Our Mission

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

15-19 year olds needed to develop designing and planning skills

If you are a teenager 15-19 years old this is a very coop programm that the Seattle Art Museum is offering this summer.  It is a 6-week teen workshop where teens learn to be design thinkers and chager makers.  They get to explore visual art, architecture, design software, urban planning and social activism.  The [...]

Reminder: Bridge to Beach All Valley Earthday Makeover: April 24

Just a friendly reminder that the second annual Bridge to Beach All Valley Earth Day Makeover will be held on Saturday, April 24, 2010.

Hurry and get together with your family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers to form a team and decide on a project whether it be trash collecting, graffiti removal, flower planting, weeding, [...]

RB Coalition Stewards Group Forming: March 24

This is shaping up to be an incredibly exciting year for the Rainier Beach Community Empowerment Coalition–and a tremendous time for raising up and supporting new leadership across all generations and backgrounds.  Here’s another opportunity for you to make a huge difference, while also supporting the youth, elders, and local activists who are already [...]

Bridge to Beach All Valley Earth Day, April 24

The second annual Bridge to Beach All Valley Earth Day Makeover will be held on Saturday, April 24, 2010. The Rainier Valley will be awash with activity and celebration as hundreds of people from neighborhood groups, youth organizations, and businesses participate in a coordinated effort of getting dirty in order to clean up streets, [...]

Volunteers, mentors sought for Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative

Help out any way you can through time, talent or treasure. Mentors are always needed.

Send an email with the subject line: “I want to help” to: hhendersonlewis@positiveplace.org

November ’09 Action Team Meeting Notes

Action Area Topic: Environmental Issues in Rainier Beach

Demographics of those in attendance:

Total Attendance: 15 Residents: 5 Over 60 years young:1 Under 30 years of age:2 Kinship Caregivers: 1, Support group did not join us due to seasonal business meeting 80% of attendees have used Link Light Rail Organizations: 12- Transportation Choices, Seattle [...]

President Speak

September 2010 Now that I have had a chance to exhale WOW! Regarding this year’s Back2School Bash – School supplies provided to 1000 young people, up to 1600 people in attendance, over 80 volunteers, 25 service providers, a 35 piece youth orchestra, 3 churches (yea ECBF), the cast from Broadway Bound’s God Lives In [...]