Community Engagement and Outreach Towards Reconciliation

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Davidson College is actively strengthening its regional impact through a variety of community-based partnerships and educational outreach programs. 

Noah Satterfield '20 teaching a student
Community Research Program

The Community Research Program, launched in 2020, involves students and faculty in place-based research partnerships with community leaders in neighborhoods including Smithville, Huntington Green, Pottstown, and West Davidson.

Summer Promise Students seated in classroom
Summer Promise Program

The Summer Promise Program, launched in 2024, provides week-long educational experiences for high school students from underserved Charlotte-region communities.

A group of diverse children and young adult leaders stand in a row on a gymnasium floor, smiling and flexing their muscles in a strong pose against a red and white wall.
Brenda H. Tapia CDF Freedom Schools

The Freedom Schools program offers summer enrichment experiences for K-8 students at the Ada Jenkins Center, focusing on fostering reading skills and positive learning attitudes.

Community Outreach

The college continues to build connections with descendants in West Davidson, Smithville, Pottstown, Charlotte and Oberlin, Ohio. If you and your family may be descendant of enslaved or exploited people in Davidson's history, please contact the Director of Descendant Community Outreach, Rev. Daniel Heath, to get connected.

Rev. Daniel Heath, J.D. (he/him) 
Associate Chaplain | Director of Descendant Community Outreach
daheath@davidson.edu 
704-894-1319