Elijah McKenzie-Jackson
Elijah McKenzie-Jackson | |
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McKenzie-Jackson, in 2022 | |
| Born | 28 December 2003 London, United Kingdom |
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| Organization | WaicUp.org |
| Known for | Participation in the School Strike for Climate |
| Partner(s) | Jerome Foster II (2021–present; engaged 2023) |
| Website | https://www.elijahmckenziejackson.com |
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Elijah McKenzie-Jackson (born 28 December 2003) is a visual artist and activist based in London and New York City. McKenzie-Jackson is co-founder at WaicUp and an organizer of Youth Strike for Climate, helping found Fridays for Future UK in February 2019.
McKenzie-Jackson has used art as a form of protest as well as organized climate protests across Europe and South America and has spoken at the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the House of Lords, EU Parliament, outside the G7 Conference and in the Amazonian Rainforest.