The 10 equity assistance centers are funded by the U.S. Department of Education under Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. They provide assistance in the areas of Race, Gender, and National Origin equity to public school districts to promote equal educational opportunities.

Equity Assistance Center Programs

Go to the Equity Assistance
Centers Network web site www.equitycenters.org

REGION II
New York University Equity Assistance Center
http://www.nyu.edu/education/metrocenter/EAC.html
Dr. Edward Fergus, Director
Metropolitan Center for Urban Education
Steinhardt School of Education
New York University
726 Broadway, 5th floor
New York, New York 10003
Office: (212) 998-5253
Fax: (212) 995-4199
E-mail: eaf7@nyu.edu

 REGION III
The Mid-Atlantic Equity Center
http://www.maec.org
Dr. Sheryl Denbo, Director
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium
5272 River Road, Suite 340
Bethesda, Maryland 20816
Office: (301) 657-7741
Fax: (301) 657-8782
E-mail: sdenbo@maec.org

REGION IV
Southeastern Equity Center
http://www.southeastequity.org
Mr. Jerry Graniero, Director
Southeastern Equity Alliance, Inc.
1401 East Broward Blvd., Suite 304
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Office: (954) 765-3553
Fax: (954) 523-3340
E-mail: jerry@southeastequity.org

REGION V
Program for Educational Opportunity
http://www.umich.edu/~eqtynet/
Dr. Percy Bates, Director
University of Michigan
1005 School of Education
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1259
Office: (734) 763-9910
Fax: (734) 763-2137
E-mail: pbates@umich.edu

REGION VI
South Central Collaborative for Equity
http://www.idra.org/scce/
Dr. Bradley Scott, Director
Intercultural Development Research
Association
5835 Callaghan Road, Suite 350
San Antonio, Texas 78228-1190
Office: (210) 444-1710
Fax: (210) 444-1714
E-mail: bradley.scott@idra.org

 REGION VII
Midwest Equity Assistance Center
http://www.meac.org
Dr. Charles Rankin, Director
Kansas State University
1100 Bluemont Hall, Room 401
Manhattan, Kansas 66506
Office: (785) 532-6408
Fax: (785) 532-5548
E-mail: crankin@ksu.edu

 REGION VIII
Interwest Equity Assistance Center
http://www.colostate.edu/programs/EAC
Mr. Ramón F. Villarreal, Director
Colorado State University
410 Seventeenth Street, Suite 1690
Denver, Colorado 80202
Office: (303) 623-5795
Fax: (303) 623-9023
E-mail: villarreal@cahs.colostate.edu

 REGION IX
Western Regional Equity Network (WREN) Equity Assistance Center
http://www.ed.arizona.edu/wren/
Mr. David Cherry, Director
The University of Arizona
College of Education
Department of Language, Reading and Culture
1430 E. 2nd Street
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0069
Office: (520) 621-5263
Fax: (520) 621-1853
E-mail: dcherry@email.arizona.edu

REGION X
The Equity Center
http://www.nwrel.org/cnorse/
Ms. Joyce Harris, Director
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL)
101 S.W. Main Street, Suite 500
Portland, Oregon 97204-3297
Office: (503) 275-0664
Fax: (503) 275-0452
E-mail: harrisj@nwrel.org