New Economy Washington Frontline Community Fellowship
We are excited to announce that applications are open for the New Economy Washington (NEW) Frontline Community Fellowship! If you or someone you know is an emerging leader of color who is building a new economic model that changes the underlying conditions of our...
South Seattle Community Capital Resiliency Project
In late 2019, People’s Economy Lab responded to a Request For Proposal and were hired to support a business planning process with three Seattle-based community development financial institutions (CDFI)—HomeSight, Rainier Valley Community Development Fund, and Ventures...
Event Recap: Creating a Just and Democratic Economy with Aaron Tanaka
Adapted and posted with permission from Communities of Opportunity On October 28th the People’s Economy Lab, with support from Communities of Opportunity, the New Economy Coalition, and other event partners, brought Aaron Tanaka, founder of the Boston Ujima Project...
New Economy Washington: A Path Forward
By Deric Gruen, Marcy Bowers, Misha Werschkul Despite important policy changes like a higher minimum wage and universal paid family leave , the economic rules continue to divide us, privileging a few, while immigrants and people of color, households with lower incomes...
Creating Just, Regenerative, and Democratic Economies with Aaron Tanaka & Local Leaders
Oct. 29, 2019 Doors 5:00pm, Program 5:30pm-7pm, The Seattle Public Library, Central Library Auditorium FREE! REGISTRATION REQUIRED ...
Leaders in Community Capital Convene
In pursuit of an economy that puts people and places first and the need to give communities more control over capital, People’s Economy Lab convened 21 local leaders to workshop the issue of affordable and accessible capital. The group that came together shared vision...
Ventures Policy Agenda: Increasing Access, Reducing Barriers
Will von Geldern is Director of Advocacy and Communications at Ventures and is a People’s Economy Lab Leader Earlier this year, we wrote about our work to build an economy that is truly inclusive. Today, we are thrilled to announce another historic achievement for our...
Worker Cooperatives Get Boost From Congress
The first federal level bipartisan legislation that highlights worker cooperatives, the Main Street Employee Ownership Act was signed into law in August 2018.
Redefining The Economy to Meet Our True Needs
An economic system should provide a social foundation of well-being, and that no one should fall below that baseline. It also sets a ceiling of ecological damage to our planet that we should not cross. Between the two lies the doughnut itself, a safe and just space for all.
Lessons Learned from Community Sourced Capital
Locally based financing helps local economies thrive by keeping dollars flowing in the local economy and maintaining aligned incentives for community value creation. Community Sourced Capital, a crowd-sourced zero-interest lending platform, developed a system of financing loans under $50,000 for neighborhood businesses