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<b>May 20<sup>th</sup> from 3:30-5:00PM</b> on your calendars for our upcoming Leona Tyler lecture with
<u><a href="http://www.laurenmims.com/">Dr. Lauren Mims</a></u> (see attached). <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Lauren C. Mims, PhD is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at Ball State University, and an incoming assistant professor in
the Department of Applied Psychology at NYU. She earned her doctorate in Educational Psychology: Applied Developmental Science and her B.A. in English and Psychology from the University of Virginia in 2019 and 2012, respectively. She earned her M.A. in Child
Development with a concentration in Clinical Developmental Health from Tufts University in 2014. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Dr. Mims was formerly Assistant Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans during the Obama Administration. She was a member
of the White House Council on Women and Girls, the U.S. Department of Education Policy Committee, the U.S. Department of Education Socioeconomic Diversity Working Group, as well as a member of First Lady Michelle Obama's Reach Higher Working Group. Lauren
developed and hosted events such as the AfAmWomenLead Student Summit to Support Black Girls, a summit to support African American students with disabilities, and reading parties for youth to share resources, foster creativity and nurture a love of learning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Broadly, the ultimate goal of Dr. Mims' research is to “freedom dream” (Kelley, 2002) with Black children and their families, and then use that brilliance to guide
the development of new research, policies, practices, and narratives!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">The title of her talk will be “We are the Dreamkeepers: Appling the BlackCreate Framework to Support Brilliant Black Girls”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">To
<span style="color:red">RSVP </span>for this lecture and/or to request a 1:1 or group meeting, please complete the survey here:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">I hope to see you at the lecture!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Emily<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Emily Tanner-Smith, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Associate Professor, Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Thomson Professor, College of Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Executive Director, HEDCO Institute for Evidence-Based Educational Practice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Associate Vice President for Research, University of Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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