Roosevelt Students from Affinity Groups Join RARE Open Discussion
Seven students from Roosevelt’s Black Student Union, Asian Student Union, and Latin Student Union joined a RARE audience for an […]
Donate Appreciated Stock or Securities to RARE
Donating appreciated stock and mutual fund shares (held for more than one year) are wonderful ways to support RARE. Making […]
RARE Honors 2026 Forrest Ward Racial Equity Award Recipients
In June of 2026 RARE presented its Forrest Ward Racial Equity Award to four individuals who have made outstanding contributions […]
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RARE Awards 2022 Scholarships
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All-city PTSA Discusses “Beyond Black & White”
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RARE Documentary Looks at School Busing
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Dr. Quintard Taylor Explains Why Critical Race Theory Isn’t What People Are Fighting About
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America’s First School Desegregation Case From 1848 — Gave Rise to “Separate But Equal”
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Candidates Share Vision for Equity in Seattle
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TAF Prepares Students for the 21st Century
Technology Access Foundation (TAF) is a success story and on September 13 four members of TAF’s staff told RARE how they did it. All they had to […]
What’s up with Critical Race Theory?
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Long Before RARE and Connections, Kay Bullitt Strove to Bridge the Racial Divide
Kay Bullitt, 1925-2021 “People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t […]
An Historical Look at Gun Rights in America and Their Applications to its Black Citizens
July of 2016 an African American man, Philando Castile, was pulled over by the police in suburban St. Paul, Minnesota […]