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Rev. Dr. Carey G. Anderson is the Senior Minister of First AME Church, Seattle, WA, where he has served since November 2004. Prior to his appointment at FAME, Pastor Anderson was Pastor of St. Paul AME Church in Wichita, KS from 2000-2004, and had been the Pastor of  Bethel AME Church in Reno, Nevada from 1984 to 2000.

 

Pastor Anderson holds a B.A. Degree from California State University, Hayward; a Master of Divinity Degree from Pacific School of Religion Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA; and a Doctor of Ministry Degree from St. Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, MO.

 

Pastor Anderson has a substance abuse counseling certification through the National Association for Addiction Professionals, his Program Administrator certification through the Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, State of Nevada, and his teaching credential in the State of Nevada.

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AWARDS & CITATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTs

Congressional Award – For Housing & Community Development, Bethel Housing Development Corporation. Sparks, NV

 

City of Sparks Commendation – 1996For recognition as Executive Director of Ridge House, a residential substance abuse facility for ex-felon men and women.

 

Program Director of the Northern Nevada Black Cultural Awareness Society's Black Mentor Project - African American boys.

 

Golden Eagle Award – For Civic and Social Standing in the Wichita, KS Community. Presented by Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, 2004.

 

City of Seattle – Rev. Carey G. Anderson Day Proclamation by Mayor Greg Nichols, 2007 Northwest Black Pioneers – Seattle Roots Committee Award, 2011.

 

Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award, signed by President Joseph R. Biden, 2024

Board Memberships – Present

  • FAME Equity Alliance of Washington, Board Chairman

  • MLK FAME Community Center, Founding Member & Chair

  • FAME Housing Association, Ex-Officio

  • Communities of Concern Commission, President

  • City of Seattle's Equitable Communities Initiative Task Force

  • King County Regional Homelessness Authority 30th Legislative District Democrats

  • Washington Equity Now Alliance

  • Democrats for Diversity and Inclusion

  • King County Public Health Partnerships

  • United Black Christian Clergy

  • MLK Gandhi InitiativeRev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney Coalition

  • Pacific NW Conference of the AME Church, Finance Chairman

  • Pacific NW Conference of the AME Church, Board of Examiners Chairman

  • Alliance for Gun Responsibility

Programs Started During his Leadership

  • AME Equity Alliance of Western Washington

  • MLK FAME Community Center, Seattle, WA

  • Let’s Get Moving, FAME Seattle, WA

  • Bethel Housing Development Corporation

  • Sister to Sister Teen Mother’s Project – Sparks, NV

  • Black Youth Peer Education – HIV/AIDS Prevention Project – Washoe County, NV

  • Black Youth Mentoring Project – No. NV Black Cultural Awareness Society

Board Memberships and Acknowledgements - PasT

  • Washoe at Risk (WAR) – Addressing Student Dropout rate in Washoe County, NV

  • Community Services Agency, Reno, NV

  • Governor’s Prayer Breakfast Committee, Reno, NV

  • Truckee Meadows Community College Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee

  • Truckee Meadows Fair Housing Board of Directors

  • NAACP – Freedom Award Citation, for providing civil rights leadership in northern Nevada, 1991.

Other Memberships

  • National Association for Addiction Professionals

  • Teaching Credential – Washoeo County, State of Nevada

  • Pacific Northwest Conference of the AME Church, 5th Episc. District

  • Black History Project, Nevada State

Articles & Publications

Voices from the pulpit, State of Washington

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Christian Recorder, AME Church Official Organ

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