Our Work

The Equity Center re-imagines research with an intentional focus on serving societal goals of social justice.

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Equitable Analysis

Equitable Analysis centers community-driven partnership to provide advocates as well as civic-and private-sector leaders with data and metrics, contextualized analysis, interactive maps and data visualizations, and narrative storytelling.
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Resource Knitting

Creating and sustaining mutually beneficial partnerships between UVA and the community that go beyond the standard of “first, do no harm.”
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Starr Hill Pathways

Starr Hill Pathways provides the social, technical, and research infrastructure to redress educational inequities that persist in the Charlottesville-Albemarle region.
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Youth Power

Black, indigenous, ethnic minority, and underrepresented youth gain access to better educational resources and outcomes.
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Work With Us

We work with UVA Faculty, Staff, and Students and Charlottesville and Albemarle community members to redress historic inequities.