The Education and Civil Rights Initiative (ECRI), is the first and only university-based initiative dedicated to educational equity as a civil right in the Southeastern Conference.
ECRI is focused on engaging in high quality, rigorous research that examines educational equity across the p-20 spectrum, providing rapid response public scholarship that can inform a broader public on timely and contemporary educational issues, and a community-based, publicly engaged resource and research partner.
Mission Statement: The mission of ECRI is to work collaboratively with appropriate partners to ensure education is a civil right through research, community partnerships, and innovative and responsive scholarship.
Vision Statement: ECRI envisions a society that affirms the immutable characteristics and intersectional identities of all people including, but not to limited to, those who identify as or are members of African American/Black, LatinX, Asian American/Pacific Islander, First Nations/Indigenous, LGBTQI+, Diversely Abled, First Generation, and Immigrant communities.