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Community-engaged teaching at the University of Virginia is driving real community impact, fostering strong connections between students at UVA and across the Charlottesville and Albemarle County region. Through partnerships with the Center for Community Partnerships’ Starr Hill…

The Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Virginia developed Starr Hill Pathways (SHP) in partnership with Albemarle County Public Schools and Charlottesville City Schools as an innovative, long-term, collaborative program for middle and high school students in…

Congratulations to Aanya Sonkusare, a Henley Middle School student, for winning the UVA Equity Center's Voices of Democracy Writing Contest! Her hard work and dedication truly stood out, and we are all very proud of her achievement. Well done, Aanya!

The Equity Center, the Karsh Institute of Democracy and a panel of expert judges have selected the winners of the “Voices of Democracy: What Democracy Means to Me” writing contest, which was open to 6th through 12th-grade students enrolled in public, private, or homeschool…

The Starr Hill Pathways (SHP) Tutoring Program aims to provide emergent bilinguals and other students who need academic support with linguistic and instructional support.

Our community is invested in providing a wide variety of programs and services to meet the unique interests of it’s young residents and their families. Our intent is to improve the connection between youth-serving organizations and youth and their families by providing…

In July 2022, Light House Studio joined forces with the University of Virginia Equity Center’s Starr Hill Pathways Program and UVA PEGLLLLab to create an inspiring "Public Engagement and Social Justice + Filmmaking" Pathway. This project, aimed at middle school students in…