Oh, What a Night! RARE’s 5th Anniversary Celebration
In a beautifully decorated and purposeful venue filled to capacity, supporters joyously gathered for RARE’s 5th Anniversary Celebration at the […]
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!
Now that we’ve got your attention, let’s talk about higher education. The Roosevelt Alumni for Racial Equity (RARE) Scholarship Committee […]
RARE Open Discussion: The Power of Connections for Students Today
Join RARE for an inspiring Open Discussion exploring how the Connections program helps students build meaningful relationships and foster a […]
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How did we get this way? Why Seattle remains segregated
The members of Roosevelt Alumni for Racial Equity were baffled. Our high school was more segregated than it was when […]
RARE Awards First Scholarships
Roosevelt Alumni for Racial Equity (RARE), a group that formed just last summer, has awarded its first two scholarships to […]
Discussion on Presidents Day
The Seattle Public School district is not doing right by Black people, according to Clyde Merriwether and Gerald Donaldson. Donaldson, […]
Les Young Shares Policing Insights
If America wants to change the quality of policing, we must first, “Change the police culture,” says Les Young. Young, […]
Becoming Part of the Solution
In June of 2020, following the egregious killing of George Floyd and the racial reckoning that followed, my long-time friend […]
Seattle Schools Ethnic Experience is Discussion Group Topic
RARE donors are invited to join committee members for a 90-minute online discussion, “Seattle Schools’ Ethnic Experience Inside and Out” […]
Scholarship Fund Nears Self-Sustaining Status
The James A Davis Memorial Scholarship fund has topped $137,000! RARE would like to express its gratitude to all donors, […]
Integrated Teams Level the Playing Field
The story of RARE started with sports – specifically the Roosevelt High School football and basketball teams from the class […]
RARE Reaches First Scholarship Goal
The first of RARE’s goals is about to be realized. The James A. Davis Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to […]
Put Your Personal Statement on the RARE Donors Wall
From the beginning of RARE, we had reason to be optimistic that we could raise money for the James A. […]
“We Hear You”
Recently, Lauren Kirkpatrick wrote a moving and telling Student Voices column in the Seattle Times about racism in the Bellevue […]
About Those Photos on the RARE Website
Every picture tells a story, but sometimes the story is told by the pictures that are absent, too. As we […]