Weaving Our Future: Stories for a Fair Economy en Seattle is booming, and expensive, and full of people trying to figure out how to build a life here that actually works. Weaving Our Future: Stories for a Fair Economy is a five-part City Cast Partner Studios series about the people doing exactly that, organizing, building coalitions, and pushing for the policy changes that decide whether King County's economy works for everyone or just the people already winning. Across five episodes, City Cast Seattle host Jane C. Hu talks with the advocates and coalition leaders closest to the work: fixing how Washington funds early learning and K-12 schools, building parent and community political power from the ground up, fighting for progressive revenue and the Millionaire's Tax against a well-funded repeal effort, protecting people from homelessness while defending the housing progress already made, and reimagining what dignity and ownership look like for workers across the region. Every episode is a different piece of the same puzzle,  what it actually takes to build a fair economy in King County, told through the people building it. Subscribe now so you don't miss a single conversation. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c8f4fa68-abc7-11f1-8c76-93d88d63b47d/image/18f1534a77ec9814482cf32dac4c2927.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Weaving Our Future: Stories for a Fair Economy episodic City Cast Seattle is booming, and expensive, and full of people trying to figure out how to build a life here that actually works. Weaving Our Future: Stories for a Fair Economy is a five-part City Cast Partner Studios series about the people doing exactly that, organizing, building coalitions, and pushing for the policy changes that decide whether King County's economy works for everyone or just the people already winning. Across five episodes, City Cast Seattle host Jane C. Hu talks with the advocates and coalition leaders closest to the work: fixing how Washington funds early learning and K-12 schools, building parent and community political power from the ground up, fighting for progressive revenue and the Millionaire's Tax against a well-funded repeal effort, protecting people from homelessness while defending the housing progress already made, and reimagining what dignity and ownership look like for workers across the region. Every episode is a different piece of the same puzzle,  what it actually takes to build a fair economy in King County, told through the people building it. Subscribe now so you don't miss a single conversation. Seattle is booming, and expensive, and full of people trying to figure out how to build a life here that actually works. Weaving Our Future: Stories for a Fair Economy is a five-part City Cast Partner Studios series about the people doing exactly that, organizing, building coalitions, and pushing for the policy changes that decide whether King County's economy works for everyone or just the people already winning. Across five episodes, City Cast Seattle host Jane C. Hu talks with the advocates and coalition leaders closest to the work: fixing how Washington funds early learning and K-12 schools, building parent and community political power from the ground up, fighting for progressive revenue and the Millionaire's Tax against a well-funded repeal effort, protecting people from homelessness while defending the housing progress already made, and reimagining what dignity and ownership look like for workers across the region. Every episode is a different piece of the same puzzle,  what it actually takes to build a fair economy in King County, told through the people building it. Subscribe now so you don't miss a single conversation.

]]> City Cast partnerstudios@citycast.fm What It Takes to Raise a Kid in King County Right Now City Cast Partner Studios presents Weaving Our Future: Stories for a Fair Economy, a five-part series on what a fair economy looks like in King County, told through the people building it. In this episode of Weaving Our Future: Stories for a Fair Economy, Jane speaks with Tristen Hall, co-lead of the King County Early Learning Coalition, and Carlina Brown-Banks, executive director of Voice2Power Lab and a member of the Be3 Coalition, about why early learning and K-12 education aren't nearly as separate as Washington's funding system treats them. They get into why coalition work can do what no single organization can on its own, the legislative win last year that protected educational rights for students experiencing homelessness after hundreds of people emailed the Senate, and why childcare in Washington eats up something like a third of a family's paycheck. They also talk about what changes when you actually trust that parents already know what their kids need. To get involved, sign up for Be3 Coalition updates through Building Changes or connect with the King County Early Learning Coalition at brightspark.org/kcelc Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:04:00 -0000 full City Cast City Cast Partner Studios presents Weaving Our Future: Stories for a Fair Economy, a five-part series on what a fair economy looks like in King County, told through the people building it. In this episode of Weaving Our Future: Stories for a Fair Economy, Jane speaks with Tristen Hall, co-lead of the King County Early Learning Coalition, and Carlina Brown-Banks, executive director of Voice2Power Lab and a member of the Be3 Coalition, about why early learning and K-12 education aren't nearly as separate as Washington's funding system treats them. They get into why coalition work can do what no single organization can on its own, the legislative win last year that protected educational rights for students experiencing homelessness after hundreds of people emailed the Senate, and why childcare in Washington eats up something like a third of a family's paycheck. They also talk about what changes when you actually trust that parents already know what their kids need. To get involved, sign up for Be3 Coalition updates through Building Changes or connect with the King County Early Learning Coalition at brightspark.org/kcelc City Cast Partner Studios presents Weaving Our Future: Stories for a Fair Economy, a five-part series on what a fair economy looks like in King County, told through the people building it.

In this episode of Weaving Our Future: Stories for a Fair Economy, Jane speaks with Tristen Hall, co-lead of the King County Early Learning Coalition, and Carlina Brown-Banks, executive director of Voice2Power Lab and a member of the Be3 Coalition, about why early learning and K-12 education aren't nearly as separate as Washington's funding system treats them. They get into why coalition work can do what no single organization can on its own, the legislative win last year that protected educational rights for students experiencing homelessness after hundreds of people emailed the Senate, and why childcare in Washington eats up something like a third of a family's paycheck. They also talk about what changes when you actually trust that parents already know what their kids need. To get involved, sign up for Be3 Coalition updates through Building Changes or connect with the King County Early Learning Coalition at brightspark.org/kcelc

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