Community Engagement and Outreach Towards Reconciliation

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Community Engagement and Outreach Towards Reconciliation

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

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

Rev. Brenda Tapia, a Voice for Equality and Justice

Discover the story of Rev. Brenda Tapia, whose unwavering commitment to human dignity and racial equality left an indelible mark on Davidson College and the wider community.