The Seattle Central District was the largest enclave of African Americans in the Pacific Northwest. The once thriving community now sees its very existence threatened by change, which is tearing apart the social fabric of its neighborhood. With few African Americans left in the Central District, can they weather the course of change before their community and its rich history fade away? On the Brink tells a universal story of a struggle to hold on to a sense of community in the face of change and to find hope in a moment of despair.