Author And "Project I Am" Founder Releases Sophomore Book "Don't Wait To Be Great"

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / March 14, 2022 / 14-year-old author and Project I Am founder, Jahkil Jackson, returns with his sophomore book: Don't Wait To Be Great, which tells the story of Jahkil's journey to becoming one of the country's top youth social entrepreneurs by creating his non-project charity organization, "Project I Am." This organization helps and builds awareness to homelessness crisis in America. This crisis is growing and Jackson wishes to bring more awareness to the issue among his generation and younger. Don't Wait To Be Great also brings community service and entrepreneurship together to inspire and educate young readers on the importance of philanthropy and entrepreneurship. The pre-sales for the book are available on jahkil.com.

Project I Am helps 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. Since its beginning, the company has led the effort to raise over $200,000 for those in need. Its mission to change the world as the company has helped more than 70,000 people across the globe. Project I Am has organized distribution to those in need in Chicago, Los Angeles, Oklahoma, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Virginia, Idaho and more. They 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. This amazing accomplishment gave the company the great honor to be recognized by President Obama and the Obama Foundation as "one of three most influential people of 2017."

About Project I Am:
In Summer 2016, Jackson was named a Youth Ambassador for Heartland Alliance, one of the world's leading anti-poverty organizations, working in communities in the U.S. and abroad to serve those who are homeless, living in poverty, or seeking safety. Winter 2017, Jahkil became a member of the WE International Youth Council. WE is a movement that exists to make the world a better place. WE Day is also a celebration of youth making a difference in their local and global communities. Jahkil was a guest speaker for 2017 and 2018. Fall 2018, Jahkil became the youngest member of the Independent Youth group which empowers today's youth to become tomorrow's business leaders and entrepreneurial innovators. Jahkil was recently named Vice Chairman of the 2019 KidBoxYouth Board of Directors and named one of BET's 15 under 15. Jackson aims to mobilize youth to engage in efforts to achieve major social objectives, including employment creation, poverty reduction, inclusion and integration. He was also tapped to participate Disney's Be Inspired Black History Campaign, Lebron James' #AlwaysBelieve 2018 campaign and is now a Marvel SuperHero and CNN Hero Young Wonder!

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