Junularo Esperantista Brita (JEB) is the organisation for young Esperanto-speakers in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

. Membership to JEB open to anyone aged under 30 living in

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and

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History

In 1959 a group of young Esperanto-speakers formed Junularo Esperantista Brita as a youth offshoot of the

British Esperanto Association The Esperanto Association of Britain (EAB) is a registered educational charity whose objective is to advance education in and about the international language Esperanto and to preserve and promote the culture and heritage of Esperanto for the educa ...

, which had been the focal point for Esperanto-speakers of all ages in the United Kingdom since it was formed in 1904. Among these activists was Humphrey Tonkin, who led meetings and classes at the

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. Some of the students attending these meetings would later go on to make big contributions in service of Esperanto, including world-renowned phonetician Professor John Wells, former president of the Esperanto Association of Britain, the Esperanto Academy, the

World Esperanto Association The Universal Esperanto Association ( eo, Universala Esperanto-Asocio, UEA), also known as the World Esperanto Association, is the largest international organization of Esperanto speakers, with 5501 individual members in 121 countries and 9215 t ...

and the

International Phonetic Association The International Phonetic Association (IPA; French: ', ''API'') is an organization that promotes the scientific study of phonetics and the various practical applications of that science. The IPA's major contribution to phonetics is the Interna ...

. JEB's activity ebbed over the next fifty years. A concerted effort to revitalise JEB took place when it was formally restarted in Glasgow in 2003, but it wasn't until 2006 that JEB truly showed a resurgence. The representatives of JEB met in Scarborough at EAB's annual congress and new members were voted onto JEB's committee, who restarted the association's activities. From 2006, JEB's online presence was very visible through it
Website
an
Forums
the latter of which are now offline. Members met periodically at events held in various towns in the UK. JEB attendance at international Esperanto events also during this period, with the UK being the third-best represented country at 2007's Internacia Seminario, held in

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. JEB briefly reintroduced its magazine 'Saluton' for four issues, but this was discontinued after a committee decision in 2008 in preference of free-of-cost online delivery of JEB-related news and articles. Since 2012, the association's activities have been primarily carried out through the JEB Facebook page, and in conjunction with a particularly active Esperanto youth group in London.

Previous JEB events

References

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External links

JEB's webpageJEB on Facebook
Esperanto organizations Youth organisations based in the United Kingdom Esperanto in the United Kingdom

History

Previous JEB events

See also

References

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