My name is Emily Burns. I was inspired to start The Smile Project by the #SmilesMatter movement. I am a mother of three, living in Newton, Massachusetts, and two of my three children asked for play dates for Christmas. This is my way of granting that small wish.  

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Like many of you, the threads that created the rich tapestry of my community have been systematically unwoven. This is my attempt to begin to re-weave them by finding those within my community and elsewhere who believe that living involves risks, and that we cannot remove those risks if doing so means reducing life to a virtual state.  

 

Right now, my picture is the only one here. I neither can, nor want, to do this alone. If you would like to help me, and to serve as a catalyst for re-animation in your own community, please contact me, and I will add you to this page. I am hoping to add partners apace and look forward to collaborating with you.

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 If you want to learn more about me, you can go here. If you are thinking of doxxing me, I wouldn't recommend it. I am a small, unimportant person, but I feel very passionately about this--doxxing me will only increase my visibility. If you think what I am doing is wrong, the best thing you can do is ignore it and hope that this effort dies thanks to my obscurity.