I came to Penn after spending a gap year studying Jewish Diaspora history abroad. Theres a line on 39th. Our comprehensive, progressive curriculum is known for experiential andhands-on learning, college-prep level math and STEM courses, and innovative programming. For the student to come to terms with this in a long-form project pays dividends they dont even realize at the time.. Humanities, & SocialSciences, Education, A jar of marmalade was lost. The music will be unrecognizable, the styles will have changed, and we will have changed with them. But we didnt know if we were going to do a very broad oral history project, or if we were just going to interview a lot of people in one place, or maybe just follow one person for a while. MS: Theres always kind of this idea of older people thinking the younger generation is lazy, not as ambitious, or, in the case of our generation, stuck on screens or maybe too idealistic, right? During the summer they edited the narratives and photos, working with Penn alum Daniel Fradin to build their website. We strive to bring you faculty, staff, The Scroll comes first. Alan Jinich couldn't take it anymore: sitting at a desk in his rented residence, taking his online courses at the University of Pennsylvania. We were talking with them for 30 minutes before we got them to agree to let us turn the recorder on, Strickberger said. He had taken Peisss class, Modern American Culture, and she agreed to collaborate on this project, creating an eight-week syllabus of readings and meeting with them virtually once a week. Five security guards declined to speak with me before I approached Amber at the wrap-around desk in Harrison, a high-rise dorm built in 1970. Im in the middle of the dance floor and well aware that everyone is looking at me. CityStep Penn hosts students from BB Comegys School and Southwest Leadership Academy in West Philadelphia in presenting a performance to the theme of Fantasies.. The room is exactly as I remembered, except now its filled with Canadian sports memorabilia, posters, and hats. Audiobooks, less so. There arent neat quotes that show me who these women were when they lived in my house as much as there are actions. Department of English University of Pennsylvania Fisher-Bennett Hall, room 127 3340 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6273 Phone: (215) 898-7341 What are we doing? Strickberger thought. They were two of about four people wearing masks at the 300-person event. Waking up in that type of environment I thought how could you ever be sad? They went into every shop on Main Street, but couldnt find anyone their age to interview. What happened. Send your thoughts our way at morningnewsletter@inquirer.com. They read several classic texts and recent writings included Studs Terkels Working, first-person interviews with a variety of workers in the 1970s, and Hard Times, first-person accounts of daily life during the Great Depression. Pati Jinich, Alans mother, didnt need convincing. Local Coronavirus Numbers: Heres your daily look at the latest COVID-19 data. Alan will receive a full Nora Prize award of $4000 and mentorship from a large web of Penn alums in the media and their colleagues. Jazz or folk would be playing in the background, the five of us nestled into plush chairs in the faculty lounge of the English building. The fourth-year do-it-all guard on the womens basketball team is in the final stages of her sensational career at Penn. 10 overall), Darnell Wright, offensive line, Chicago Bears. In high school, he started a magazine, InLight, to allow those in marginalized communities to tell their stories. So that was kind of the opposite of movement, it was really constrictive. Back at home at the University of Pennsylvania, seniors Alan Jinich (left) and Max Strickberger (right) pose on their front stoop last week. We are excited to share the press release below: Jinich is a Penn Senior majoring in Neuroscience and English, who worked in a variety of labs as well as in several editorial settings, as writer, photographer and designer at Penn Appetit and as a production assistant and photographer for the James Beard-award-winning PBS show Patis Mexican Table. In 2021, he and a classmate took a leave from Penn to spend six months driving cross-country, interviewing more than 80 young adults in cities large and small, and creating the fascinating online Generation Pandemic Project, a portion of which was recently published in the Washington Post, and featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer and on NPRs Radio Times and Smart Talk. Trust is always the implicit bargain, whether it is ever stated as such or not. So our first day, when we were in Greensboro, Alabama, we spent the whole day walking through Main Street of this very small town of 2,500 people and didnt get any interviews. The flooding was so severe that Secchia Stadium's infield and outfield had to be replaced. It probably was more worthwhile dont tell Penn than a semester online, said Deborah Miller, Strickbergers mother, a former television producer. They even invited us for dinner. We didnt want to be home, we didnt see as much value to what wed always loved about school, and there was stuff thats so much bigger going on in the world. Round 3 (No. Im thinking of Adrian. Like I cant get a cheesesteak around the corner. Price is subject to change with prior notification. They stayed at Airbnbs and homes of family friends, and camped in South Dakota a $2,000 trip mostly covered by their parents. Fingers scramble through purses and wallets in search of drivers licenses, foreign passports, spare cash. Elyssa Chou, Blueprint. By signing up for The Philadelphia Citizen newsletter: All memberships to The Philadelphia Citizen are renewed annually. A third responded with just two words: Breathe again.. And that ended up being a really meaningful part, seeing young people writing while envisioning what life would be like after the pandemic., Peiss says this type of first-person archive is important for historians. Take a guess and find The Answer here. But they prepared with Penn professors and kept in touch with them along the way. Before coming to Penn, where he received a Provost's teaching award in 2005, Hendrickson worked as a staff feature writer at The Washington Post from 1977 to 2001. (LR) Green Monsters donning their custom-made Spring Fling apparel. It was fall 2020, pre-COVID-19 vaccine times, and Jinichs roommate, Max Strickberger, an English major who also used to delight in his classes, was similarly disillusioned. They learned to be patient with those they interviewed, not knowing exactly what they were looking for, but allowing stories, some of them deeply personal and tragic, yet hopeful, to unravel. MS: I think it also helped to just point out that it was a weird situation. The door reads Lewis: Hampstead, QC. He opens the door with a smile and I introduce myself as a past resident. During the spring of 2021, ALAN JINICH by MAX STRICKBERGER conducted over 80 interviews with 18-25 year olds, meeting people across 16 states and 7,300 miles. There are times where I look good and I feel good. Maeve upstairs with a canvas photograph of planet Earth larger than her modest, sparsely decorated room. But then someone suggested they hit the grocery store where a manager strolled the aisles and readily pointed out potential subjects. We wanted to do that kind of oral history with personal narratives, but specific to our age and about the pandemic, Strickberger says. They took the spring 2021 semester off from their formal Penn education, loaded up Jinichs moms burnt red, five-seater SUV with food and supplies, and headed out for a six-week, 7,300-mile, 23-state trek. You need to be a subscriber to read these stories. And Im proud of what they've been able to achieve, he says. MS: One big theme that came out of it for us was about movement. Stein and Jinichs classmates included Margaret Arfaa, C24; Makena Deveraux, C23; and Zachary Mullins, C24. 2022/03/15. Its not crooked or straight, but sways with the pulse of music and breaks as bodies cut in. GDS alum Alan Jinich 17 has won the 2022 Nora Magid Mentorship Prize along with Penn classmate Beatrice Forman. In all, the pair conducted more than 80 interviews, which spawned the creation of their website, Generation Pandemic, an oral history archive that they hope to expand and eventually turn into a podcast series. If your post is offensive, not only will we not publish it, we'll laugh at you while hitting delete. So theyre definitely extremes in both ways. Sriracha. I see it as a kind of extended research project that involves field work. But going into it, it was all very open. And now, anytime that song plays, I feel like Im getting up early in the middle of Alabama, and we have to drive. Max Strickberger: When we started the trip, we had been inside the same four walls with each other and wed felt that there was so much going on in the world but we were just reading about it on our phones. You agree to receive our weekly e-news roundup, invitations to exclusive events, including our Citizen Speaks series, and occasional breaking news updates. But he still expressed so much gratitude for not being in the place that a lot of older folks were. They took COVID-19 tests to protect others, especially when they visited Navajo Nation, which was particularly hard hit by the pandemic. Pati is fond of her sons and has an endearing way of calling . Im sure if I was approached by two strangers in the middle of the workday, Id think it was pretty weird as well. Return to Borders and Boundaries Project Personnel. 73 overall), Jalin Hyatt, wide receiver, New York Giants. He began journalistic and media work in high school, where a photograph he took won the Gold Medal in the national Scholastic Art & Writing competition, and came in second place in the DC Congressional Art Competition in photography, which earned him a scholarship to the George Washington University pre-college photojournalism summer program. Alan Jinich, Ants [composite] Elyssa Chou, Voronoi. Send your guess our way at morningnewsletter@inquirer.com. Then all of a sudden, I hear this guy on the street speak Spanish, Jinich says. Gallery. Since Strickberger was a child, he loved stories and always asked his mom to read him another. We moved into the Monster in August 2020, height of the pandemic. Watching: The boom of sports betting in New Jersey, despite the laws in place to slow it down. 2021/10/12. When Nasir raises his voice, the line stands on its tiptoes and turns to the front like a pack of meerkats. Jinich and Strickbergerchildhood friends who grew up on the same block in Chevy Chase, MDsat down at their shared apartment in West Philly to talk about the experiences of young people during the pandemic, how rejection has made them stronger, and their go-to roadtrip snacks. All together. AJ: We saw different sides of each other. Jinichs ultimate piece, Penn After Midnight, saw him exploring nocturnal happenings around campus. JBP: On road trips, one person invariably ends up dominating what everyone else listens towhat did you listen to on the road for all those hours? Alan did some of the interviews in Spanish, for example, and if it had just been me doing the trip, I wouldve had no access to those. His crossover of NBA legend Michael Jordan. They looked at each other. Its exciting.. I didnt know how meaningful I would find it, he says. Funeral services were held yesterday for TJ Siderio, the 12-year-old South Philly boy shot in the back by police. I just felt like I was wasting something that I previously loved so much, Strickberger said. Senior Alan Jinich, co-creator of Generation Pandemic. Next came a four-hour tour of the turkey farm, and Jay and his wife invited them for dinner. Wed love if youd be interested in taking some time to speak with us. Strickberger says. Collectively, this power couple had an eye on West Phillys well-being for more than 50 years. MS: We went to Chinatown in Chicago, Im like Im going up this side of the street, youre going up that side. In this agreement, you accept communications from partners which may include newsletters, exclusive event invites, discount codes and emails containing other Super Citizen Member perks. He takes his job seriouslysafeguarding The Scroll and carrying it with him through medical school, through various moves, through travels. AJ: When we were in Circleville, a small town in Utah, we were driving around different farms trying to meet people. We wanted the peoples stories to speak for themselves.. Both, in the College of Arts and Sciences, are back on campus this fall for their senior year. And its just a staple for growing up in Philly. JBP: Speaking of empathy, how did you win people over to be vulnerable and trusting with you twowhat was that process like for you? Eight girls, planning to live there until graduation. MS: We definitely didnt win everyone over. She spoke with us about being treated like a pariah, about how rumors were spreading about her family and herself in this small town, Strickberger says. After that, everything was more spontaneous and challenging. I really applauded Alans following his intuition and his hunger to connect and also to build a microphone for others to be able to express what they were going through.. We didnt really know what we were going to find and what would come out of it. Philosophizing with a club bouncer, comparing wall decorations with the woman who occupied the same campus housing space 35 years priorthese are just a few of the epiphanic moments that grew out of Paul Hendricksons Advanced Writing Projects in Long-Form Nonfiction course. GDS teachers focus on providing an individualized education for each child, from elementary grades through high school. JBP: Max, youre an English major, and Alan, youre a neuroscience major. And they were super down to chat, they were interested in why we were in Circleville and we got to talking, but when we told them Oh were interested in doing these interviews for this project, they were way more skeptical. GDS alum Alan Jinich '17 has won the 2022 Nora Magid Mentorship Prize along with Penn classmate Beatrice Forman. It was fall 2020, the era of pre-COVID-19 vaccines, and Jinich's roommate Max Strickberger, an English major who also reveled in his classes, was similarly disillusioned. The Allegro delivery driver? Faculty and staff are eligible. He spent his gap year studying Jewish Diaspora and Middle Eastern History. And I think people felt some degree of freedom in being young, and they recognized from an empathetic perspective that not everyone has this and were really lucky that we do. I return to Harrison a few weeks later. Patience and perseverance combined with chance and a little luck as they stopped in Circleville, Utah. Over the course of six weeks, with a bit of funding from Penn and their own money too, they drove 7,300 miles, stopping in 23 states to interview more than 80 people, recording the interviews and capturing photos on Jinichs beloved Fuji XT1. MS: After our first stop in Tennessee, nothing else was lined up. We looked at each other like Ok, this project could be over before it even started. And they really were engaged, not only with the people they met, but also with seeing parts of the country theyd never seen before, Peiss says. But we carried in our many suitcases, second-hand furniture, and cardboard boxes with an appreciation greater than the run-down house probably warranted. For Lily Stein, C22, Alan Jinich, C22, and their classmates, it wasnt merely an academic experience, but a deeply personal one. No one gets in unless they comply. I wanted to do something. For more details, including the judges' comments on the winning work, click here. The archive explores how the pandemic has . October 19, 2021; . Except then Alan got the interview with Fernando, which is up on the site. It explores how the. Winner: Alan Jinich, "'You never get that smell off your clothes.'" Second Place: Pamela De La Cruz, "Sheltering Hope at a Violent Border for Migrants" Third Place: Sophia DeGrands, "Higher Thinking" They went to many small towns, but also to several cities. The professor and I were on the phone over winter break trying to brainstorm some ideas for a long-form project before the start of the semester, says Jinich. 68 overall), Hendon Hooker, quarterback, Detroit Lions. Learning: About the cultural influence of these women entrepreneurs and small businesses on West Phillys Baltimore Avenue corridor. But its not home. Theres many commonalities, but mostly differences. Glitter and pink makeup smudged across Sandras desk next to her sewing machine, where she expertly tended to hemming her dresses shorter and shorter. As in a dream, I feel that hes taken my place. We wanted something tactile, something more physical in that way. In high school, I started a culture and identity magazine that was predicated on personal storytelling. That was really interesting because it wasnt something we brought up, but a number of people we interviewed said Wow, Im just so grateful. When there was no longer space in the world for us, we had to make our mark somehow. Ivys minimalist room with the white bay windows. March 28, 2022. Though he is a neuroscience major with an English minor, Jinich, who took the photos, found the journey so fulfilling, hes interested in pursuing similar work as a career. [Hendrickson] has a rare gift for finding beauty and significance in everything. Charlie Oshinsky is the keeper of The Scroll. 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They traveled the country seeking the stories of a diverse range of people, 18 to 25 years old, to create an . In all, the Penn seniors conducted more than 80 interviews, some in Spanish. Strickberger also reached out to Jennifer Egan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author with whom he had taken a class when she was a visiting professor at Penn. So for her, the pandemic meant the opposite of movement, and it meant she had to be home, and home didnt feel safe. So I come to a club with a whole bunch of college kids who are fresh outta their parents cribs, have had zero time to rectify all the trauma that theyve been through, and theyre trying to figure out how to be an adult, pay for college. But somehow, someway, something links yall because yall from here. The fireplace is turned off tonight. Life was all neon and Fling parties were on campus. Once she got out of quarantine, everyone kept at a distance until the sheriff hugged her.. In Chicago they were rejected by everyone they approached in Chinatown. I just felt like I was wasting something that I previously loved so much, Strickberger said. AJ: When I was driving, I needed something to keep me awake! They did most together but would frequently split up and do some alone. A framed black-and-white portrait of a young couple kissing on a train hanging on the wall to the right of her desk: spontaneity within limits. Faced with another semester of virtual courses this past spring, they decided to take a chance and take the semester off from their Penn classes to pursue their Generation Pandemic project. Check out our interactive tool looking at the rising gas prices in our region. For Strickberger, the experience confirmed that he would like to write stories that drive change, but he also wants to be involved in taking action that leads to that change, such as creating affordable housing. Towards the end we were able to say Weve spoken with 70 people and weve traveled to 20 states and wed love to include you. It felt like it had more weight to it, and felt like an accomplishment. As a young Black girl, there is like a certain culture. They just captured my interest, Peiss said. Our reporters Max Marin and William Bender deliver more on what could have persuaded the PPA board to give Petri the boot. When Penn student Alan Jinich finally decided he couldn't take one more day of sitting inside his rented house taking virtual classes, he came up with quite the solution. J.M. It probably was more worthwhile dont tell Penn than a semester online, said Deborah Miller, Strickbergers mother, a former television producer. AJ: People were really grateful. Experience in writing long-form nonfiction gives the student-writer, who might one day try to make a vocation of this work, a sense of how hard it is to do something long and sustained, says Hendrickson. Alan Jinich. And later they invited us to the high school prom, because everyone in the town goes to the prommoms, dads, aunts, uncles, everybody, Jinich says.
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