Dear Stranger is an annual letter writing project that invites Oregon residents to connect through anonymous letters to each other. This year, it's had twice the number of submissions it usually receives. Here are a few letters that were shared with NPR:
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Rebecca McCroskey of Eugene, Ore., writes that she has"lived through the assassinations, Viet Nam, Watergate, 9/11. This is different. Sure, it was expected by most of the scientific world, but that doesn't diminish its power. Its power to change everything we know." "Some of us will not fare so well: the takers, the opportunists, the blamers and shamers. Others will rise to a stature previously unknown to them: the doers, the makers, the fearless."
"I grew up with President Kennedy and his infamous words 'Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.' We can all do better."
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