Our Mission

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

Special reminder: Donate books at Town Hall meeting

The RB Coalition is including a “BOOK DRIVE” to benefit Rainier Beach community students and families at the 2010 Rainier Beach Backto-School Bash. Help us kick-off the drive by bringing a new or gently used book to the town hall meeting on January 28. – Thank you!

Help get the word out for our Town Hall Meeting

Just 30 days until the Rainier Beach Coalition Town Hall Meeting. Help get the word out by printing and distributing the two fliers attached to this message.

Watch for additional details soon.

And a huge thanks to Jennifer Duong for designing these materials!

RBCEC Town Hall flyer Multilingual Town Hall flyer

Share your breakthroughs and stories from 2009!

We are now about six weeks out from our Annual Town Hall Meeting, where we will formally review the work and accomplishments of coalition partners over the past year and set priorities for 2010. This has been another incredible year for Rainier Beach, and we’re exciting about getting a chance to reflect and report [...]

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 [...]

Summer 2009 Neighborhood Planning Status Check Reports

In preparation for the January Town Hall Meeting, the following documents related to the Rainier Beach Neighborhood plan have been added to the Neighborhood Plans page of this Web site:

Selected Status Check documents for Rainier Beach; all in pdf format: Commissioner Summary Report: RainierBeach Executive Summary: RainierBeach Discussion: RainierBeach 2009 Transcript: RainierBeach [...]

Town Hall Meeting Report

Here are the priorities and key areas for engagement identified at the Town Hall Meeting, held January 21, 2009.

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