Harry Grammer

Harry Grammer is an American poet and the founder of New Earth, a non-profit organization that assists youth to avoid prison. He was named a CNN Hero in July 2017 and an Inaugural Obama Foundation Fellow for the 2018–2020 class.

Harry Grammer
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Phoenix
OccupationPoet, founder of New Earth
Years active2004 - present
Known forNew Earth

Early life

Born March 12, 1975, in Chicago, Illinois, to parents Harry LeRoux Grammer III and Leila Grammer, Harry Grammer was raised alongside his sisters Kelly, Christiana and Rebecca. In his adolescence, Grammer found himself in trouble with the law and was sentenced to five years on juvenile probation.[1]

Career

In 2004, Grammer founded a non-profit organization, New Earth to empower system-involved youth to transform their lives through arts, education, and vocational programs in order to decrease youth recidivism rates.[2]

Honors and awards
  • 2018 Inaugural Obama Foundation Fellow - one of 20 leaders selected out of 22,000 applicants from 191 countries[3]
  • 2017 CNN Hero[4]

References
  1. "Face to Face with the Fellows: Harry Grammer". Obama Foundation. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  2. "New Earth - Transforming Future Leaders". New Eart. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  3. "Harry Grammer". Obama Foundation. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  4. Allie Torgan. "Helping L.A.'s at-risk youth tell their stories". CNN. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
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