REPRESENT US: A cross country road trip with two young graduates in search of what it means to be an American.
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.
Stop #1 was New York City and we sat down with two locals to talk about what it means to Represent US in New York. Our takeaway? NYC is the city of risk-takers. A lot of people here moved to New York for different opportunities. A lot of this city and its people represent the American Dream and American Spirit. We met go getters. We met lots of people who bet on themselves.