313318/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aaron-Masuba

Project Clivi-Scope:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cliviscope-ai/

30/12/2021

Meet Summer, an aspiring Sutainibility leader, analyst and author.
And apart from her march towards sustainability, this amazing person is also a Black Belt in Karate and plays Bass Guitar!

Tune in to the episode to hear about her projects: 'Next Chapter' and 'Voiz'. She also shares her advice on how to get started with social impact projects!

Summer is from England, studying BSc Geography at University College London (UCL).
She is working with five other on a project called ‘Next Chapter’. Focusing on : Good Health & Wellbeing and : Partnerships for the Goals, the project aims to facilitate the integration of young refugees through interactive language classes and weekly events and workshops.

Alongside that, she also works for Voiz, a social venture that rates the sustainability credentials of products. At Voiz, she conceived and developed the UK’s first junior sustainability analyst programme, which brought SDG training to secondary school students. She and her team guided them on choosing sustainably and teaching companies how to make sustainable design and production choices.
As the Editor-in-Chief for UCL Climate Action Society, she wrote for numerous student journals and has contributed to sustainability in many ways!

Read more about her and her projects here:

Voiz: https://www.voizreviews.com/
A UCL Article on Summer : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable-development-goals/sdgs-and-me/sdgs-and-me-summer-wyatt-buchan

Author Summer:
https://bloomsburygeographer.com/author/summerwb/
https://sundialjournal.com/author/summerwyattbuchan/

04/12/2021

A simple and powerful advice for those who are planning to start their own environmental activism journey 🌺

In this Episode we invited over a Millennium Fellow and Environmentalist Polina Gracheva. Polina is an aspiring individual from St. Petersburg, Russia🇷🇺. She is now studying in Lithuania at LCC International University.

She has been actively working on advancing SDG13: Climate Change by raising awareness about climate change and taking initiatives to make her campus more sustainable.🌱

📻Tune in to the episode to learn more about what she has been doing.

🎧YouTube:
https://youtu.be/IQr1gv3TNiA

🎧Good Podcast:
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83MTlmMTFkOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/ZmZiZjFlODktMWMxYS00YjZlLWFlZGQtNmY5OTE2YjQxMTEx?ep=14

🎧Anchor:
https://anchor.fm/social-impact-stories/episodes/The-One-With-Polina-And-Climate-Action-Awareness--ClimateChangeXTheHabits-e1b6og2

04/12/2021

Meet Polina Gracheva from St. Petersburg, Russia 🇷🇺
She is a Millennium Fellow and Environmentalist now studying in Lithuania at LCC International University

Polina has been actively working on advancing SDG13: Climate Change by raising awareness about climate change and taking initiatives to make her campus more sustainable 🌱

🎧Tune in to the episode to learn more about what she has been doing!

03/12/2021

Meet The Hosts Vladyslava Vertogradska & Srijan Banik !
This is the very first episode of The podcast presented by the Millennium Fellowship.

Join these two friends from Ukraine and Bangladesh in their quest of exploring social impact stories from around the whole world as they engage in conversations with millennium fellows, global leaders, and many more!

In this episode, they talk about "Social Impact", their Millennium Fellowship projects, and what this podcast is really about.

03/12/2021

Here’s an interesting fact about our guest James :
“I am obsessed with autobiographical books” 📖

In this episode, James from the Millennium Campus Network talked about his in and gave to our listeners regarding the field 🤩

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James Odhiambo is a Social Advocate and Law student at the University of Nairobi, entering his final undergraduate year. He is also a Millennium Fellowship alumnus, having served diligently as Campus Director in 2020. He has demonstrated interest in Social Impact and Youth Advocacy from a young age, winning the King Constantine Medal at 18. He is also a Peace First Grantee and has recently worked at Spellcast, an award-winning Kenyan Entertainment Company, serving as Head of Procurement and Writing for 2 years.

James possesses strong communication skills and has written on Social injustice, Kenyan Political History, the Independence movement, and he continues to explore African Heritage through visual and written storytelling. He started Kumbuka, a Social Impact Project addressing recurrent Post-Election violence in Kenya; Pamoja for Turkana, a project to help victims of drought, among others.

James has recently been voted Mr. University at his school and continues to show potential in youth leadership. His role as Executive Assistant entails assisting the Executive Director with day-to-day administrative duties, communication, among other roles. His skills and passion for youth leadership will be an asset to the team going forward.
https://youtu.be/QRB3piaB42o

In this episode, we engage with James- the Executive Assistant, Millennium Campus Network, and dive into the story that inspired him to initiate social impac...

03/12/2021

This is the very first episode of The Social Impact Stories with Srijan & Vlada presented by the Millennium Fellowship. In this episode, you meet - Srijan & Vlada where they talk about "Social Impact", their Millennium Fellowship projects, and what this podcast is really about.
Join these two friends from Ukraine and Bangladesh in their quest of exploring social impact stories from around the whole world as they engage in conversations with millennium fellows, global leaders, and many more!

https://youtu.be/y9A5SSt8u28

This is the very first episode of The Social Impact Stories with Srijan & Vlada presented by the Millennium Fellowship. In this episode, you meet - Srijan & ...

03/12/2021

03/12/2021

The Social Impact Stories With Srijan And Vlada is a podcast developed in partnership with The where two friends from and explore stories from around the whole world as they engage in conversations with Millennium Fellows, global leaders, and many more!
This is a platform where you can meet young student leaders and know how they are taking steps in bringing positive changes to their community and get inspired from their stories and maybe start writing yours too!

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Anchor:https://anchor.fm/social-impact-stories
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0kWXkntrpREfSS9PRSsCji
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