Greear A. Webb

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT GREEAR A. WEBB

Greear Arthur Webb is a warrior for justice who cares deeply about strengthening America\'s communities and is passionate about uplifting those whom America has historically overlooked. A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, Greear is an alumnus of UNC-Chapel Hill (UNC) where he double-majored in Political Science and African, African American, and Diaspora Studies. Greear began pursuing his Juris Doctor at Emory University School of Law in August 2023. At UNC, Greear was an active leader of his peers. For his efforts to better UNC and the greater Durham-Chapel-Hill community, Greear was recognized as a 2022 Chancellor\'s Award Recipient—UNC’s highest student honor.Greear is not only a committed learner but a fierce advocate for others, striving for progress in gun violence prevention and police accountability legislation. Spurred to political action after the Parkland school shooting in 2018 and the horrific public murder of George Floyd in May 2020, respectively, Greear was selected as a 2020 Youth Voter Ambassador by Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education and was appointed the youngest-ever (to-date) member of the Raleigh Police Advisory Board in 2020. In 2021, Greear was honored as the inaugural recipient of the Triangle MLK Committee\'s John Lewis Student Activist award. Greear is also the youngest to-date inductee of the Wake County Public School System Hall of Fame. In summer 2022, Greear completed a fellowship at CFK Africa in Kenya, working to grow his understanding of international community-centered advocacy as he worked with Kenyan youth to develop a youth-centered leadership curriculum. While in Kenya, Greear witnessed how the struggle for justice is a global effort, how people’s diversity strengthens communities, and the importance of reflective representation.While in college, Greear served as the youngest guest contributor to PBS NC\'s “Black Issues Forum” television show. In recognition of his continued efforts to uplift NC\'s Black community, Greear received the high honor of being invited to the White House by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in March 2023. In summer 2023, Greear completed a legal internship in Atlanta, Georgia, where he worked as the inaugural legal intern at Bayuk Pratt, LLC—a personal injury law firm pursuing accountability for its clients. In summer 2024, Greear worked as a legal intern at the Atlanta-based Federal Defender Program (FDP). Greear believes, like philosopher Cornel West, that “justice is what love looks like in public,” and Greear works in realization of this mantra every day.