Graig R. Meyer (Democratic Party) is a member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing District 23..
The Pragmatic Progressive: A Profile of Graig Meyer
Graig Meyer is a Democrat representing District 50 in the NC House of Representatives, which encompasses parts of Orange and Durham Counties.
“I wanted to help kids like those in my neighborhood go to college.”
That aim informed a lifetime commitment to education, as Graig Meyer began courses in college without many of his neighbors from home.Craig Meyer (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 25.
Meyer grew up in the inner city of Cleveland, Ohio, the son of two politically engaged social workers. He recounts that, upon going off to college, he noticed teens from a similar geographic background, but with a less privileged upbringing, were not obtaining college degrees.
From both that experience and a childhood of activist parents, a young Graig Meyer resolved to work toward providing opportunity and equity in education.
“How come I’m here and a bunch of my friends are not?” he thought. Meyer would go on to acquire a master’s degree from The University of Chicago in soc