Julie Pryor

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Julie Pryor
Communications Manager
McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT

About me:
Five years at MIT helping neuroscientists communicate their research to the world. Before that, made documentaries in Appalachia, Iceland, and Alaska. Married to a forester. Raising a 6-year-old superhero. Addicted to the outdoors. Rabid Springsteen fan.

Why I'm running the marathon:
At first it was simple: run to honor the legacy of Sean Collier. But it’s much bigger than that. I am a member of the MIT community – running this marathon means representing the family who lost a son, a campus who lost its guardian, and a community that lost its way last April. It would also mean representing my cousin, a Boston Police officer who responded to the call in Cambridge and dodged explosives on his pursuit of the suspects through the streets of Watertown. This marathon will be both intensely personal and much, much bigger than I can possibly comprehend. But when I saw the MIT community form a one-mile human chain along Vassar Street from the Collier Memorial to the MIT Police Station in memory of Sean last April, I realized how fortunate I am to be a member of this remarkable family. Yes, we lost our way last April, but we’ve regained our bearings. I am so very proud to represent the MIT family and crank Sean’s favorite song  (“Toes” by Zac Brown) as I cross the finish line – indeed, “life is good today….”

MIT STRONG from Julie Pryor on Vimeo.

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Fundraising Goal: 

$4000

Current Fundraising Amount: 

$5196.20

Donations: 



$50.00 Mr Eric Pryor
$25.00 Mr Robert Ajemian
$50.00 Ms Amanda Cuiffo
$25.00 Mrs Kristen Burrows
$50.00 Mr Steven Shannon
$25.00 Ms Joan Schram
$50.00 Mrs Emily Marchand
$50.00 Mr Scott Marchand
$25.00 Mr Stewart Marshall
$50.00 Mr Stephen McCarthy
$50.00 Mr Kenneth Pryor
$100.00 Ms Laurie K. Ledeen
$100.00 Ms Kelly Shriner
$100.00 Ms Mary Moynihan
$20.00 Mr Gregory Walton
$50.00 Ms Grace West
$50.00 Ms Mary Roderick
$26.20 Mrs Lauren Walsh
$100.00 Dr Charles Jennings
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$50.00 Mrs Susan Bulot
$25.00 Ms Katie Connolly
$25.00 Ms Elizabeth Roddy
$25.00 Ms Kristine Gaffney
$25.00 Ms Laurie A Everett
$50.00 Mr Daniel Lyons
$75.00 Ms Greta Feinberg
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$25.00 Ms Lisa Spalding
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$25.00 Ms Lucy McClelland
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$25.00 Ms Carole Stone
$100.00 Mrs Erin Deehan
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$100.00 Mr Henry F Hall
$100.00 Hillsborough TWP PBA 205
$50.00 Ms Krsitne Kennedy
$50.00 Mr Bryce Helie
$20.00 Sister Mary Lee Przyblyski
$100.00 Mr Thomas Pryor
$100.00 Ms Allyson Sherlock
$25.00 Ms Jessica Decola
$100.00 Mrs Donna Wells
$20.00 Ms Gina Cullari
$100.00 Mr Stephen Madden
$25.00 Ms Bara Blender
$25.00 Ms Kerry Welch
$50.00 Mr Joe Goepfert
$30.00 Mr David Huntley
$50.00 Professor Yingxi Lin
$50.00 Ms Christine Moynihan
$50.00 Ms Sue Moynihan-White
$50.00 Mr Patrick Noonan
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$20.00 Caitlin T Malloy
$50.00 Ms Barbara Moran
$50.00 Mr Dimitrios Pantazis
$1,000.00 Mr Tom Peckham
$75.00 Mr Scott Pryor
$100.00 Ms Katherine Raisz
$100.00 Ms Emily Wilkoff
$50.00 Ms Gayle S Wolf
$25.00 Hoyin  Au
$20.00 Dr Joanna Christodoulou
$50.00 Mr Justin Knight
$100.00 Mr Sean Madden

9 Comments

Beautiful

That was a beautiful video. Good luck with training and running the marathon in April!

Thank you, Hoyin. I really

Thank you, Hoyin. I really appreciate that you let me use your beautiful photos in the video -- they really captured the spirit of the campus in the days following Sean's death.

Go Julie!

You are awesome! We will be cheering you through Coolidge Corner!!

XIO

Barb