Our Mission

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

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!

Click on image to download letter-sized (8.5" x 11") flyer

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 [...]

Protect Renters: Demand Fair Tenant Screening!

If you are not familiar with the tenant screening industry, be prepared for a rude awakening.

Currently, Washington State residents pay repeated fees for background checks with every housing application – often paying hundreds of dollars for screening reports that can contain misleading or inaccurate information. And there’s no recourse to dispute their record. [...]

How You Can Help Students Attend Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performances

STG Presents Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Celebrating 50 Years of REVELATIONS!

March 25-27, 2011, The 5th Avenue Theatre

BUY A TICKET & HELP SUPPORT STG EDUCATION PROGRAMS SURROUNDING AILEY!

Purchase tickets to one of the AAADT performances using the password “REVELATIONS”—with this password, 15% of all tickets sold will be directed [...]

Rainier Chamber of Commerce Hosting Conversation with Code for America, Feb. 17

The Rainier Chamber of Commerce is hosting a conversation with Code for America (CFA) research fellows who are in Seattle for the month of February. CFA is looking at how to better use technology for communication between citizens and government.

The gathering will take place  Thursday, February 17, 2011,  at 5:00 pm at the [...]

Youth Violence Prevention Community Matching Grant application deadline: March 21

The first round of 2011 Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative (SYVPI) Community Matching Grants Request for Proposals has been announced. Available funding for each project is up to $20,000. All projects are required to have a community match that equals at least one-half of the requested amount of SYVPI funding.

These projects will supplement [...]

Planning Outreach Liaison Meetings scheduled for African Americans in Rainier Beach, Feb. 17 and 24

Planning Outreach Liaisons (POLs) are now organizing special workshops for key constituencies to ensure the broadest possible participation in the Neighborhood Plan Update process currently underway.

Information for African Americans who live, work or own businesses in the Rainer Beach area is provided below.

For more information on the Neighborhood Plan Update process, see [...]

PLEASE NOTE! *Metro Bus Service Revisions Take Effect Saturday, Feb 5*

Starting Saturday, Feb. 5, King County Metro Transit is updating its bus service.

This includes routing and bus stop revisions for approximately two dozen routes.

Metro updates its routes and scheduling three times a year to improve service and keep up with the changing needs of transit customers.

Service revisions in downtown [...]

Rainier Beach Community Empowerment Coalition nominated for MLK Peace Award

The Rainier Beach Community Empowerment Coalition recently received this notification of nomination:

Congratulations! We are pleased to announce that your organization has been nominated for the 2011 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Award sponsored by the Seattle Center and the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative. In the spirit of the [...]