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 | |
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Born | Jeremiah Emmanuel June 20, 1999[1] |
Nationality | British |
Known for | Services to Young People |
Awards | British 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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- ^ "New Year Honour Balham". South West Londoner. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Teenage Campaigner". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Team London". Mayor of London. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "General Election 2017: The Disenfranchised". Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ "People ready to Own 2017". The Voice. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ "'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.
- ^ "New Year Honour Balham". South West Londoner. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood". The Gazette Official Public Record. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Jeremiah Emmanuel on inequality, education and publishing Dreaming in a Nightmare with Stormzy's #Merky Books". Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "Dreaming in a Nightmare". Evening Standard. Retrieved 20 August 2020.