{"id":55,"date":"2015-06-27T01:21:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T05:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nehsjc.org\/zephyr\/?p=55"},"modified":"2015-06-27T08:29:07","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T12:29:07","slug":"trendsetters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/zephyr\/trendsetters\/","title":{"rendered":"Trendsetters of Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sam, <\/a>
Sam, 36: \u201cI dress nicely because I think it\u2019s a nice way to show self respect and respect to other people. Right now I\u2019m into Bible education, so I want to dress nicely for that too. We want to make sure we represent the message in a good way.\u201d <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Florence, <\/a>
Florence, 28, and Khalil, 28: \u201cI\u2019m pregnant! Her names is Agnes, it can be pronounced in French and English, and it\u2019s the name of the street we used to live on.\u201d \u201cI have Indian parents, I was born and bred in Dubai, and I\u2019m a Canadian citizen of Montreal who speaks English and French. I try to keep those different viewpoints together when I make decisions because people might have different backgrounds as well.\u201d <\/div> <\/div>
\"Caitlin, <\/a>
Caitlin, 28: \u201cI was actually just looking on my phone because I have this thing called synthesia, and I applied to speak at the Synthesia Association Conference and I was just accepted! I\u2019m going talk about how synthesia is a way of knowing. I framed the talk in relation to the recent focus on racial discrimination in the United States and how it\u2019s really difficult when you experience something that other people can\u2019t experience. And, oddly enough, for people with synesthesia, that happened. As research was able to support what people were experiencing, it gained credibility that it didn\u2019t have before. I want to explore questions about different ways we experience the world and how it shapes our worldviews.\u201d <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Evan, <\/a>
Evan, 23: \u201cI was a philosophy major in college, so I studied everything and nothing. I like to say it\u2019s the one major where you\u2019re encouraged to be confused most of the time. I didn\u2019t necessarily choose it with any sort of career in mind, but I\u2019m really glad I\u2019ve ended up here so far and I really love what I\u2019m doing.\u201d Evan is a staff member at More Than Words <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"More <\/a>
More Than Words: \u201cWe are a non-profit social enterprise. We\u2019re a used bookstore run by system involved youth between the ages of 16 and 21 who are in foster care, homeless, or out of school. It\u2019s all about providing the right support. I think everyone needs the right support system, and a job like this will be really cool because of what it\u2019s doing for these teens– giving them authentic responsibility.\u201d <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lauren, <\/a>
Lauren, 30: \u201cI\u2019m so used to change, so used to moving, so used to just going for it. That\u2019s not really good advice for everybody, but for me it changed my whole life and perspective just by picking up and moving. Don\u2019t be afraid to drop everything. Even if it\u2019s really hard when you thought it\u2019d be easy, just go for it.\u201d <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Audrey, <\/a>
Audrey, 17: \u201cI\u2019m pretty random and spontaneous and blunt. I just like to do my own thing. After college, I want to work as an OT for children, because I want to a job that I find interesting and where I can make a difference in the lives of children.\u201d <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Emily, <\/a>
Emily, 18: \u201cI dyed my hair because I wanted something different, something that not everyone else had. I get bored of one thing, so I just wanted to try something new. I\u2019m inspired by people who aren\u2019t afraid to try new things\u201d <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Rudi, <\/a>
Rudi, 24: \u201cI had a customer tell me once that she never thought of wearing boots like this before, which is interesting because they\u2019re just sort of on my feet. I guess I am a trendsetter in that way because I chose to follow the trend in a new and interesting way.\u201d <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

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\u201cI dress nicely because I think it\u2019s a nice way to show self respect and respect to other people,” says nattily dressed Sam, one many young trendsetters you’ll find on the streets of Boston. From their hair to their boots, they’re defining their own special style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6os9Y-T","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/zephyr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sam-36.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/zephyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/zephyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/zephyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/zephyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/zephyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/zephyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/zephyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/zephyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/zephyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/zephyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/zephyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}