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By Kelley Birschbach I’m aboard the Unity Train, the second of two transcontinental legs driven by the Millennial Trains Project (MTP), a nonprofit squeezing 25 millennial innovators into three vintage rail cars thanks in large part to the partnership with…
Continue readingMaritza Alarcon is possibly the happiest Millennial Train rider ever. Currently focused on writing, Alarcon’s MTP project was all about developing her book, I Am Happiest, a field guide to happiness. Alarcon has been featured on BuzzFeed as one of…
Continue readingFormer soldier and Bronze Star Veteran Maceo Keeling boarded the Millennial Train as a means to collaborate with his peers and learn their collective needs. Keeling founded Citizens of Culture, a media platform that seeks to inspire young people to…
Continue readingKalimah Priforce is Headmaster and CEO of Qeyno Labs, which seeks to harness the interests of high-potential, low-opportunity youth in areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Priforce’s Qeyno Labs is a leading provider in youth hackathons and seeks…
Continue readingAfter eight years in the Marine Corps, Lydia Davey is taking a hard look at post traumatic growth and finding a way to build resilience in U.S. Veterans. With more than 10 years of experience in strategic communications, Davey founded…
Continue readingRaised in the United States as an undocumented immigrant, Marzena Zukowska noticed how few opportunities she was afforded. NBCUniversal’s Open Possibilities program invested in her, knowing she would be a powerful voice for social change within the immigration sector. Zukowska’s…
Continue readingSaja Al-Quzweeni is a recent U.S. Department of State Fulbright Foreign Student graduate who studied at University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. She is originally from Iraq and hopes to take her Master’s degree in Environmental Science and Policy, and put…
Continue readingAs a child, you heard your parents talk about how your generation would take over one day, or that “our children are our future.” It couldn’t be more true that each passing generation contributes more to humanity than the last….
Continue readingPhotos courtesy Millennial Trains Project Remember the award-winning Xfinity Innovation Think Tank at last year’s COIN Summit? Picture that but full of twenty-five millennials, traveling at 100 mph, and stopping at six cities between Los Angeles and Washington D.C. on…
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