Our Services

The People’s Economy Lab is a unique community-based network that both initiates projects in response to community demands and provides services to government agencies, community and nonprofit organizations, and other stakeholders that are values-aligned and in line with our mission and vision. In identifying projects, we seek to support the development of new economic systems that center and empower Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. We seek to push the boundaries of what’s possible for a Just Transition to local, community-centered economies that are equitable, democratic, and regenerative.

Our role often includes convening community leaders, workshoping transformative ideas, and developing new economic models. We look for projects that shift money, resources, and power to BIPOC communities.

Consulting Services at People’s Economy Lab include:

Build Better Models
  • Just Transition Framework is an economic strategic model that is more important than ever for low-income and BIPOC communities. At PEL, we workshop creative solutions towards a just and equitable future and position the community as thought leaders bringing together assets, capabilities, and tools to provide expertise around mobilizing for change and sustainability.
Project & Program Management
  • We provide expert project and program management services to stakeholders such as agencies, organizations, institutions, and community groups, to identify, frame, design and achieve project goals that lead to equitable outcomes around economic community development, business development, environmental initiatives, etc.
Convenings & Cohorts
  • We regularly convene Leaders – organizers, thinkers, and doers – to create a shared vision and roadmap for a community-centered economy that works for everyone. We build cohorts of aligned individuals and organizations into communities of practice for systems change.
Thought Leadership, Training, and Education
  • Our team has led and participated in educating community based organizations, funders, government and more about building community centered economies through the Just Transition framework, introducing solidarity economics, and new equitable models.
Evaluation
  • Through collaborative approach to evaluation, PEL will help you identify evidence-based successes through surveys, focus groups, interviews, and data analysis, to help your organization design and execute processes of assessment, program planning, capacity building, program and strategy implementation.

Examples of Fee for Service Projects

South Seattle Community Capital Resiliency (SEACAP) Project

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Community Owned Resource Development (CORD)

Capacity Building

RainCity Partnerships

Phase I - Seattle Public Utilities

Education and Speaking Engagements

Communities of Opportunity People’s Economy 101 Workshop and Training:

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