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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 […]

Donating appreciated stock and mutual fund shares (held for more than one year) are wonderful ways to support RARE. Making […]

In June of 2026 RARE presented its Forrest Ward Racial Equity Award to four individuals who have made outstanding contributions […]

Last Memorial Day, George Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin. Among the actions the murder set in motion was the […]

Members of the NAACP Youth Council are demanding to be included and they expect a future in which they are. […]

Roosevelt High School was in crisis last summer – a crisis of culture, conscience and identity. Several racialized incidents had […]

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 […]