Thank an MIT Community Member: Submission #697

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  email_address: jaymat@mit.edu
  person_or_group: "President Rafael Reif's writing staff"
  recipient_dlc_list: President/EVPT
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  tell_us_about_it: |-
    I would love to thank President Reif's writing staff for always bringing their 'A' game. I was especially moved by the President's recent email - Inviting You to MIT Reflects (3/5/2021). This sentence is particularly beautiful and expressive: 

    "Paradoxically – and to an extent we might never have achieved in the times “before” – the same force that barricades us from being together invites us into radical empathy." 

    President Reif's first and second emails to the MIT Community regarding the Epstein crisis were also examples of extraordinary writing. While nothing could erase the pain of the Epstein situation, these emails had a simplicity and self-expressive honesty that seemed unprecedented in professional communication. I remember thinking that I've never seen better writing. 

    I don't know who President Reif's primary writer or writing team is. Could you kindly help me to let them know they're appreciated?
  user_dlc_list: 'Vice Chancellor'
  your_dlc: ''
  your_name: 'Jay Matthews'