Jeremiah Emmanuel - Dreaming in a Nightmare
Season 1, Episode 33, Aug 27, 2020, 08:06 AM
Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with Jeremiah Emmanuel, the activist, youth campaigner and entrepreneur whose experiences growing up in South London – targeted, ignored and marginalised by society - seem a world away from the politicians, celebrities and public figures he mixes with today, where doors open and everything seems possible.
Growing up in Brixton, South London, Jeremiah Emmanuel experienced homelessness, violence, racism and poverty. Despite this, he continued to dream of making a difference to his life and his community.
In 2011 he was elected to the UK Youth Parliament and later became a young mayor within London. At fifteen, he founded the BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Youth council, creating a youth consultancy enterprise, EMNL, which has worked with organisations including Rolls-Royce, Nike and the Queens Commonwealth Trust. In 2017, he was awarded a British Empire Medal.
Now 20, he is also a member of the Gates Foundation and a youth ambassador for the Big Change Charitable Trust.
This episode of the Bookomi podcast was recorded in front of a live audience at Shoreditch House in London, on the publication day for Jeremiah’s first book, Dreaming in a Nightmare , Finding a Way Forward in a World That’s Holding You Back. Get your copy HERE.
In 2011 he was elected to the UK Youth Parliament and later became a young mayor within London. At fifteen, he founded the BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Youth council, creating a youth consultancy enterprise, EMNL, which has worked with organisations including Rolls-Royce, Nike and the Queens Commonwealth Trust. In 2017, he was awarded a British Empire Medal.
Now 20, he is also a member of the Gates Foundation and a youth ambassador for the Big Change Charitable Trust.
This episode of the Bookomi podcast was recorded in front of a live audience at Shoreditch House in London, on the publication day for Jeremiah’s first book, Dreaming in a Nightmare , Finding a Way Forward in a World That’s Holding You Back. Get your copy HERE.