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 [...]

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.

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Rainier Beach 2011 Unsung Heroes Honored

On Saturday, January 7, 2012 at the RB Coalition’s recognition event for its SE SeattleFreedomNet project, two Rainier Beach Unsung Heroes were awarded – Tammy Nguyen and the Rainier Beach Community Center Advisory Council.

This year’s awardees and nominees were selected by the SE SeattleFreedomNet Citizen Journalist staff (www.seseattlefreedomnet.org ). The [...]

Rainier Beach Neighborhood Plan Update – Be There!

Where’s the Beach? What’s the Beach?

These are just some of the questions our neighborhood discussed during the first two Rainier Beach Neighborhood Plan Update workshops this year.  We said that Rainier Beach should be a:

Strong community, with organizations, events and programs that bring people together and serve our kids. [...]

RB Community Center Advisory Council puts Mayor McGinn on Notice

Hello Mayor,     My name is James Luster a member of the Rainier Beach Advisory Council. We would like to say thank you for the new Inclusion Plan that will give Women and Minorities contractors a chance to participate in the bidding for building the Community Center. We will want some follow up to [...]

RB LATE NIGHT ISSUE RESOLVED for now!

Hello Friends of SE Network (Help spread the word)!

I want to send out a HUGE Thank you to all the community advocates for your time and labor on the issue of Rainier Beach Community and Late Night being dislocated from RBHS.

Recently (early last week) Mariana Quarnstrom (SE Network Action Team Members [...]

Neighborhood Plan Update Workshop #2, June 28

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The second of a series of workshops related to the Rainier Beach Neighborhood Plan Update will take place on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at South Shore K-8 School.

Come and bring your neighbors!

DETAILS:

Event: Neighborhood Plan Update Workshop #2 Date: Tuesday, June [...]

Seattle Department of Neighborhoods seeks your input on survey

Help guide department’s efforts in community outreach and engagement!

The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods seeks your input on our community outreach and engagement activities. In line with our mission of civic participation, the department is asking community members for their feedback and ideas on how we can most effectively provide support to the community

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Seattle Tilth is hiring….

-Environmental Educator-

Seattle Tilth is hiring an educator to support the Garden Hotline. Hotline educators provide service by phone, email and walk in queries by residents Monday through Saturday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Educators provide information on plant care and selection, insect, animal and plant pests, IPM alternatives to pesticide use, [...]

Neighborhood Plan Update-Communitywide Meeting, March 19

Make Your Voice Heard!

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The Rainier Beach Neighborhood Plan is 12 years old – and it’s time for an update. The plan identifies actions that the community and the City should take to make your neighborhood a better place. You are the experts [...]