Dreaming in a Nightmare with Jeremiah Emmanuel BEM

Apr 28, 2020, 03:39 PM

Jeremiah Emmanuel BEM; youth activist, entrepreneur and author, joined AKQA Managing Partner Sam Kelly for a conversation about his unique journey, the valuable lessons he’s learnt along the way, and the impact - positive and negative - that he’s seeing Covid-19 having on the youth of today. Jeremiah’s hotly-anticipated autobiography Dreaming in a Nightmare: Finding a Way Forwards in a World That’s Holding You Back, is set for release in August by Stormzy’s publishing house #Merky Books. He has been elected to the UK Youth Parliament and was deputy young mayor of Lambeth. He founded BBC Radio 1Xtra Youth Council & EMNL Consultancy and is a member of the Gates Foundation, a youth ambassador for the Big Change Charitable Trust, and a Founding Member of Conduit London. In 2017, he was awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM).