Action Areas
Restorative Resolutions Summer Circles
By Mariam Bayo The Rainier Beach neighborhood has had its own set of trauma and experiences. From gentrification to gun violence, the people in our community need space to talk about those experiences. We must acknowledge...
Read MoreFarm Stand Update
We are 8 weeks into the farm stand and are grateful to say that it’s been a large success! It’s been a great pleasure to see both new faces and returning patrons making their visits, even bringing back our pink reusable bags...
Read MoreDevelopment Town-Hall Recap
By: Samuel Woldemariam The Rainier Beach development town hall occurred on June 30th 2022. With MC’s Niecko Glover , Cathie Wilmore and Raphael Jackson. The MC’s did a great job of charting the progress of various...
Read MoreFarm Stand Fruit Frenzy!
Last Saturday marked the completion of our annual Fruit Frenzy! It was an amazing turnout from both patrons and team members, with substantial volunteer sign ups as well. We had featured fruits from Collins Family Orchards...
Read MoreRBAC Mid-Year Report
From Gregory Davis, Managing Strategist As there are so many concerns about crime in our society we want to offer a snapshot of our neighborhood safety work from this past half year January – June 2022. We secure resources...
Read MoreSuicide Prevention: How to Help a Friend
by Fatima Kabba I would make the conversation about the person and how I care about them and be non-judgemental. I would ask them, “Are you thinking about suicide? What made you feel that way?” I would give...
Read MoreFarm Stand ’22
As you may know, RBAC has been running a farm stand every summer since 2018, and this season will be our 5th time doing so. We are very excited to start our farm stand with two new additions to our team: Nurhaliza Mohamath(Food...
Read MoreThe Stage Crew
The Stage Crew/Freedomnet handles many of the technology parts of RBAC. The Stage Crew is actually a reference to people who set up the stage. We handle anything from live streaming, video editing, video managing, podcasts,...
Read MoreJuneteenth
What is Juneteenth you ask? Juneteenth commemorates the effective end of people being enslaved in the good ole USA. It is both a somber and celebratory day to commemorate the Thirteenth Amendment. Juneteenth is short for “June...
Read MoreArtist’s Corner with Fatima Kabba
In May I joined a virtual presentation about the issues that black youth go through daily. It’s hard to open up to a stranger you don’t even know. Sometimes many therapists don’t look like you. Many people in my community...
Read MoreDynamically Learning Through Art
By Messiah Fagerholm It is no secret that most public schools don’t fund art classes and programs as much as other programs. Even Rainier Beach’s Paul Robeson theater goes mostly unused for theatrical plays. Great artists are...
Read MoreIt Takes A Village: Tiny Homes in Rainier Beach
By: Jeremiah Conyers & Samuel Woldemariam Two doors down from the RBAC Growth Center you may have noticed that a small community has been in development for some time now. In response to rising costs for housing and...
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