EOI Updates Washingtonians struggle to afford high health care costs November 17, 2022 / October 29, 2026 by Economic Opportunity Institute A survey of more than 1,300 Washingtonians shows that 81% report being worried about affording health care. Read more »
EOI Updates Meet Traci Underwood, EOI’s new policy director! October 7, 2022 / October 30, 2026 by Economic Opportunity Institute Bringing over 20 years of public policy experience, Traci has worked to advance economic justice for Washingtonians since 2001. Read more »
EOI Updates Thank you for 2022 Changemakers Remixed September 15, 2022 / October 30, 2026 by Economic Opportunity Institute With you by our side we know we can achieve health equity for immigrants, secure a wealth tax in Washington state to fund thriving communities, and support the powerful labor efforts that advance economic opportunity for all. Read more »
EOI Updates EOI’s 2021 gratitude report June 29, 2022 / October 30, 2026 by Economic Opportunity Institute We are proud to share our 2021 Gratitude Report. Read more »
EOI Updates SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade June 24, 2022 / October 30, 2026 by Emnet Getahun and Melanie Mazza Today the U.S. Supreme Court took a devastating step stripping millions of women, trans and nonbinary people across the country of reproductive rights, bodily autonomy, and access to safe and comprehensive health care. Read more »
EOI Updates Register now for EOI’s 2022 legislative wrap up event! April 14, 2022 / October 30, 2026 by Economic Opportunity Institute Join EOI's policy staff next Thursday, April 21st at 5:00 pm on Zoom as we reflect on the progress made in Olympia. Read more »
EOI Updates Our 2022 legislative session review March 11, 2022 / October 30, 2026 by Economic Opportunity Institute Washington legislators wrapped up their short 60-day 2022 session on time on March 10. Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, they passed a number of mostly small but important policy improvements that will help many of the people hit hardest by the pandemic’s health and economic impacts. Using state tax revenues that have come in […] Read more »
EOI Updates We need an ambitious budget to help our all people and communities thrive February 25, 2022 / October 26, 2026 by Marilyn Watkins On February 22, Washington legislators unveiled their proposals to amend the current state budget that runs through June 2023. They had plenty of money to potentially spend, since state tax revenues are coming in faster than expected and federal COVID relief funds remain unallocated. Our people and state also have extraordinary needs. The COVID pandemic […] Read more »
EOI Updates A new way to power progress November 17, 2021 / October 9, 2026 by Economic Opportunity Institute We’ve partnered with Overflow.co to provide you a quick and easy way to donate stock. Donating stock is one of the most tax-efficient ways to give, making sure that more of your gift goes directly toward EOI’s work building a more just economy. Overflow makes it easy to donate online in less than 5 minutes, […] Read more »
EOI Updates We must address the racial wealth gap to build an economy rooted in equity October 22, 2021 / October 26, 2026 by Sara Bekele and Marilyn Watkins The COVID pandemic has disproportionately harmed the health and economic security of Black and Brown workers and households, while the wealth of billionaires in the U.S. has soared by 70% since March 2020. According to Federal Reserve data, for the first time the top 1% of Americans hold more wealth than the entire 60% of […] Read more »
