RARE Newsletter – Summer 2026
It Happens Once A Year…RARE Scholarship Winners
It happened again this year….Roosevelt Alumni for Racial Equity (RARE) awarded scholarships worth $6,500 each to two outstanding graduating RHS seniors!
What Connections Crew Students Told Us About Belonging and Learning
We recently interviewed Connections Crew students to better understand a question many people understandably ask: does Connections help students academically?
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 to improving the racial climate at RHS.
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 Open Discussion on Zoom this past May.
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.
The Current War on History
What appears to be a war on history in America has seen a sudden escalation during the last 12 years and has coincided with the rise of authoritarian politicians around the world and in the United States.