2025 Year in Review
2025 was a rough year in many ways. We won't dwell on why. And yet, despite significant challenges, our communities showed up for each other and held onto a vision…
Voices for Climate Action: Seattle’s 2024 Community Assemblies – Final Report
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle's community assembly participants
A new model of climate governance is taking shape in Seattle — one that centers shared power, justice, and the lived expertise of those most impacted by climate change. Seattle’s…
Washington 2024 Community Assemblies: Final Report
In 2024, the Just Futures partners worked with organizations across Washington state to host community assemblies, each of which engaged frontline community members in discussing the issues that matter…
PEL Lab Leader Faduma Fido Appointed to Katie Wilson’s Transition Team
People’s Economy Lab is proud to share that Faduma Fido, Lab Leader leading our Collaborative Governance program, has been appointed to serve on Seattle Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson’s transition team. She…
How Three Community Assemblies Addressed Climate and Economic Justice
Participants in MLK Labor's Community Assembly
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…
2024 Year in Review
The People's Economy Lab team visiting yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective in Rainier Beach
To all of our partners, our funders, and everyone who participated in our programming in 2024, thank you for a year full of relationship building, learning, sharing ideas, and…
Community Assemblies & Community Wealth Building In The News
We're grateful to partner organizations New America and Democracy Collaborative, as well as Public News Service, for publishing features on our work. Thank you for spotlighting BIPOC community-led efforts to…
Press Release: Community Assemblies Energize Washington’s Democracy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Anand Balasubrahmanyan, [email protected] Phone Number: 651-285-6203 Community Assemblies Energize Washington's Democracy Community members work closely with government to generate recommendations for policies or investments in their…
Assembly Efforts Around the World
A Bronxwide Community Plan Quarterly Meeting
This year, People’s Economy Lab is part of an effort to pilot Community Assemblies in Seattle. These Community Assemblies are bringing people together to discuss environmental justice issues in their…
Data from the Frontlines: Our Draft Plan for Collecting Data at Washington Community Assemblies
What is data, and why is it important? Data includes any information we can collect or record, including demographic information, survey responses, photos and video, and more. We collect data…