Updates

This two-part training from O20 Strategy Group explores how organizers can use digital tools—short-form video, memes, and story frameworks—to create engaging content that drives real action and strengthens organizing campaigns.

The Action Lab welcomes Headcount as a new anchor partner, an organization that uses music and popular culture to register voters and empower young people to participate in democracy.

The Action Lab welcomes Organized Power in Numbers (OPIN) as a new anchor partner, combining grassroots organizing with advanced data and digital tools to expand movement-building and strengthen campaigns for workers and their communities.

The Action Lab welcomes the National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC) as a new anchor partner, guided by organizing principles rooted in community strength, cultural awareness, and collective solidarity.

The New School will host two public events honoring filmmaker Cheryl Dunye: a Spotlight Q&A on March 10 and a 30th anniversary screening of The Watermelon Woman on March 11.

JD Davids has been selected for an OutHistory Fellowship and will develop a digital exhibit exploring queer women, direct action, and the origins of the first Dyke March.

Advisory board members Rusia Mohiuddin and Ma Mukti are convening the 2026 ELLA Summit. This year’s theme, “Heart Bloom,” centers somatics, embodied leadership, and collective care in the pursuit of liberation.

The Action Lab welcomes veteran community organizer Steve Kest to its advisory board. Kest brings decades of experience from ACORN, SEIU, and Popular Democracy, including leadership in the Fight for 15 campaign.

In collaboration with Cultura Pa’lante, The Action Lab hosted the first SALSACTIVISM gathering of 2026 in Sunnyside, Queens—an evening of poetry, salsa, and vibrant community building.

Hundreds of labor and community organizers gathered for a May Day Solidarity School to build shared analysis, strengthen organizing skills, and prepare coordinated strategies leading up to May Day 2026.

The Action Lab launches the Small Business United campaign following the introduction of the Small Business Rent Stabilization Act (A5568/S8319). Organizers are inviting small businesses to join the campaign’s advocacy and organizing efforts.

The Action Lab concluded its “Power in Solidarity” training series, equipping participants with organizing fundamentals, storytelling tools, and strategies to build trust, mobilize communities, and defend immigrants and democracy through collective action.