Our Mission

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

Rainier Beach Community Empowerment Coalition

  RB Tickler Greetings!

 

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  2011 Rainier Beach Unsung Hero Award Winners Announced!! On Saturday, January 7, 2012 at the RB Coalition’s recognition event for its SE SeattleFreedomNet project two Rainier Beach Unsung Heroes were recognized : Tammy Nguyen of Got Green [...]

Free Zumba Classes Every Friday

Zumba Fridays at South Shore in the first grade pod

Green your Food Service Business and Save Money Jan. 30th

 

Green your Food Service Business and Save Money Join Community Power Works and the Rainier Valley Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Jan. 30 from 5:30 – 7:30 at Maya’s Restaurant for a conversation about how to green your business. You’ll be able to talk with experts on energy efficiency, waste management and water [...]

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 [...]

SE Seattle FreedomNet Unsung Hero Award Event

FreedomNet Unsung Hero Event1

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 [...]

May 2 Community Involvement Meeting concerning Late Night Program…

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT MEETING

RAINIER BEACH LATE NIGHT PROGRAM

 

DATE: Monday, May 2, 2011

TIME: 6:30 pm to 8:30 PM

LOCATION:     Rainier Community Center

4600 38th Ave., Seattle, WA 98118

We will be meeting with Seattle Parks and [...]

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. [...]