Convening on Law and Power Building
At the Convening on Law & Power Building, experts united to discuss leveraging legal expertise for empowering communities. They explored the intersection of law and grassroots movements to promote justice and democracy.
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Hardy Merriman, Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson and Stephanie Luce shared lessons for organizers confronting authoritarianism.
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Organizers from Make the Road New York and Flatbush Tenant Coalition gathered for two days of learning about collective power.
Take a Breath: November 2026 Residency Applications
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Apply by October 16 for a free, self-guided residency at Bailey Farms from November 14–19.
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The partnership connects Buddhist scholarship, spiritual care and social justice with movement learning.
Welcoming Sixth Street Community Center as an Anchor Partner
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The Lower East Side community center supports education, wellness and food justice.
Turkey Learning Delegation: Strategies for Resistance
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Thirty labor leaders, organizers and communications strategists gathered in Istanbul to learn from Turkish movements organizing under authoritarianism.
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Under Mamdani, child care providers finally have a seat at the table
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POP leader Gladys Jones and Emmy Liss, director of early childhood education for the mayor’s office, write about this administration's success in childcare, and its commitment to continue working with providers to make childcare even more accessible.
Opinion: Laying the Foundation for NYC’s Small Business Renaissance
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Small Business United leader and owner of Dada Bar, Emil Bovbjerg, argues for policy that builds and protects NYC’s vibrant local businesses in this City Limits op-ed.
Journey to Home: Tea Ceremony with Roberto Lugo
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Roberto Lugo brings pottery, poetry and a preview of Journey Home to an evening in Brooklyn with The Action Lab’s Evergreen Initiative.
A Lot of Kids. A Little Space. Home Day Cares Make It Work.
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Read this profile of childcare providers that features Gladys Jones, a Providers Organized for Power leader and founder and chief executive of Early Childhood Educators on the move.
Octubre Rebelde: Memoria, Resistencia & Community Power
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Music, photography and conversation connected Chilean resistance and diaspora with community organizing in the South Bronx.
Indigenous Hip-Hop: A New Music Video and IIHHF en Territorio
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A.I. (Ancestral Intelligence) premiered October 12 as the festival’s community work continued in Mexico City and Lima.
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