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…
Watch the recording of our Lunch Lab featuring Caleb Jackson & Myron Curry
On December 4, People’s Economy Lab hosted the third session of our Lunch Labs virtual guest speaker series. Lunch Labs are opportunities to dive deeper on some of PEL’s favorite…
How a Public Utility can Support our Local Economy to Thrive
Illustration by Natalie Dupille from the Shape Our Water Community Vision
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…
Revitalizing Traditional Reciprocal Economies Among Seattle’s Indigenous Communities
Image from the Native Neighborhood Community Study
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…
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…
Key Takeaways from the 2024 Just Economy Conference
This month, PEL Lab Leaders Shiho Fuyuki and Njuguna Gishuru joined the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods and Headwater People to attend the 2024 Just Economy Conference in Washington,…
Learning About Community Wealth Building with The Democracy Collaborative
“I was inspired, I made new connections, and I learned so much. It was especially incredible to see you all’s intentionality in uplifting businesses that have engaged with community wealth…
2023 Year in Review
In 2023, People’s Economy Lab continued our work to reshape our economy towards one that is just, sustainable, and regenerative. We spent most of our time on creating strategies for…
2023 Community Wealth Building Pilots: Building & Retaining Wealth Among African American Legacy Homeowners in Seattle
Caleb Jackson presents Uplift Investment Group's track record.
Homeownership creates financial stability and allows families to build and pass on wealth to future generations. But not all families have equal access to homeownership, or even to making the…