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A UVA Democracy Initiative center for the redress of inequity through community-engaged scholarship

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Nonprofit working to bridge education equity gaps

Burley Restoration Project adding mural and documentary through new grant

UVA Welcomes New Class of Equity Center Community Fellows

$5 MILLION NSF GRANT TO ADDRESS CLIMATE INEQUITIES THROUGH DATA AND NARRATIVES

New Democracy Initiative Lab Explores Creative Advocacy

Picturing Climate Justice exhibit opens

Project aims to phase police out of non-violent crisis intervention calls

Bearing Witness: A #VQRTrueStory Essay

Youth at the Intersection of the Movement for Racial Justice and the COVID-19 Pandemic

New mural unveiled at Charlottesville’s Red Cross building

Students are still struggling to get internet. The infrastructure law could help

‘COASTAL FUTURES HUB’ AIMS TO PROTECT RURAL COMMUNITIES THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE

‘Confederate memorials are associated with hate’ — New UVA study shows ‘significant’ correlation between lynchings and monuments

UVA DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE AND STORYCORPS TO FOCUS ON TOUGH LOCAL CONVERSATIONS

Albemarle County’s inequities highlighted ahead of opportunities for change

George Rogers Clark statue at UVA comes down

New Clinic Will Aid Community Solutions to Equity Concerns: Students Will Partner With UVA Equity Center Fellows

Albemarle Co., UVA Equity Center release Equity Profile

New directory focuses on area’s Black businesses

If We Remake Middle School, What Would That Mean for Teens?

PHAR founder, Charlottesville housing advocate Joy Johnson wins national lifetime achievement award

Puryear seeking fifth term on Charlottesville School Board

CASTEEN AWARDS GO TO ENGINEERING, NURSING, UVA-WISE COMMUNITY LEADERS

CLASS OF 2021: WITH A PASSION FOR EQUITY IN EDUCATION, GRADUATE MAKES HER MARK

STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT ABEL LIU NAMED AS UVA’S LATEST TRUMAN SCHOLAR

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: PROFESSOR STUDIES SOUNDS OF JUSTICE

What to do when COVID poses challenges for community engagement?

NEW CLASS OF EQUITY CENTER COMMUNITY FELLOWS JOINS UVA AS 2020 CLASS CONTINUES

Video series aims to reduce mental health stigma in black communities

Distinguished Dozen: Bonnie Gordon touches all the right notes with community work

Black newborns die at a higher rate than white newborns. A UVA fellow aims to shine a light on the disparity.

UVA hosts online event discussing food and justice in Virginia

Charlottesville holds annual MLK Jr. Celebration virtually

Black Charlottesville could get mental health center thanks to UVA Equity Center fellow

Luli Bilingual Books sheds light on Puerto Rican culture

In a civil war, accountability must precede healing

Adding ancestors to Memorial to Enslaved Laborers

Former 5th District candidate Dr. Cameron Webb named to White House COVID-19 Response Team

Diverse Doll and Book Drive

Equity! At UVA & in Charlottesville

UVA Opens Community Partnerships Office Downtown

Equity Center Awarded Major Grant to Support Burgeoning Field of Public Interest Technology

City, county and UVA work on joint memorandum promoting equity

Sweat the Details Podcast by Nest Realty: Urban Design, Climate Change, Equity and Resilience with Barbara Brown Wilson

UVA Community Testing Provides Thousands of Free COVID-19 Tests in Charlottesville

Tom Tom Foundation's Cities Rising Summit enters fifth week

Expanded role for UVA's vice president for diversity and equity

UVA Board of Visitors endorses goals presented by the Racial Equity Task Force

U.Va. Board of Visitors votes to contextualize Thomas Jefferson statue, remove George Rogers Clark statue

UVA groups launch equity website for Charlottesville-area community

UVa site consolidates resources on virtual learning, child care for area families

August 2020 Newsletter

Fifth week of Cities Rising Summit to focus on education equity

Three years later, Charlottesville looks to educator Benjamin Tonsler’s legacy

Tanesha Hudson, Community Fellow-in-Residence, Premieres R.A.C.E. Podcast

Local Steering Committee Member Charlene Green talks to TomTom Founder Paul Beyer about Friendship Court Renewal

Local Steering Committee Member Don Gathers Speaks out against racist threats that cut short his city council run

Local Steering Committee Member Daniel Fairley 'Runs with Ahmaud'

Local Steering Committee Member Shantell Bingham Featured in "Determined" Series

A Conversation on Racial Equity and Technology

City Council signals support for frontline workers

UVA IDEA fund announces MLM Endorsed Award grant - CBS19

Making Commitments and creating trust are hallmarks of Public Service

Facing a spike in food insecurity, local organizations band together

University Sets up Volunteer Center For Community Response Pandemic

Equity Center research featured in Charlottesville Tomorrow: Determined to Be Free

Equity Center Faculty Director, Barbara Brown Wilson, Appointed to UVA’s Racial Equity Task Force

The Girls are Alwrite: 2nd Annual Summer Camp

Building a Foundation

Local low-income housing organizations collaborate to win national grant

NEW EQUITY CENTER AIMS TO CREATE THRIVING UNIVERSITY-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

Public Colleges and Universities Launch

New Report Recommends Actions to Strengthen UVA’s Ties to Community

"Giving Thanks" - Community Launch of the Equity Center

Faculty Launch of the Equity Center

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