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<span style="color: black;">Sent on behalf of Jean Kjellstrand</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">The Leona Tyler Committee (Jen, Mariah and Jean)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;">Leona Tyler Distinguished Lecture</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;">May 22, 2026</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;">2:30-4 p.m. (reception to follow)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;">University of Oregon</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;"><b>Call and Answer: Professional Youth Mentoring and the Encouragement of Constructive, Natural, Life-Long Developmental Processes</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(51, 63, 72); background-color: white;"><b><i>J. Mark Eddy, Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(51, 63, 72); background-color: white;">In the United States, mentoring is one of the oldest and most commonly-used preventive interventions for youth considered “at risk” for current and future
problems. Most mentoring programs (e.g., Big Brothers Big Sisters) rely on volunteers and typically last less than two years. In contrast, Friends of the Children (FOTC) provides “professional” mentoring, delivered by full time employees, from kindergarten
through post-high school graduation. A multisite randomized controlled trial (RCT;
<i>N</i> = 281) focused on the most vulnerable youth growing up in four urban low resourced communities was initiated in 2008 across four cities. The relation of this work to the life and work of Leona Tyler will be discussed, followed by an introduction to
the new field of professional mentoring. The history of the trial and outcomes at age 19 years will be presented. The implications of the findings for the field will be discussed.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(51, 63, 72); background-color: white;">For those who cannot attend in person: </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; color: blue;"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/uoregon.zoom.us/j/98035158348?pwd=ySPKJEbscbjvp3XADHNoYeXb9x2arh.1__;!!C5qS4YX3!F-5OYXbwW4H64ZkkC8hNW7Qo89OKi5Vn-x-leG3QScP-Lu15OmvmmAwDDNZuAh6PTKLSYku8ibocB9Oh255xCg$" id="OWA00876888-cda1-a744-3a5b-6544f00b9892" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/98035158348?pwd=ySPKJEbscbjvp3XADHNoYeXb9x2arh.1</u></a></span></p>
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