Jeremiah Emmanuel

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

BEM
Born
Jeremiah Emmanuel

(1999-06-20) June 20, 1999[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] His honours recognised his work co-founding the youth-led coalition One Big Community which advocated for the government and Mayor of London to tackle the root causes of knife crime and gangs in London.

Emmanuel is the author of Dreaming in a Nightmare published in 2020 by Penguin books.

References
  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. 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.


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