The Communities of Opportunity (COO) Learning Community (LC) & alterNative invites you to participate in a learning circle series designed to help community leaders, staff, and board members learn how to strategically and intentionally leverage governance and leadership to transform how power flows, how systems are structured, and how culture is felt at the organizations.
So, what does it take to create an economy that truly serves people? To create the economy we all deserve? Join the COO Learning Community & People’s Economy Lab (PEL) in the 2026 Economics for Emancipation King County learning series will answer this question and more, and prepare participants to take action on what they learn.
We know the nonprofit world wasn’t built for true liberation – but our relationships can be. This gathering is a chance to remember that solidarity is not a theory, it’s an embodied practice of listening, sharing risk, and weaving the everyday miracles of care that keep our people alive. Through story, network mapping, and embodied practice, we’ll explore how to build networks rooted in trust, reciprocity, and shared purpose — moving beyond charity into collective power.
