Jahkil Naeem Jackson

Jahkil Jackson is a 13 year old philanthropist who at 8 years old had a heartfelt desire to help those experiencing homelessness. It quickly became Jahkil's mission to build awareness of homelessness and to help the homeless population by offering them what he calls "Blessing Bags," a giveaway filled with wipes, socks, deodorant, hand sanitizer, granola bars, toothbrushes, toothpaste, bottled water, and more. Jahkil has set and surpassed many goals in his young life. Distributing his Blessing Bags to the homeless has been one of his biggest achievements thus far. In just a few years, Jahkil's efforts have touched over 50,000 men, women and children across the world. Along with the help of friends and family, Jahkil has organized distribution to those in need in Chicago, Los Angeles, Oklahoma, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Virginia, Idaho and more. He has also provided items of support to orphans in Mbabane, Swaziland and Ghana as well as volcano victims in Guatemala, and hurricane survivors in the Bahamas, Florida, Houston and Puerto Rico. Jahkil was acknowledged as one of three influential people of 2017 by President Barack Obama, was named one of BET's 15 under 15, was also tapped to participate Disney's Be Inspired Black History Campaign, Lebron James' #AlwaysBelieve 2018 campaign and is now a Marvel Super Hero and CNN Hero Young Wonder! Jahkil is one very busy 13-year-old. When he isn't hard at work distributing Blessing Bags for his International organization Project I Am, he can be found on the basketball court, on the tap dance floor, in a break-dancing circle or in front of the camera introducing GAP's new global teen line and making his national television debut on NBC's Chicago P.D.. Jahkil can also be seen in Nike's Can't Stop Our Voice campaign, Kid Footlocker's Jordan Rival campaign and as a principal dancer in a K-Mart's commercial.