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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 a ceremonial check to the Southeast Raleigh Promise organization...
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 referenced in regards to my leadership skills. Although I agree my birth order has had some effect...
‘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 on their mental health. On Saturday, giving the youngest residents of Southeast...
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 athletic field and a 115,000-square-foot building. Representatives from...
“Where did Southeast Raleigh Promise Come From?”
One of the questions I’m asked most is, “Where did Southeast Raleigh Promise Come From?”. For many, the question is as clear as it is asked—but for another many, there is a subtext. Who is funding you? WHY are they doing it? Who do you answer to? So, this month, I...
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 communities in which they live. You could actually...
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 also loves being in and with the community; social work offers the opportunity to...
A partnership will boost SE Raleigh with a new Y, school and housing
The News & Observer BY KIA BAKER AND DAVID EDWARDS Do you know the ZIP code where you were born? Research shows there is no greater indicator of a person’s potential life outcomes than exactly where he or she is born. Poverty in this country is tied to place. Today,...
“It’s the Right Thing to Do”
Hafsa Abdus-Saboor, joined Southeast Raleigh Promise as an intern in 2016. She is currently studying Psychology at NC State and graduates this May.
2017 Off to a Running Start!
What a great way to start 2017! As Southeast Raleigh Promise (SERP) efforts continue, The Wake County Board of Commissioners approved a $1-million-dollar request from Wake County Public Schools to start designing a K-5 school through a Public-Private partnership with...
Joint Southeast Raleigh elementary school/YMCA may open in 2019
In three years, part of the former Watson’s Flea Market in Southeast Raleigh could become the site of a joint Wake County elementary school and YMCA facility that would serve one of the most economically depressed areas in the county.
YMCA to build branch in Southeast Raleigh
The YMCA has branches across the Triangle, and it plans to fill in a hole in its map in the next couple of years by opening a complex in southeast Raleigh.