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Honoring the Women at RBAC for Women’s History Month
By Makayla Miles In honor of women’s history month, I want to recognize and highlight some of the women of RBAC and let the community know a little bit more about what they do. Abby Endalew is Farm Stand and Food...
Read MoreBlack Women in Food Justice
By Tyree Abella Black Women in South Seattle are at the forefront of food justice work in the area, working to ensure that their communities have access to healthy and fresh food options. One particular area of focus for these...
Read MoreYNE programs as Black Seattle Youth History
By Makayla Miles Many of the staff at RBAC are Black Young adults and they are making legacies of their own. The Clean Crew which is led by and predominantly a group of young Black men are making their history in...
Read MoreMartin Luther King Jr. Day 2023
By Mariam Bayo Numerous revolutionaries who fought for Black people’s equality were incredibly inventive in changing the course of culture. Martin Luther King Jr. was an advocate for Black liberation and for the...
Read More2022 RBAC Reflection from Development Manager, Kanwal Yousuf
As I reflect on the past few months and this fundraising season, I can’t help but to feel like my heart is full. I can certainly say that I was gifted with a family and that my “work place” isn’t work, but my home…and I know...
Read MoreAll Gentrification Isn’t Created Equal
By Jerrell Davis This 4th installment of the Disaster Gentrification Series takes on a different approach. This time, I want to pose some questions/prompts that the community can take with and discuss. I also give...
Read MoreEnd-of-Season Farm Stand Recap
After 18 weeks of produce distribution, we can gratefully say we have completed yet another successful farm stand season! From patrons lining up hours before we open, to volunteers sliding into our DMs wanting to know more about...
Read MoreThe Corner Greeter program is growing!
In the past month, we have… Hired 8 young people from Rainier Beach and deployed them in the neighborhood as Corner Greeters; Expanded the leadership team to include a Onsite Specialist, Performance Specialist,...
Read MoreRainier Beach YATTA Rising Town Hall Recap
From Kanwal Yousuf On October 20th I drove home smiling and prayed the last prayer of the day after RBAC’s YATTA Rising Town Hall. I reflected on the whole day that entailed a lot of love and humor. I thanked the Creator...
Read MoreSeptember Circle Recap
What a year of Circles it has been! We’ve been going strong, doing weekly Circles since July. Throughout the summer our topics varied but for the month of September we decided to focus on exploring “gun violence.” Being...
Read MoreYearly Priority Hire Outreach Goals Reached!
We’ve got to give a big kudos to Eddie Grinnell for reaching his yearly Priority Hire Outreach goals with 3 months in the year left! Here’s a note from him: “We set a goal of 85 Assessments, 50 Referrals & 25 Placements....
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