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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Maryanne Kirkbride <<a href="mailto:KIRK@med.mit.edu">KIRK@med.mit.edu</a>><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Life Skills Week and RAK Week</b><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">February 22, 2017 at 11:50:51 AM EST<br>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">Dear Campus Community:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">Amid the melting snow and start of the spring semester, MIT is a busy place these next few weeks. On behalf of MindHandHeart, we encourage you to take breaks, connect with others, and make someone’s day
brighter through spontaneous acts of kindness. Additionally, we invite students, faculty, and staff members to participate in two upcoming event series designed to spread knowledge, connection, and joy: Life Skills Week and RAK Week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://mindhandheart.mit.edu/events/life-skills-week#calendar" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">Life Skills Week (2/27 to 3/3)</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">From doing taxes to cooking on a budget to communicating effectively with a partner, life confronts us with many moments where we realize we're lacking some vital skills<span class="st">–</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>things
everyone should really know. Things that make us wonder: “<em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">Why did they never teach me this in school?</span></em>” Organized by the MindHandHeart<strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong></span><a href="https://mindhandheart.mit.edu/about-mindhandheart/working-groups/life-skills" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Life
Skills Working Group</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://mindhandheart.mit.edu/events/life-skills-week#calendar" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">Life
Skills Week</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>will address gaps in practical knowledge to inform and empower the MIT community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">See the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://mindhandheart.mit.edu/events/life-skills-week#calendar" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">MindHandHeart
website</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://mindhandheart.mit.edu/events/life-skills-week#calendar" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">a
full list of event descriptions</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">, and<i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>share this series with MIT students in your departments. (Poster attached.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/599501906886746/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">RAK Week (3/6 to 3/10)</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/599501906886746/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">RAK (Random Acts of Kindness) Week</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is
a time dedicated to connecting members of the MIT community through small acts of kindness. Organized by the MindHandHeart Connectedness Working Group,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">i</span>t is designed
to be a fun, light-hearted week encouraging us to care for one another and connect with support resources on campus. Please see the attached RAK ideas document for ways departments, students, faculty, and staff members can engage in “RAK hacks” and spontaneous
acts of generosity. The Chemistry Department, for example, is hosting a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://chemistry.mit.edu/random-acts-kindness-week-march-6-10-2017" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">series
of exciting RAK initiatives</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">Follow the RAK Week action at #MITRAK. (Poster attached.)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://mindhandheart.mit.edu/innovation-fund" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">MindHandHeart
Innovation Fund</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">supports great ideas like RAK Week that make MIT a healthier, stronger, or more welcoming
place. Applications are open from March 1-31, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">Warmly,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">Maryanne Kirkbride, MIT Medical, MindHandHeart Executive Administrator</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">Rosalind Picard, Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MindHandHeart Faculty Chair<br>
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