Jeremiah Emmanuel BEM (born 20 June 1999) is an entrepreneur and youth activist [2] He set up the One Big Community at the age of 13.[3][4] He has been elected to the UK Youth Parliament and was deputy young mayor of Lambeth.[5] He founded BBC Radio 1Xtra Youth Council & EMNL Consultancy[6][7][8]

Jeremiah Emmanuel
Born
Jeremiah Emmanuel

(1999-06-20) June 20, 1999 (age 25)[1]
NationalityBritish
Known forServices to Young People
AwardsBritish Empire Medal

He was awarded a BEM for services to Young People and the community in London in 2017 New Year Honours.[9]

Emmanuel is the author of Dreaming in a Nightmare published in 2020 by Penguin books.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "General Election 2017: The Disenfranchised". Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ^ "New Year Honour Balham". South West Londoner. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Teenage Campaigner". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Team London". Mayor of London. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  5. ^ "General Election 2017: The Disenfranchised". Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  6. ^ "People ready to Own 2017". The Voice. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  7. ^ "'Teen Hero' head of Youth Council called in to help boss Ben Cooper bridge the generation gap". The Independent Newspaper. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  8. ^ "New Year Honour Balham". South West Londoner. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood". The Gazette Official Public Record. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Jeremiah Emmanuel on inequality, education and publishing Dreaming in a Nightmare with Stormzy's #Merky Books". Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Dreaming in a Nightmare". Evening Standard. Retrieved 20 August 2020.