REPRESENT US: A cross country road trip with two young graduates in search of what it means to be an American.
Stop #2 brought us to former Harvard T&F athlete @jaeschel’s hometown, high school track & a pick up basketball game with some old friends. We got to sit down with @jaeschel’s hometown friends and high school coach to pick their brains about what it means to Represent US in Ohio.
This is our takeaway — Representing US in Ohio is about backing the people around you. While some may consider Ohio a “flyover state”, @jaeschel & the people he came up with call it home. All these years later, they’re back where it started, this time as new people but still with the same deep community.
For @vidadesamvilla, it was the unique scenery and nature he came across on his morning run. Sam shared, “Seeing kids gather for summer cross country practice is cool because it’s the same in Ohio as it is in New York as it is in Boston.”
Next stop: CHICAGO, IL 🔜
ICYMI:
This year in Eugene, the best U.S. Track & Field athletes will compete for the chance to represent us as a part of Team USA at the Paris Olympics. For some, this will be a career defining moment. For others, hearts will be broken. The selection process for the Paris Olympics all comes down to these 10 days.
We’re also in an election year, & in five months we’ll head to the polls to collectively decide who will represent us locally, nationally, and internationally. The world is in conflict but there is still art. There is still sport. There is still music. There is still love, friendship, and hope.
Graduates especially face a world full of possibility. We’re sending Jaeschel (Harvard ‘24) and Sam (Needham HS ’24) on a road trip across the country from Boston, MA to Eugene, OR. Jaeschel and Sam will be stopping in key cities, making music and art, and meeting up with people from all over our country, all to find out what it means to represent us.