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RARE Open Discussion: RHS Students Speak!

Please join us for an engaging RARE Open Discussion with RHS students. On Wednesday May 6, 2026 @ 5:00 PM […]

Please join us for our next RPCC Meeting on Monday, March 30th @ 5:00-6:15 pm PT. We are looking forward […]

CDC research shows that when students feel connected at school, they are more likely to earn higher grades and test […]

Overt racism has reared its ugly head again over the last five years. And yes, I blame Donald Trump and […]

The members of Roosevelt Alumni for Racial Equity were baffled. Our high school was more segregated than it was when […]

Roosevelt Alumni for Racial Equity (RARE), a group that formed just last summer, has awarded its first two scholarships to […]

The Seattle Public School district is not doing right by Black people, according to Clyde Merriwether and Gerald Donaldson. Donaldson, […]

If America wants to change the quality of policing, we must first, “Change the police culture,” says Les Young. Young, […]

In June of 2020, following the egregious killing of George Floyd and the racial reckoning that followed, my long-time friend […]

RARE donors are invited to join committee members for a 90-minute online discussion, “Seattle Schools’ Ethnic Experience Inside and Out” […]

The James A Davis Memorial Scholarship fund has topped $137,000! RARE would like to express its gratitude to all donors, […]

The story of RARE started with sports – specifically the Roosevelt High School football and basketball teams from the class […]

The first of RARE’s goals is about to be realized. The James A. Davis Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to […]

From the beginning of RARE, we had reason to be optimistic that we could raise money for the James A. […]

Recently, Lauren Kirkpatrick wrote a moving and telling Student Voices column in the Seattle Times about racism in the Bellevue […]