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…

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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…

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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…

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Wins for Collaborative Governance in Washington State: Piloting Community Assemblies

A lot has happened since we first shared the Cornerstones of Collaborative Governance for a Just and Equitable Future in August 2022, co-hosted the Aligning Toward Justice, Co-governance, and Well-being…

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Three-year Report, 2020-2022

People’s Economy Lab is a small organization with big dreams. We’re fiscally sponsored. We only have five team members, most working part-time. But there’s more to us than that. We…

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Aligning Toward Justice, Co-governance, and Well-being in Washington State

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A community panel speaking about their communities' experiences and vision for co-governance.

This blog post was co-authored by Laura Nash of the People’s Economy Lab and Lori Pfingst of DSHS. How can we achieve justice and well-being for all Washingtonians? Could sharing…

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Just Futures Project Presents Community Vision of Washington State Economic Recovery Plan

  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…

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