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…
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…
Meet Mary Mitchell, Our New Administration & Operations Coordinator
Q: Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where did you grow up? What’s your educational and career background? A: I was born and raised in south Seattle between Rainier…
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…
yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective is Rematriating 1.5 Acres in Rainier Beach
yəhaw̓ Executive Director Asia Tail tells the story of how yəhaw̓ acquired 1.5 acres in Rainier Beach.
On a sunny Friday in June, the People’s Economy Lab team visited yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective at their home in Rainier Beach. yəhaw̓ hosts open visiting and volunteer hours on…
Meet the People’s Economy Lab Team
Lab Leader Njuguna Gishuru and his beautiful son Gathuka at Cafe Avole in Seattle's Central District
People's Economy Lab is an ever-growing and evolving ecosystem of organizations and community leaders striving toward a just, sustainable, and regenerative economy in Washington State. The People's Economy Lab Team…