PGIAA Board President, Pacifica Alumn, and Founder of New Earth, Harry was on the TEDxSantaBarbara stage in 2018 and returns to talk about the confluence of COVID and Social Justice. We’ll discuss understanding the transformation that needs to happen as we come to grips with the amount of work facing us moving forward.
Dr. Harry Grammer is a nationwide activist and educator. He founded the community-based organization New Earth in 2004 and is instrumental in reforming the justice system in Los Angeles County. In 2017, Harry was honored as a CNN Hero, and in 2018 was selected as one of twenty inaugural Obama Foundation Fellows from over 20,000 applicants in 191 countries. Harry brings leadership and lived experience, with a background in teaching arts and advocacy to incarcerated and at-promise youth.
Harry Grammer – Founder/President/Board Chair New Earth
PGIAA Spotlight Harry Grammer:
Harry Grammer – Chancellor’s Award for Excellence:
CNN Heroes – Harry Grammer
- https://pgiaa.org/harry-grammer-honored-cnn-hero/
- https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/13/health/cnn-hero-harry-grammer/index.html
- https://www.stltoday.com/news/national/cnn-hero-harry-grammer-tell-them/html_27c9e06f-b4fb-569b-8290-437922f781a1.html
- https://www.pacificapost.com/pacifica-student-harry-grammer-named-cnn-hero
TEDx Santa Barbara
- Incarcerated Children are Still Children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjlEpkQYqSw
TEDx Santa Barbara Speaker Spotlight
Harry Grammer Named to Inaugural Class of The Obama Foundation Fellows:
- https://pgiaa.org/harry-grammer-pgiaa-alum-name-to-inaugural-class-of-the-obama-foundation-fellows/
- https://pgiaa.org/meet-the-fellows-how-one-leader-is-changing-lives/
Location:
Hosted Online by TEDx Santa Barbara
