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Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy

British organization

The Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy (EMMA) is a British organization that raises awareness of discrimination through media campaigns and social networking.

The EMMA Awards was founded in 1997 by Bobby Syed and "seeks to promote diversity within the media industry by publicly recognising the levels of excellence achieved by the multicultural community, and the qualities that each ethnic group brings to the professional and commercial success of United Kingdom as a whole". The first award presentation took place in 1998 at The Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London, and was hosted by TV presenter Lisa Aziz and journalist/broadcaster Darcus Howe.

Prominent recipients include Lord Richard Attenborough, who received the 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grosvenor House Hotel. In 2000, EMMA honoured Nelson Mandela. Mahatma Gandhi (2002) and Bruce Lee (2004) both received EMMA's Legend Award.{{cite web|url= http://www.emmainteractive.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12194&Itemid=3292 |title= About EMMA |work= Emma Interactive |access-date= July 1, 2010 |archive-date= July 1, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100701093826/http://www.emmainteractive.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12194&Itemid=3292 |url-status=usurped}}

The UK EMMAs are screened on the internet and accompanied by an online voting system. The BBC broadcast the ceremony until 2004. The ceremony officially ended in 2005 after a legal dispute with the show's sponsor, NatWest.

Awards	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
		{{cite web	url= https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/may/19/race.world1	title=
		David Harewood	Eddie Murphy	Denzel Washington	Jimi Mistry	Tom Cruise
		Angela Griffin	Michelle Yeoh	Halle Berry	Salma Hayek	Maia Morgenstern
			Felix Dexter	Rudolph Walker	Cyril Nri	Art Malik
			Lucy Liu	Diane Parish	Angela Griffin	Parminder Nagra
			Jeff Mirza	Omid Djalili	Ria Lina	Inder Manocha
	Bernardine Evaristo	Zadie Smith	Vikram Seth	Amy Tan	Michael Moore	Åsne Seierstad
		Bally Sagoo	Craig David	So Solid Crew	Ms. Dynamite	Lemar
			Africando All Stars	Nitin Sawhney	Tasha's World	Natacha Atlas
		Santana	Destiny's Child	Alicia Keys	Justin Timberlake	The Black Eyed Peas
George Alagiah	Ian Wright	Yasmin Alibhai-Brown	Meera Syal	Moira Stuart
Ahmed Rashid	John Pilger	Greg Dyke
		Vikram Dodd	Gary Younge	Gary Younge	Gary Younge	Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Henry Bonsu	Henry Bonsu	Sanjiv Buttoo	Zubeida Malik	Zubeida Malik	Barnie Choudhury	Vanessa Feltz
	Farah Durrani	Krishnan Guru-Murthy	Shiulie Ghosh	Rageh Omaar	Rageh Omaar	Lisa Aziz
		Mel B	Kofi Annan	Bill Morris	Lucy Cope	Jocelyn Hurndall
Sophie Hurndall
			Venus Williams	Nasser Hussain	Lennox Lewis	David Beckham
Thierry Henry
	Muhammad Ali	Nelson Mandela	Richard Attenborough	Maya Angelou	Stevie Wonder	Bill Morris
				Mahatma Gandhi	Martin Luther King	Bruce Lee

Patrons

The patrons of the Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy (Awards) include Sir Trevor McDonald OBE, Dame Anita Roddick (Late), Donald Woods CBE (Late), Gulam Noon, Baron Noon, Lord Desai, Lord Ouseley, Darcus Howe and Jonathan Dimbleby. They have all backed EMMA since 1998.

References

"What is Diversity? EMMA Has Answers". Emma Interactive.
"Founder - Bobby Syed". Emma Interactive.
"EMMA History: Past, Present and Future". Emma Interactive.
(April 26, 2001). "Mayor to present award recognising diversity in the media". [[BBC News]].
(May 23, 2000). "Awards celebrate ethnic diversity". [[BBC News]].
"EMMA Icons". Mr Multicultural.
Press Gazette. (March 18, 2004). "Emma votes call". [[Press Gazette]].
(Mar 19, 2001). "Seth versus Syal in EMMA award". [[The Guardian]].
Baddhan, Raj. (June 17, 2004). "BBC ditch EMMA awards coverage". BizAsiaLive.
Timms, Dominic. (Jun 16, 2004). "BBC drops controversial Emma awards". [[The Guardian]].
(February 25, 2005). "Emma awards ceremony is cancelled". [[BBC News]].
Adams, Guy. (March 9, 2005). "Battle over Beckham's 'ethnic' award heading for the courts". [[The Independent]].
Wells, Matt. (May 23, 2000). "Multiculture awards honour Mandela, Ali G and Guardian". [[The Guardian]].
(May 23, 2000). "Emma awards: The winners". [[BBC News]].
(March 19, 2001). "Seth versus Syal in EMMA awards". [[The Guardian]].
(April 26, 2001). "Awards honour multicultural talent". [[BBC News]].
(April 27, 2001). "Lord Richard Attenborough honoured at Emma awards". [[The Guardian]].
(May 5, 2001). "A host of great names attend The EMMAs 2002 on BBC TWO". [[BBC News]].
(May 30, 2002). "Stars gather for Emma Awards". [[BBC News]].
(May 31, 2002). "BBC triumphs at Emma awards". [[BBC News]].
(May 30, 2003). "Winners of the EMMA Awards announced". [[BBC News]].
(May 30, 2003). "Emma Awards: The winners 2003". [[BBC News]].
(April 22, 2004). "Emma Awards 2004 Finalists Announced". RedHotCurry.
(May 25, 2004). "Emma Awards: The winners 2004". [[BBC News]].
Dodd, Vikram. (May 25, 2004). "Multicultural award for Beckham". [[The Guardian]].
(6 June 2003). "Cyril wins EMMA". TheBill.com.
"Zadie Smith". [[British Council]].
"EMMA Patrons". Emma Interactive.

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