Local Partnerships
The Equity Center is committed to being a good neighbor to our local community
_mpathic design: The Great Migration selected for 2022 ASCA award
Faculty Director of Design Justice, Elgin Cleckley, was awarded a Creative Achievement Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).
2021 - 2022 Annual Report
Learn about our community-engaged work from the past year
Virginia Evictors Catalog Launched
The Virginia Evictors Catalog provides data about plaintiffs filing unlawful detainers (evictions) in Virginia's General District Courts from January 2018 through September 2022.
2021 Community Fellow-in-Resident Benita Mayo published in Virginia Quarterly
Her photodocumentary series capturing Black maternity and childbirth experiences featured
Picturing Climate Justice
Exhibit at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
Starr Hill Pathways
Learn more about our newest and most ambitious program for local middle schoolers
UVA Equity Center Provides Middle School Students a College Experience
Starr Hill Pathways Summer Program launched in summer 2022
Orange Dot 5.0 Report
Orange Dot 5.0 marks the beginning of an annual update completed in partnership between Network2Work@PVCC and The Equity Center at the University of Virginia
The UVA Center for the Redress of Inequity through Community Engaged Scholarship presents its Annual Report, representing the work accomplished between July 2021 - June 2022.
Past Events
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
Shantell Bingham of Cultivate Charlottesville was featured in Charlottesville Tomorrow and Vinegar Hill Magazine's "Determined to be Nourished" article.
A Conversation on Racial Equity and Technology
Equity Center Lead Data Analyst, Dr. Michele Claibourn, discusses the Equity Atlas with Saif Y Ishoof, Vice President for Engagement at Florida International University, and Dr. Charlton McIlwain, Vice Provost for Faculty Engagement and Development at New York University.
City Council signals support for frontline workers
The City Council discussed the Frontline Workers Fair Treatment Charter during its meeting early Tuesday morning.
Ben Allen, executive director of The Equity Center, said the charter would allow public and private employers to be certified as meeting a list of 12 employment practices laid out in the charter.
UVA IDEA fund announces MLM Endorsed Award grant - CBS19
The University of Virginia Equity Center has been selected as this year's Marcus L. Martin Endorsed Award.
The UVA IDEA fund announced on Wednesday the Equity Center will be getting a $5,000 grant to support its work to facilitate long-term, institutional change in the areas of inclusion, diversity, equity and access.
Elgin Cleckley Explains the Design of the UVA Equity Center Logo
Community Fellow-in-Residence Myra Anderson holds webinar on “The Trauma of Racism,”
Myra Anderson, mental health advocate, UVA Community Fellow-in-Residence, and founder of Brave Souls on Fire, led a webinar on the traumatic effects that systemic and cultural racism have on African Americans. This urgent mental health conversation will took place on July 29, 2020 at 6pm.
Making Commitments and creating trust are hallmarks of Public Service
Barbara Wilson given the Thomas Jefferson Award for Early Career Excellence in Community Engagement.
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