Gram Brownlee is a rising Senior at Elon University, where he is majoring in Journalism and Political Science. Gram moved around a lot, but has been settled in Greenville, South Carolina for over a decade now.

As a mountain biker and general adventure-sports enthusiast, Gram has always had a focus on the environment and paid close attention to federal environmental policy. Gram feels strongly about the importance of implementing the government regulations necessary to curb climate change. He finds himself drawn to climate advocacy by his desire to play a part in making necessary changes for our planet and is excited to be working with an organization like CCL that amplifies such calls to action.

This Summer Gram is working at CCL as a media intern where he will be writing blog posts and doing quality assurance on other CCL posts and letters, as well as helping run LTE and media outreach Zoom workshops and support CCL volunteers as they work with their local news organizations to advocate for the organization's major policy areas of focus. Gram has some previous experience working as a writing consultant and is looking forward to adapting his skills to CCL’s needs by working with community members to improve their writing of LTEs and Op-Eds.

Gram currently works for Elon’s Writing Center and Event Technology department. He is also a member of the Model UN and the club climbing team. As an avid nature lover Gram enjoys mountain biking, hiking, rock climbing, board games, pokémon, learning new languages, and hanging out with his 11 year old dog Bacon.

We are thrilled to have a talented writer and dedicated climate activist like Gram working with us this summer!