Our Mission

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

Rainier Beach Best in State!

OK, so Rainier Beach has the best basketball in the state. From this reporters lens, this is just the tip of the iceburg. Soon to follow will be our scholars, our community center, our neighborhood plan (Wondering how the neighborhood plan got in there….come to South Shore Pk-8 on March 14th, 6:30 p.m. [...]

8th Anniversary Of 206 Zulu feat. Afrika Bambaataa

Top 2 highlights

1. Not only was the legendary father of hip hop and break beats there but Zulu Hawaii and New York was as well. 2. Local and International Rappers where there and Graffiti artist including Breakdancer’s.

Most Surprising Thing Heard

1. “Hip hop brings more people together than religion,government,politics.” (Words from the [...]

FREEDOMNET 2011 Year End Reveiw

Top 2 highlights

1. The Back to school Bash was successful. 2. we plugged in a lot of organizations with our site, and helped them become more aware of the community.

Most Controversial

1. A few Reporters misunderstood the meaning of controversial even within working in the field.

Most Surprising Thing Heard (Common [...]

March 14: Making Rainier Beach Great! – A Call to Action

Congratulations Rainier Beach!

After much community effort, your neighborhood plan update is finished . We are now ready to take action to make Rainier Beach a thriving and interconnected community. Please join us:

Making Rainier Beach Great! – A Call to Action Wednesday, March 14 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. South Shore K-8 School [...]

United Way Free Tax Prep

United Way of King County’s Free Tax Preparation Program helps people keep more of their hard earned money.

 

Every year United Way of King County, with the help of hundreds of volunteers, help people file their tax returns and secure all of the refunds and credits that they’re eligible for, including [...]

SSCPC Walkabouts & March Agenda

South Seattle Crime Prevention Council  Upcoming Walkabouts & March Meeting Agenda Dear Community Member,

Walkabouts: All walks begin at 7:30pm .  Dress warmly, bring a flashlight, umbrella and pen & paper to take notes.  Walks will take place regardless of weather conditions.  The walks usually end at about 9 [...]

2012 Art Walk Rainier Beach

We are just over 6mo. away from the 2 nd annual Art Walk Rainier Beach! This year’s event is scheduled for Sat. Sept. 15. It’s time to put together a steering committee of Rainier Beach artists, merchants, residents and advocates to plan and produce this year’s event.

 

I want to call our first [...]

RBHS Open House and School Tours

RBHS

Greetings, Rainier Beach high school needs your support.  In an effort to increase enrollment and get the word out that WE DO have positive things going on in and at the school, we are hosting a series of  Tours.  There are several opportunities to attend in the morning and evening.  Tweet it, Blog [...]

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 [...]