Jeremiah Emmanuel

Jeremiah Emmanuel BEM
Born	Jeremiah Emmanuel (1999-06-20) June 20, 1999 (age 26) [1]
Nationality	British
Known for	Services to Young People
Awards	British Empire Medal

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]}

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

1. "General Election 2017: The Disenfranchised". Huffington Post. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
2. "New Year Honour Balham". South West Londoner. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
3. "Teenage Campaigner". BBC. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
4. "Team London". Mayor of London. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
5. "General Election 2017: The Disenfranchised". Huffington Post. 7 June 2017. 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. 19 January 2017. 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. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
11. "Dreaming in a Nightmare". Evening Standard. Retrieved 20 August 2020.