Making Commitments and creating trust are hallmarks of Public Service
Barbara Wilson given the Thomas Jefferson Award for Early Career Excellence in Community Engagement.
The Equity Center
A UVA Democracy Initiative center for the redress of inequity through community-engaged scholarship
The Girls Are All Write Creative Writing Program
In Charlottesville, African-Americans are nearly five times more likely to be arrested than whites
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The Equity Center
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Community Fellows-In-Residence Program
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The Girls Are All Write Creative Writing Program
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In Charlottesville, African-Americans are nearly five times more likely to be arrested than whites
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"Giving Thanks" - Community Launch of the Equity Center is on Nov. 14-15
Upcoming Events
Facing a spike in food insecurity, local organizations band together
Highlighting the partnership between the Food Justice Network, Equity Center, and the Global Policy Center.
University Sets up Volunteer Center For Community Response Pandemic
The Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Outreach, UVA Health’s Office of Community Partnerships, the University’s Equity Center and the Office of Economic Development have partnered to establish the employee Volunteer Center.
Equity Center research featured in Charlottesville Tomorrow: Determined to Be Free
Equity Center Lead Data Scientist Michele Claiborn and Research Associate Sam Powers contributed to Charlottesville Tomorrow’s “Determined” series. Using the Equity Atlas platform, Dr. Claiborn and Mr. Powers compiled Charlottesville City Police Department records of street stops by CPD officers. The Equity Atlas allowed the detentions data to be visualized both spatially and broken down by race, showing clearly that disparities persist in city policing.
Equity Center Faculty Director, Barbara Brown Wilson, Appointed to UVA’s Racial Equity Task Force
UVA President Jim Ryan appointed Kevin McDonald, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Ian Solomon, Dean of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy; and Barbara Brown Wilson, Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning and co-founder and Faculty Director of UVA’s Equity Center, to a task force addressing racial equity at UVA. The Task Force is reviewing stakeholder demands for racial equity going back 50 years and meeting with current student, faculty, and administrative voices.
The Girls are Alwrite: 2nd Annual Summer Camp
This year “The Girls are Alwrite” is hosting its second annual summer camp virtually. Rising 6th - 12th grade Black and Latinx girls are invited to join Camp Coaches Sonia Montalvo, V the Writer, Tessa Thompson, and Brande Mccleese as they engage in and create poetry, fiction, and nonfiction pieces. To register visit: https://form.jotform.com/thegirlsarealwrite/2020camp
Building a Foundation
Project Pipeline, a new UVA School of Architecture program affiliated with the National Organization of Minority Architects that welcomes local high school students for a two-week paid internship.
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
January 9-10, 2020.
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