Fighting Poverty 101
Brandeis grad’s network unites college students who want to help the world’s poor
(Andrew Tsang)The Millennium Campus Network, cofounded by the Newton North and Brandeis graduate, will bring 1,000 college students from around the country to Columbia University for a two-day conference this weekend.
Q. What is the Millennium Campus Network and how did it start?
A. It’s a national nonprofit connecting college students across the US and empowering their efforts to tackle global poverty. I cofounded it when I was a senior at Brandeis. We’ve got 37 member organizations on 17 campuses. Beyond that, we have an online network of 10,000 supporters around
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