Our Mission

The Rainier Beach Community Empowerment Coalition builds community capacity to successfully address critical issues and enhance quality of life.

Youth Engaged In Transit Justice – They need your help surveying the Rainier Beach neighborhood

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Dear Community Leaders:

The youth (ages 13 – 18 years old) that are a part of the Transit Justice Youth Leadership Project are awesome. For many this is the first time doing any kind of community organizing, and we want it to be the best experience for them. That is why we are [...]

outreach to all RBHS parents with students

Hello Parents, Students, Community Partners and Stakeholders of Rainier Beach high school,

This is a call to action. We are in the midst of a graduation crisis. Our students need all stakeholders to come together and work collectively toward the common goal of ensuring their success. The urgency is validated by the recent release [...]

SEEDarts efforts to revive the Columbia City Theate

SEEDArts, Southeast Seattle’s largest non-profit arts organization, has announced plans to revive the Columbia City Cinema.

Community effort to reopen the Columbia City Cinema surges forward

SEEDArts has announced a new prospective project: to renovate and reopen the Columbia Cit y Cinema. The original cinema closed  in May 2011 — since then [...]

Family Oppurtunity

SPS seeks community volunteers for Special Education Advisory & Advocacy Council (SEAAC) Seattle Public Schools is seeking unpaid volunteers from our ethnically, linguistically and culturally diverse communities to serve on the Special Education Advisory & Advocacy Council (SEAAC), for a term of one year. The purpose of this committee is to advise Seattle Public [...]

Race: The Power of an Illusion Community Presentation Jan. 28th

Hi everyone, I wanted to let you know that SOCR / RSJI are working with the Loren Miller Bar Association, Seattle Parks and Seattle Police Department to co-sponsor a community version of our Race: the Power of an Illusion training. The flyer is attached.  Please feel free to share this information with anyone who [...]

Walkabout at South Seattle Light Rail Stations

Light Rail Station Walkabouts in South Seattle

 

Dear Community Members,

 

The South Precinct of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) and the Southeast Seattle Crime Prevention Council (SSCPC) will be conducting two additional walkabouts at the following Light Rail Stations to assess pedestrian safety:

 

Mt. Baker Station Area – January 22, Sunday [...]

Parent meeting January 23rd in the PAC

Hello Everyone,

On January 23rd Rainier Beach PTSA will be hosting a very IMPORTANT meeting. This meeting is to stir up urgency among the parents/guardians in the performance of our students at RBHS.

Please forward the attached flier to whomever you come in contact who work with families of RBHS or future families of [...]

Next RAVE Community dinner! Jan 20th

Community Dinner at Rainier Community Center is the third Friday of every month, so January 20th, February 17th, and March 16th. Rainier Valley Eats is starting an after school cooking program and Good Food Box program at Rainier Beach High School. The first cooking class there will be Thursday January 19, from 2:45 [...]

Rainier Beach High School Transformation Underway!

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On January 12, 2012 the Rainier Beach High School Design Team met in the school’s Career Center to continue reporting on the transformation effort underway at Rainier Beach High School. Teachers, SPS staff, service providers and community members were present.

Top Highlights 1. Rainier Beach High Schools has moved from a Level 1 [...]

Rainier Beach Community Center Construction Underway but…..

On January 11, 2012 the Rainier Beach Community Center Advisory Council met to discuss programming and other issues regarding the Rainier Beach Community Center. Advisory Council member Vic Roberson and Justina Guyott were in attendance along with Seattle Parks and Recreation staff, four SE Seattle FreedomNet Citizen Journalist reporters.

Top Highlights

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