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  • From: Paul Jones <pjones AT metalab.unc.edu>
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [internetworkers] are you 'strapped'?
  • Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 15:25:55 -0400 (EDT)

yes this reads like spam, but it's a serious request directed to me by an
old buddy Kyle (aka Clark McCabe). if you fit the profile and are willing
to speak for your generation ;-> drop a note to Sara.

From: Sararglassman AT aol.com
To: Pjones AT ibiblio.org

I'm helping someone at a think tank do interviews for this amazing new book
that REALLY rings true to our generation. (Attached summary at the bottom).
I'm
looking primarily for 18 to 34 year old men and women (not in NYC) whose
lives have been changed bc of financial circumstances --credit card debt,
student
loans, mortgage payments, lay offs, living pay check to paycheck, unable to
pursue true career or educational dreams, etc.

I'm going to do prescreening and then interview 25-30 ppl in depth. Any leads
you have are much appreciated. (We will be using pseudonyms so no worries
about being identified!)

So. . . if you think this sounds like you, I'd love to chat and/or if you
know anyone else who fits the criteria, you can send me their info or have
them
contact me directly. THANK YOU! Best, Sara

BOOK OVERVIEW

During the height of the tech boom in the late 90s, it was difficult to avoid
the impression generated by the news media that legions of 20-somethings were
becoming millionaires overnight.  The story had many variations, but one
resounding theme:  young adults were riding the technology wave to great
fortune. 
But the boom masked major pockets of economic anxiety and strife—and
distracted attention from the more widespread, bitter reality: it’s harder
than ever
to get established as an adult.  STRAPPED will offer a groundbreaking look
at
the new obstacle course facing young adults as they try to build careers, buy
homes and start families.  
     This book will examine how and why today’s young adults face
unprecedented challenges at each marker toward adulthood: getting an
education, finding a
job, paying off debt, buying a home and starting a family. The book will
connect the economic stagnation of today’s young adults to broader social
and
cultural changes in America over the last two decades.  And it will offer
solutions to address the declining economic opportunity and widespread
insecurity
among adults under 34.
STRAPPED will be the first major examination of the economic well-being of
young adults in America. But it won’t stop there.  The book will address
how
young adults’ political attitudes are complicit in the economic struggles
that
now define their existence. The book will draw on a huge body of evidence,
supporting its arguments with government data, public opinion surveys and
interviews with young adults. By using young adults as the lens for judging
how well
America is fulfilling its promise of opportunity, STRAPPED will provide fresh
analysis and new insight into the major issues facing the nation.  It will
help
jumpstart a national conversation about where the country is failing and how
we can make it right again.

Sara R. Glassman
917 701 7394
saraRglassman AT aol.com





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