The annual Millennium Oceans Prize, which targets SDG 14, is graciously supported by our amazing partner, The Remmer Family Foundation. The Prize celebrates youth activists who are focused on enriching their communities through advancing marine and freshwater conservation and sustainable use of marine resources. Prize winners will receive mentorship and a $5,000 prize for the implementation of a concrete campaign idea to spark change and garner support in advocacy, policy, and leadership for oceans and freshwater systems. The Millennium Oceans Prize is still active and is returning back for its 8th Annual year. To learn more about the prize and see past winners, click here.

This year, the Millennium X Factor Prize was awarded to The Gender Network. After receiving an overwhelming amount of campaign ideas this year surrounding gender equality, the MCN team decided to harness this passion and solidarity. Instead of only choosing one campaign, four campaigns were chosen. These four young women, four countries, four ideas comprise the Gender Network. This Network aims to unite individuals with the community and concentration of knowledge and resources to tackle the ways in which they see the manifestation of gender inequality in their own communities. We believe that collaboration, sharing stories and community-driven activism can create real change. Learn more about each of the four campaign ideas here.

Millennium Youth Prize winner Donovan Guttieres, Boston University, lead discussions surrounding youth participation in the UN's post-2015 development agenda for his campaign, #Youth4SDGs. This is an initiative to connect students with various networks like SDSN-Youth based on their academic interests and passions. Webinar participants have the opportunity to hear from representatives in these networks and learn how they can increase youth involvement in all sectors of global development to ultimately achieve these new targets by 2030.

Connect with #Youth4SDGs on Twitter and Facebook

Millennium Peace Prize winner Katie Sgarro, University of Pennsylvania '15, will be leading with discussions surrounding international LGBTQ issues for her campaign, AsylumConnect, supported by the MCJ/Amelior Foundation. The volunteer initiative seeks to provide LGBTQ asylum seekers in the U.S. with lifesaving online informational resources. The AsylumConnect catalog is the first online, centralized database of service providers useful to LGBTQ asylum seekers in the U.S. Webinar participants have the opportunity to hear from asylum seekers themselves and learn how they can join AsylumConnect's mission.

Connect with AsylumConnect on Twitter and Facebook. Visit the AsylumConnect website .

Millennium Health Prize winner Pedro Piqueras, a PhD candidate at the University of California - Riverside, will be leading with discussions surrounding international air quality for his campaign, fAIR4all. The campaign strives to establish safe air as a basic human right and reduce public risks in all areas of the world. Webinar participants will have the opportunity to hear from top air quality research institutions and political figures and learn how about they can eliminate the consequences of poor air quality by joining the campaign.

Connect with fAIR4all on Twitter and Facebook . Visit the Fair Air Coalition website

Millennium Equality Prize winners Chiara Claassens and Laura-Jane Watkins, both seniors at the University of the Free State, will be leading with discussions surrounding human trafficking in South Africa for their campaign, #inOURshoes. This campaign is supported by Girl Up from the United Nations Foundation and aims to encourage individuals around the world to rethink harmful cultural practices and stand up against discrimination in their daily social interactions. Webinar participants will have the opportunity to hear about personal experiences with these issues and learn how they can cultivate social spaces on campuses to end gender-based violence.

Connect with #inOURshoes on Twitter and Facebook