How does the work of the Equity Alliance at ASU relate to Civil Rights?
• Like all the Equity Assistance Centers, the Equity Alliance at ASU is designed to serve as a resource support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in preventing discrimination, exclusion, or denial of opportunity on the basis of race, gender, or national origin through such discriminatory activities as inequitable opportunities to learn, harassment, segregation, and denial of language services. We will support the work of the (OCR) Compliance and Enforcement teams and the Department of Justice by providing scientifically-based, legally-sound TA to reinforce federal civil rights work including addressing Title IV issues and working with school districts that have achieved unitary status. • The Equity Alliance at ASU provides technical assistance (TA) and training, at the request of school boards and other responsible governmental agencies for the preparation, adoption, and implementation of plans for the desegregation of public schools in Arizona, California, and Nevada. As defined by pro
