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Understanding the Conservative Movement and Homegrown Screening
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February 5, 2026

Understanding the Conservative Movement and Homegrown Screening

On Thursday, February 5, we co-hosted a screening and Q&A of the powerful new documentary Homegrown at NYU.
Hands Off NYC Training
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January 31, 2026

Hands Off NYC Training

The Solidarity Organizing Initiative team collaborated with Hands Off NYC to put on a massive training for close to a thousand New Yorkers on Saturday, January 31.
Child Care Advocacy Day
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January 27, 2026

Child Care Advocacy Day

The Action Lab headed to Albany on January 27 for the Child Care Advocacy Day, led by our partners at the Empire State Campaign for Child Care, along with NY Communities for Change, Alliance for Quality Education, Early Childhood Educators On The Move, and more.
Event title Solidarity Response Room: ICE Out Now on a blue background featuring a protest image with marchers carryiing signs.
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January 25, 2026

Solidarity Response Room: ICE Out Now

Just two weeks ago, immigration enforcement agents killed VA nurse Alex Pretti in Minnesota.
Black background with an unmanned mic, a bullet, and a single buckle shoe, with images of partially covered animated faces in the background.
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January 13, 2026

Dennis Leroy Kingalee’s Play Takes on New Life

The Kangalee Arts Ensemble, led by our Advisory Board member and Artists in Action fellow Dennis Leroy Kangalee, was recently awarded an artist initiative grant from the Venturous Theater Fund for: My Dying City Vol. II (The Social Justice Suicide Hour).
In Memoriam: John Forté
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January 12, 2026

In Memoriam: John Forté

John Forté, a beloved member of The Action Lab community and longtime Advisory Board member, unexpectedly passed away last month.
Orange and Blue Geometric Pattern Background with Law and Organizing Academy Titling
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January 12, 2026

2026 Law and Organizing Academy Application is Open!

We invite current law students from New York-area law schools or with New York-area summer internships to apply to our fourth annual Law & Organizing Academy (LOA)
Blue background, with Solidarity Organizing Initiative in white lettering and a hand holding an orange rose.
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January 2, 2026

Solidarity Organizing Initiative

As we head into the new year, we are welcoming the Solidarity Organizing Initiative staff to The Action Lab staff team to take this work to the next level.
Crowd gathers behind speaker in beige/green parka speaking before a pro immigrant mural with image of statue of liberty poking out.
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December 22, 2025

Pro-Immigrant Mural Unveiled in Bushwick

In the heart of Bushwick, community members, organizers, artists, and elected officials gathered to unveil a towering, multi-story pro-immigrant mural.
Jesus Gonzalez, Director of the Evergreen Initiative, giving a speech wearing a black hoodie. Mic in left hang and stretched out right hand with phone.
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December 10, 2025

Holiday Benefit & Mixer

On December 10th, we held a joyful Holiday Benefit & Mixer at El Santo in Brooklyn, which introduced the Evergreen Initiative, launching at The Action Lab in early 2026!
TAL COP30 Rivers of Care
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December 1, 2025

TAL COP30 Rivers of Care

The Action Lab recently participated in COP30, the historic "COP of the Forests" held in Belém, Brazil from November 10-21, 2025.
The members of Smif N Wessun arm in arm with one pointing at the viewer on a yellow background.
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November 21, 2025

The Action Lab and Hands Off NYC Concert

On November 21st, as part of the Fall of Freedom, The Action Lab teamed up with Hands Off NYC to organize a concert in defiance of authoritarianism and unlawful federal attacks on New Yorkers!
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