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
Returning to School with Equity in Mind: A Lunch & Learn Professional Development Series
Thursdays from 12-1 PM in July 2020
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.
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.
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