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 advance Collaborative Governance and Community Wealth Building!
Seattle, Washington: A Case Study of Community Wealth Building
“In response to the persistent racial wealth gap between white residents and Black, Indigenous, and Latinx communities, the City of Seattle launched the Generational Wealth Initiative. This initiative, rooted in community taskforce investment, emerged following the 2020 protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, aligning itself with the broader racial justice movement…”
Engaging Communities for Equitable Economic Recovery: An Interview with Faduma Fido, Marcy Bowers, and Deric Gruen
“Collaborative governance—or “co-governance”—offers a model for shifting power to ordinary people and rebuilding their trust in government. Co-governance models break down the boundaries between people inside and outside government, allowing community residents and elected officials to work together to design policy and share decision-making power…”
Green New Deal Assemblies in Seattle Pioneer Citizen Involvement
“The goal was to ensure that people on the front-lines had their voices heard, and were at the table as the city crafts policies going forward…”
