One More Cup of Coffee for the Road...
There is something about MTV that attracts and maintains the attention of America’s youth. It could be the never ending parade juke box heroes that marches through its army of TV stations every day; it could be the music; it could be Bevis or Butthead or the Real World… who knows.
I grew up with Carson and TRL, when the cool kids stopped watching Nickelodeon and started wondering about kissing and the opposite sex. MTV plays a huge role in the way so many kids become adults.
I’m no different.
This past winter I was lucky enough to get a chance to work with MTV in one of its more admirable endeavors. If you’re reading this you already know what the Street Team is and what the goals of the project are. I joined with my own goals, with my own list of things I wanted to accomplish while I was Vermont’s representative – and that’s truly how I saw my self, as an ambassador from my little corner of America.
I love my state. Perhaps more than anything I hope during my time reporting from the Green Mountains, that those of you who were able to read and watch some of my material that my passion for this incredible place was evident in the content I offered week in and week out.
It is that passion, which draws me to a new opportunity. One that offers me a chance to serve my country, state and community in a capacity that has lured was incredibly young. I’ve been addicted to politics and government since I was five or six, when my mother bought me a book on the Presidents as we checked out of a hometown supermarket.
The American Experiment is based on a need for citizens of this great land to stand up and serve. This country’s heart and soul is defined by its people and their enduring spirit.
The 50 other members of the Street Team exemplify that spirit in ways they may not yet understand. Each one brings the desire to help our generation become the next greatest generation. And perhaps more than ever, America needs their leadership.
The “Slacker Generation” is approaching its turn at leading the greatest country in the world, and while many question our ability to take over the reigns of power, there is no doubt that the fifty or so people who gather under MTV’s Street Team banner belong at the front of fray.
A few quick thank-yous…
Liz Nord, Kristin Grimmett and Vanessa Whitewolf, for believing in my abilities and allowing me to represent Vermont.
Griffen McElroy and Lauren Snowden for all of their help at orientation.
Dani Carlson for fighting the good fight.
Nick Bourdon for anxiously awaiting my Tuesday posts from Germany.
And Stephanie Woods for being Stephanie Woods.
See you later, see you soon...
Dustin Degree