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
Lander Center for Education Research 
http://www.touro.edu/edgrad/EAC/
Dr. Velma Cobb, Director
Touro College
School of Education
43 W. 23rd Street, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10010
Office: (212) 463-0400 ext. 561
Fax: (212) 627-3692
E-mail: vlcobb@nyu.edu

 REGION III
Mid-Atlantic Equity Center
http://ceee.gwu.edu/
Dr. Gail Sundersman, Director
The George Washington University
Center for Equity and Excellence in Education
1555 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 515
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Office: (703) 528-3588
Fax: (703) 528-5973
E-mail: gsunderman@ceee.gwu.edu

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/South_Central_Collaborative_for_Equity/
Dr. Bradley Scott, Director
Intercultural Development Research
Association
5815 Callaghan Road, Suite 101
San Antonio, Texas 78228
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
Bueno Center
http://www.colorado.edu/education/BUENO/
Dr. Manuel Escamilla, Project Director
School of Education
Univeristy of Colorado
UCB 247
Boulder, Colorado 80309
Office: (303) 492-3353
Fax: (303) 492-2883
E-mail: manuel.escamilla@colorado.edu 

 REGION IX
The Equity alliance at ASU 
http://www.equityallianceatasu.org/index.php
Dr. JoEtta Gonzales, Project Director
The Equity Alliance at ASU
Mary Lou Fulton College of Education
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona 85287
Office: (480) 956-0391
Fax: (   ) 
E-mail: joetta@asu.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