- Millennium Campus Network
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The Millennium Campus Network (MCN) is an organization of university student groups committed to supporting the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to eradicate extreme poverty. The MCN brings together student organizations at leading universities to make the anti-poverty movement a fully cross-disciplinary, collaborative and integrated effort. Millennium Campus Network, Inc. was founded in 2007 by Brandeis University students Sam Vaghar and Seth Werfel.
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Services
The Millennium Campus Network holds regular general assembly meetings, offers consulting services to all of its member organizations, provides Student Action Grants for innovative student-led projects relating to sustainable international development, maintains an interactive website with online networking resources, and organizes the annual Millennium Campus Conference. In April 2010, the MCN launched Commit in September, a national advocacy campaign to make global development a priority at the upcoming UN General Assembly Meeting, which is sponsored by the Millennium Campaign.
Member Organizations
The Millennium Campus Network currently operates in four regional districts located in Boston, Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C.. As of May 2010, the MCN includes 57 member organizations from 23 campuses:
Boston
- Brandeis University
- Brown University
- Curry College
- Harvard University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Tufts University
- Northeastern University
- Boston University
Chicago
- Loyola University of Chicago
- University of Chicago
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- DePaul University
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- St. Xavier University
New York
- Columbia University
- Fordham University
- New York University
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- Wagner College
- Marymount Manhattan College
- University of Chicago
Washington, DC
Staff and Partners
The MCN Board of Directors consists of nine leaders from a variety of disciplines related to global development, campus organizing, and higher education.
The MCN National and District Teams manage national and grassroots operations, respectively. Executive Director Sam Vaghar and Managing Director Jacob Geller are full-time staff, and over 25 part-time staff and volunteers work to ensure the MCN's success.
The long-term growth and vision of the MCN is influenced by a national Board of Advisors, which includes the following individuals:
- Jeffrey Sachs
- Paul Farmer
- John Legend
- John W. McArthur
- Augustine P. Mahiga
- Paul Romer
- Anita Sharma
- Amy B. Smith
- Bobby Bailey
The MCN has been supported by the following partners and sponsors:
- Better World Campaign
- Jenzabar
- Jenzabar Foundation
- [[HP]]
- Millennium Promise
- MTV
- Semester at Sea
- United Nations Foundation
- United Nations Millennium Campaign
Millennium Campus Conference
The MCN hosts the Millennium Campus Conference annually to bring together students and educators around the issues of sustainable development and extreme poverty. The event features prominent speakers, as well as workshops and networking sessions designed to help students learn about the issues surrounding the UN Millennium Development Goals.
The inaugural Millennium Campus Conference was hosted by the Global Poverty Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from April 18-20, 2008.
The second Millennium Campus Conference was held at Columbia University from September 17-19, 2010.
Each MCC brings together more than 1,000 students from across the country and around the globe over three days to discuss, debate, and become engaged in issues of sustainable international development. Notable speakers have included MCN Advisors Dr. Paul Farmer of Partners in Health, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, John Legend, 6-time Grammy Award-winner and founder of the Show Me Campaign, Professor Paul Romer of Stanford University, Professor Amy Smith of the International Development Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as Ira Magaziner of Clinton Global Initiative, Ambassador Augustine P. Mahiga of the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations, Ms. Henrietta Fore, Administrator of USAID and Director of United States Foreign Assistance, John Wood of Room to Read, Scott Harrison of charity: water, and over 100 other experts. The Millennium Campus Conference 2008 also included the Millennium Campus Concert featuring Braddigan, the former lead singer of the band Dispatch, which raised money for AIDS treatment in Zimbabwe. The 2008 conference also featured the Millennium Action Challenge, which gave students an opportunity to showcase their ideas about creating sustainable fresh water systems in developing countries.
Millennium Campus Conference 2011 took place September 16-18, 2011 at Harvard University, and was planned and coordinated by five core host organizations on campus. More information including speakers and content can be found online at http://www.mcc2011.com.
Millennium Campus Conference 2012 will take place in the fall of 2012. More details and registration information will be made available during the 2011-2012 academic year.
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