RARE Newsletter May 2025 (Roosevelt Alumni for Racial Equity)
GiveBIG to Celebrate RARE’s 5th Year!
Believe it or not, RARE celebrates its fifth year in May! We’re proud of RARE’s many positive impacts.
And it’s more important than ever to stand up for racial equity!
But we want and need to do more.
GiveBIG is an opportunity to help RARE do more.
You can GiveBIG on RARE’s donation page today!
RARE Announces 2025 James A Davis, Jr. Scholarship Winners
RARE’s Scholarship & Awards Committee is pleased to announce Hager Gamaleldin and Chloe Mai as the 2025 James A. Davis, Jr. Scholarship winners. These two hardworking and proactive Roosevelt High School seniors are on their way to college, each with a $5,500 scholarship.
A Total War on DEI
What began as a Republican Party-led backlash to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives that ramped up after the brutal police murder of George Floyd, has now morphed into a total assault against all institutions that have embraced DEI measures.
RARE’s New Financial Literacy Webpage
As a practical preparatory tool, RARE has created a new financial literacy webpage to assist students in developing successful practices and habits regarding money as they continue their educational pursuits.
RARE Newsletter Schedule
RARE’s newsletters will be published quarterly beginning this summer! Watch for more news from RARE in July 2025!