The Equity Center
A UVA Democracy Initiative center for the redress of inequity through community-engaged scholarship
Project Pipeline
Architectural summer camp
Girls are All Write
Equity Centered Community Engaged Teaching
Local Partnerships
The Equity Center is committed to being a good neighbor to our local community
Community Launch of the Equity Center was on Nov. 5, 2019
Read more about our mission
COVID-19 Wraparound Services Program Evaluation
Read the Executive Summary
Dr. Cameron Webb Named to White House COVID-19 Response Team
Dr. Webb served as a faculty leader since the inception of the Equity Center
New Class of Equity Center Community Fellows Joins UVA
2020 Fellows continue their work
Past Events
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
Curry Research Lectureship Series: Dr. Bianca Baldridge
Reimagining Youth Work(ers) and the Ongoing Struggle for Racial Justice
Dr. Bianca Baldridge
Bianca J. Baldridge is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin,
Madison. As a sociologist of education, Bianca’s scholarship explores the socio-political context of community-based youth
work and afterschool education. Bianca’s research critically examines the confluence of race, class, and gender, and its impact
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
"There’s a deadly paradox here. This virus is amplifying racial inequities with a disproportionate impact on the Black and Latinx communities, locally as well as nationally. To limit in-person school is to honor the health of the Black and brown community. But without radical thinking and quick action, we risk perpetuating educational inequities."
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
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