Community Wealth Building| Peoples Economy Lab
On August 20, People’s Economy Lab hosted the second session of our Lunch Labs virtual guest speaker series. Lunch Labs are opportunities to dive deeper on some of PEL’s favorite topics, including solidarity economy, Just Transition, Community Wealth Building, Collaborative Governance, and more. Every Lunch Lab includes a brief explainer on a big concept, a […]| Peoples Economy Lab
What is the true engine of our economy? In Washington State, we are told that large corporations are the key to our livelihoods and tax base. We’re also told Washington State is one of the most trade-dependent states in the nation. The message is that real wealth is something that comes from elsewhere, something that trickles down or that we import from the outside. The good news is we’re not as dependent on wealth from elsewhere as some might like us to think.| peopleseconomylab.org
Economic Narratives to Watch Out for in Local Elections| peopleseconomylab.org
On June 4, People’s Economy Lab launched our Lunch Labs virtual guest speaker series. Lunch Labs are opportunities to dive deeper on some of PEL’s favorite topics, including solidarity economy, Just Transition, Community Wealth Building, Collaborative Governance, and more. Every Lunch Lab includes a brief explainer on a big concept, a presentation by a guest […]| Peoples Economy Lab
People’s Economy Lab is looking for a Resource Mobilization Consultant to help us secure resources, partnerships, and funding. The Resource Mobilization Consultant will develop and implement fundraising strategies, engage donors, coordinate grant proposals and fundraising activities to meet a $300K fundraising goal. Our maximum budget for this opportunity is $25,000 for six months. Potential contract […]| Peoples Economy Lab
Written by PEL Lab Leader Deric Gruen The federal government is undergoing seismic cuts, the Washington State Legislature just finished wrestling with a $15 billion budget crisis, and the City of Seattle will undertake its own budget reckoning this fall. As champions of solidarity economies, we envision a multitude of local, community-centered economies, and we […]| Peoples Economy Lab
It’s 5:30pm on a Thursday. A large classroom slowly fills with adults, most at the end of a long workday, ready to unwind. They’re greeted by smiling hosts, invited to make a name tag and grab a Banh Mi sandwich. As tables and bellies fill up, the organizing director of local labor council MLK Labor […]| Peoples Economy Lab
In community listening sessions, meetings, and conversations for the Just Futures project, People’s Economy Lab Leader Faduma Fido discovered just how detached most of us are from thinking and talking about the economy. We don’t recognize it as an engine that simultaneously injects and extracts monetary value based on human activity, an engine we interact with on a daily basis and can influence to align with our values and principles. Instead, most of us experience the economy as an invis...| Peoples Economy Lab
Q: Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where did you grow up? What’s your educational and career background?| Peoples Economy Lab
This blog is about public utilities and progressive procurement. But we swear it isn’t boring! Because it’s also about how water shapes our lives, how community members are envisioning the future of water in Seattle, and how a public utility can support our local economy to thrive.| peopleseconomylab.org
Wealth means different things depending on who you ask. To one person it might mean their investment portfolio. To another, maybe it means their home. To a third, it may mean that they have food on the table, loved ones surrounding them, and they know someone will help them out if they’re struggling. Wealth is all of these things and more, and the ways we define and relate to wealth often depend on our cultural background.| peopleseconomylab.org
This blog post was co-authored by Laura Nash of the People’s Economy Lab and Lori Pfingst of DSHS. | Peoples Economy Lab
