Gun Violence in America: Children Take A Hit
“I’m just glad I made it to 18.” – Devonte Friedman on his 18th birthday, November 26, of 2018, five […]
OD Recap: RARE Looks at Literacy Equity Gap and Efforts To Close It
Before Roy Chang became the executive director of School Connect Washington, a literacy advocacy group, he did outreach work at […]
The Rise and Fall – and Rise – of Confederate Monuments
The Civil War ended 159 years ago this spring. Despite this long stretch of time, the monuments that arose memorializing […]
Students & Educators Discuss the Importance of Belonging in Schools
Thriving, connecting, enlightening, understanding, shared leading, and empowering— all were a number of repeated themes that surfaced in RARE’s second […]
RARE Discusses the Birth of American Popular Music from The 1619 Project
On March 11, 2024, seven of RARE’s board members met on Zoom for the third discussion of Nikole Hannah-Jones’ The […]
An Open Discussion about the School To Prison Pipeline
RARE’s Open Discussions returned on January 29, 2024, with a stimulating and enlightening evening with a panel discussing some of […]
Black History Month 2024
February 2024 marks the 48th anniversary since the federal government of the United States formally recognized Black History Month in […]
RARE, Roosevelt’s BSU & Other Students of Color Talk Racial Equity at Pizza Luncheon
This past November 13th, several RARE Board and committee members joined a couple dozen current Roosevelt students from various Students […]
Four SPS Principals Discuss the State of Racial Equity
RARE’s Open Discussions returned on September 18, 2023 with a panel of four Seattle Public Schools’ principals discussing the advances […]
The Seattle Times Looks Back At Seattle’s Efforts to Desegregate
In May, the Seattle Times ran an extensive two-part story detailing the Seattle School District’s efforts to desegregate what was […]