And one of the root causes of my issues is my uncertainty in this country. PAREEN MHATRE: I actually have been diagnosed with clinical depression, generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder. Pareen told us in August what it felt like to stare down leaving the only country she's ever known. The options to stay longer are extremely limited. on dependent visas, which run out when they turn 21. Pareen Mhatre is one of nearly 200,000 people who grew up in the U.S. HAFSA FATHIMA, BYLINE: I'm Hafsa Fathima, a production assistant here. And even though it now feels like a distant memory, it was pretty remarkable to see thousands of people - doctors, teachers, volunteers - come together for one common goal, to end the pandemic. GARCIA-NAVARRO: Truly does feel like a wartime effort.ĪHMED: That was in February. Dunbar is where Lulu Garcia-Navarro and I visited a mass vaccination event for public school teachers and school workers.īRIDGET CRONIN: We see 24 patients every five minutes.ĬRONIN: And so to keep up with that kind of pace, they have a whole production line going in the back room. I'm Hiba Ahmed, an assistant producer at WEEKEND EDITION.
HIBA AHMED, BYLINE: We also found hope this year at Dunbar High School here in Washington. But out of that came this other newness that we're in, this hope.
We could only look at this man being murdered in front of us. It change the world for all of us as people, as artists. MWENSO: It changed the world for all of us. WHARTON: Mwenso designed a university curriculum called Protest, Hope and Resilience Through Black Arts, a reflection of lost during the pandemic overlaid with the reckoning that followed the murder of George Floyd. UNIDENTIFIED SINGER: (Singing) Hallelujah, Lord. You listen to the Black music not only as music but also as spiritual coded messages to guide you, to get you out of depression, to also be your therapist. Use the Bessie Smith to heal you, to guide you. UNIDENTIFIED SINGER: (Singing) Go tell it on the mountain. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN") And in one piece, we heard bandleader Michael Mwenso talk about the healing power of Black music.
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I worked on a series this year with editor Jan Johnson about something we'll need now more than ever, resilience. NED WHARTON, BYLINE: I'm Ned Wharton, a senior producer for WEEKEND EDITION. And then I saw a lot of the places that we had wanted to see together.
I revisited a lot of the places that we had seen together. Riding with him through the whole trip, it felt like closure. And, you know, it kind of made me feel, like, a connection to him there as I was driving. And, you know, I would talk about maybe the traffic or where we were going or things like that. NANCY MARINO: Sometimes, I would speak to him as I was driving and sharing different thoughts. (SOUNDBITE OF EAGLES SONG, "TAKE IT EASY") She took the trip anyway with his ashes beside her and listened to the playlist they'd made. She had planned a cross-country road trip with a friend before he died. Nancy Marino told us about processing grief. In our series called "Outbreak Voices," Americans talk about their pandemic lives, like getting that first COVID shot or trying to hire new workers. MELISSA GRAY, BYLINE: I'm Melissa Gray, a senior producer here at WEEKEND EDITION. So we'll recall now some of the many and varied stories from this program this year. But also, it's a good time to look back or listen. We're running out of days on the calendar, which means, well, it's time to get a new calendar.
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