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Health and Wellness on Tap at Community Garden Summer Social Pop-Up for Beacon Ridge Residents
Three Generations, One Village: A Teacher’s Lasting Legacy
For retired educator Rosa Rand, a tutoring session recently hosted by Southeast Raleigh Promise at Beacon Ridge Apartments was more than an opportunity to help students prepare for End-of-Grade testing.…
Congratulations! Director of Partnerships & Beacon Site Success Graduates from Leadership Raleigh
Congratulations to our Director of Partnerships & Beacon Site Success, Charles McCall, on graduating from Class 51 of the Greater Raleigh Chamber’s Leadership Raleigh program, one of the region’s premier…
Southeast Raleigh Promise Awards First-Ever Promise in Action Grants, Thanks to the Rock Quarry Road Corridor Small Business Alliance
Southeast Raleigh Promise is proud to announce the recipients of its first-ever Rock Quarry Road Corridor Small Business Alliance Promise in Action Grant, an initiative created to strengthen and grow…
ABC11 Covers Promise of Home Groundbreaking
ABC11’s Tamara Scott was on-site at the April 24 groundbreaking for Promise of Home, talking with neighbors and community leaders about what 25 new affordable rental homes will mean for…
SERP Featured on CBS 17
SERP CEO Yvette Holmes joined CBS 17 anchor Rod Carter in the studio for Community Matters to share the mission of Southeast Raleigh Promise and the place-based work taking shape…
Shamrock Stroll Highlights Healthy Living and Sustainable Transportation
When Spring 2026 debuted earlier this month, Beacon Ridge residents stepped out to usher it in and joined us for the first community walk of the season. Under refreshing blue…
Black History Month
Honoring Black History Month Through Community and Conversation The team at Southeast Raleigh Promise spent time during Black History Month out in the community celebrating culture, history, and the leaders…
New elementary school in Y facility aims to turn Southeast Raleigh’s image around
The News & Observer By: T. Keung Hui The Wake County school system has 191 schools, but the only school with a swimming pool is not in affluent western Cary…
Southeast Raleigh Promise Overview
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Saving the lives of black babies in Wake County is the goal of a new effort
The News & Observer Lynn Bonner Black babies in Wake County are six times more likely to die before they reach their first birthday than white babies. The higher death…
Warm welcomes encourage children on first day of school in Wake, Durham, Cumberland counties
The majority of students in central North Carolina headed back to school Monday. Wake County Public School System schools on the traditional calendar, Durham Public Schools, and Cumberland County Schools…
SECU Foundation Provides Funding to Help Revitalize Southeast Raleigh Community
Raleigh, N.C. – A $2 million grant from the member-funded SECU Foundation will help revitalize the Southeast Raleigh community. SECU Foundation Board Chair Cynthia Jolly announced the grant and presented…
Growing Leadership
Dalia Place Southeast Raleigh Promise Do you believe the old adage “They’re a natural born leader”? As the oldest of six, you can imagine how many times this has been…
‘It’s hard.’ Forum focuses on gentrification and mental health in Southeast Raleigh.
The News & Observer By Anna Johnson Much like their parents and grandparents, teenagers and children in a community feel the effects of gentrification, including the havoc it can wreak…
Groundbreaking held for joint YMCA, school in southeast Raleigh
Gloria Rodriguez RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) — Community leaders celebrated a joint school and YMCA being built in southeast Raleigh. The project on Rock Quarry Road will include pools, playgrounds, an…
By The Community For The Community
Entrepreneurship is critical to the vitality of the local economy and a resource for community health and well-being. Creating a culture of entrepreneurship among community residents generates empowerment within the…
Welcome Jennifer Castillo to Southeast Raleigh Promise
Jennifer is returning to graduate school for a Master’s in Social Work (with a certificate in family life coaching) because as much as she loves first generation college students, she…