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  • Leveraging Equity and Civic Empathy through Community-Based Mathematical Modeling Aguirre, Julia M. Suh, Jennifer Tate, Holly Carlson, Mary Alice Fulton, Elizabeth Turner, Erin E. Mathematical Models Mathematics Instruction Teaching Methods Equal Education Empathy Elementary School Students Guidelines Learner Engagement Justice Academic Standards Educational Objectives Faculty Development Culturally Relevant Education Ethics Vignettes Elementary School Teachers Library Materials Ethnic Groups Cultural Pluralism Graphs Diversity Water Quality Educational Environment Charts Community Involvement This theoretical paper describes how Community-based Mathematical Modeling can advance equity and cultivate civic empathy in elementary school settings. We provide a framework for community-based mathematical modeling instruction consisting of five goals: facilitating connections, fostering engagement, promoting rigor, cultivating civic empathy, and elevating justice. We illustrate how these goals work together to advance equity and cultivate civic empathy through classroom vignettes of community-based modeling lessons. Through this theoretical synthesis, implications for community-based mathematical modeling instruction will be discussed. [For the complete proceedings, see ED630210.]