Incarcerated children are still children. | Harry Grammer

Incarcerated children are still children. | Harry Grammer | TEDxSantaBarbara

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Incarcerated children deserve a chance for a better future. Jail is not the answer, there is a better way for kids in the juvenile justice system to transform their lives.
Harry Grammer is an activist, scholar, and poet who founded New Earth in 2002 and since then has been an integral part of reforming the juvenile justice nationwide system. In 2017, New Earth was honored as Non-Profit of the Year by California Senator Holly Mitchell and Harry was honored as a CNN Hero. In 2018, Harry was selected as an inaugural Obama Foundation Fellow.
As the Founder and President, Harry brings his leadership and visionary spirit with a background in teaching poetry, advocacy to incarcerated and at-risk youth. Harry has personally worked directly worked with over 15,000 youth since the inception of the organization.
In addition to developing and teaching core curriculum, and designing new programs, Harry also trains and manages New Earth staff. He has a stellar track record with an 83% success rate in keeping the youth he works with on a path of productivity. Harry is currently a Ph.D. candidate in psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. Harry Grammer is an activist, scholar, and poet who founded New Earth in 2002 and since then has been an integral part of reforming the juvenile justice nationwide system. In 2017, New Earth was honored as Non-Profit of the Year by California Senator Holly Mitchell and Harry was honored as a CNN Hero. In 2018, Harry was selected as an inaugural Obama Foundation Fellow.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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@billygreen3515 2 жыл бұрын

Having been in trouble my whole life i just wanna say thank you for pushing for this transformation.

@mcfreeagent Жыл бұрын

community not corporation, cooperation as opposed to competition. Let's start making our prisons look more like schools and not schools reflecting a prison. Change is coming consistently. Thanks Harry Grammer, love you dawg.

@KevinWardNOW 5 жыл бұрын

Young people are our future. Thanks for working to make a difference, Harry.

@Jana-ln2wv 3 жыл бұрын

This is similar to my dream for South Africa. Awesome to hear this talk. Inspired!

@stefanikunzmann9252 Жыл бұрын

My son was arrested 6 days after his 18th birthday and sent to prison. He’s now 20 and nothing is done to get young people ready for life and they are in fact just creating animals to release into society and send them into the revolving door of torture. Everyone in society is affected but I don’t see it changing anytime soon. This video is 4 years old I would like to see statistics on the facility you speak about today. I don’t live far from LA and have never heard of this so very curious

@marie-sophiel4488 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful l job ! Thank you for what you do.

@peacejones7648 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing !! I love this. I hope all of these young people learn, grow, and evolve into the amazing individuals they’re destined to be ⭐️ Everyone deserves a 2nd chance!

@brittonbuttrill 3 жыл бұрын

I’m an NYC public school teacher, and this is straight facts. The school to prison pipeline is all too real. Much respect and applause for this man. Im hoping to teach incarcerated youth in the next couple of years.

@hilderbrandpelzeriii2378 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! 👏🏾👏🏾

@jackbnimble7517 2 жыл бұрын

I was one of those young ppl, only difference was location I was put in WCJDF in Detroit across the street from the real county jail an ominous foreshadowing of things to come... Altogether as a youth I've spent about 5 yrs of my life separated from my family, friends... From my life and the world. Its pretty sad but I learned a lot about myself and the world and ppl. I was an angry kid.. long story but I was never violent never the aggressor, I was actually scared of confrontation and avoided the possibility of violence as best as I could and over the years it slowly became apparent to me that my incarceration had changed me... When I was finally released I returned home to my family but I still felt like I was locked up I distanced myself from my family because I felt like a stranger in my own home. I returned to school I had been in Jr high when I first got locked up, in the 6th grade now I was in my Jr year in highschool but it was short lived I was expelled from school for fighting someone who engaged me in the situation. From there I never really recovered from myself. I'm still very confused about what it is i should be doing I'm homeless 29yrs old have been on and off for yrs still very much struggling with mental illness and depression and anxiety etc

@milklover1 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story. I'm sorry that you fell victim to this broken system, and I hope that you will be able to recover one day. Just remember that you are a valuable and important person and don't play into imposter syndrome. Just because the system held you down in your youth doesn't mean you have to be held down in your adulthood. I wish I had the right answer to help you out, but just from reading this I can tell you're a very resilient person and you will no doubt flourish in the near future.

@amykrizaj3270 2 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know where I might be able to find some academic publications written by Grammer? Would love to read more about his vision and work with juvenile justice.