ABOUT US

Who We Are

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SERA is a flag­ship non­profit orga­ni­za­tion whose mis­sion is to facil­i­tate com­mu­nity capac­ity build­ing in its most  authen­tic sense, eco­nomic devel­op­ment, sus­tain­abil­ity, and indi­vid­ual cit­i­zen empow­er­ment in order to enhance the qual­ity of life for South­east Raleigh res­i­dents and to build endur­ing rela­tion­ships with com­mu­nity partners.

We believe in teach­ing men, women, and youth to “fish” in order to develop skills and acuities that will trans­form their lives and the image they have of them­selves forever.

Our work is to pro­vide advo­cacy, edu­ca­tion, out­reach, col­lab­o­ra­tive oppor­tu­ni­ties, train­ing, and resources to indi­vid­u­als and other non-profit orga­ni­za­tions within the South­east Raleigh community.

SERA, Inc.’s focus areas include:  Com­mu­nity Capac­ity Build­ing, Health and Well­be­ing, build­ing the Entre­pre­neur­ial Spirit, Youth Empow­er­ment, Pub­lic Safety, Crime Pre­ven­tion through Envi­ron­men­tal Design (CPTED), Business/Equity, Afford­able and Qual­ity Hous­ing Advo­cacy, Needs and Advocacy.

Our Vision

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Our vision is to ensure that all South­east Raleigh res­i­dents who need sup­port to self-actualize are pro­vided mul­ti­ple oppor­tu­ni­ties to become empow­ered and to expe­ri­ence per­sonal growth, a higher qual­ity of life, and a com­mu­nity that is enhanced by their contributions.

SERA History

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The South­east Raleigh Assem­bly (SERA) was started in 2001 because mem­bers of the South­east Raleigh com­mu­nity wanted to be part of the pros­per­ity that was trans­form­ing the city as a whole.  They envi­sioned a South­east Raleigh with good jobs, safe and com­fort­able homes and an engaged citizenry.

By estab­lish­ing SERA as a citizen’s advi­sory board, the Raleigh City Coun­cil rec­og­nized the poten­tial in South­east Raleigh.  Since that time, SERA has taken a big leap by becom­ing a non­profit cor­po­ra­tion, now known as SERA, Inc.  We now oper­ate inde­pen­dently as a 501©3 orga­ni­za­tion to bring about an enhanced qual­ity of life for res­i­dents of South­east Raleigh.
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