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June 20, 2025

2025 Law and Organizing Academy

The law is a powerful tool, but too often it is weaponized against our communities. That is why we launched the Law and Organizing Academy (LOA) back in 2023.
Presenter in a red shirt leading a workshop as attendees listen in a library-style room
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June 16, 2025

Comedy for Organizers, featuring Morgan Bassichis & Nuar Alsadir

On June 16th, we were honored to host an experimental workshop led by activist, artist, and Artists in Action fellow Morgan Bassichis.
Large circle of people drumming and singing together in a bright community room
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June 14, 2025

Tambores Que Hermanan

Over the past week, as part of Liberation Summer 2025, we hosted “Tambores Que Hermanan”!
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June 13, 2025

Gathering Force at Blue Mountain Center

In May, our team had the privilege of spending lots of time upstate at our anchor partner Blue Mountain Center’s (BMC) retreat space.
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May 29, 2025

Confronting Plutocracy

As global power increasingly favors the ultra-wealthy, Argentina faces intensified challenges under Javier Milei's government, which prioritizes the rich at the expense of essential social protections. Sound familiar?
Group gathered on government building steps holding signs and a “Las Doñas Academy” banner
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May 12, 2025

National Day Without Childcare

On May 12th - National Day without Childcare - we joined parents and advocates to call for fully funding childcare in NYS.
Colorful protest with large hand-shaped and heart-shaped signs demanding rights and protections
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May 1, 2025

Historic May Day

The Action Lab actively celebrated International Workers' Day, aka May Day.
Marchers holding a large purple banner reading “Homes Not Profit” during a street protest
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April 26, 2025

Global Housing Day of Action

After months of helping to coordinate planning, The Action Lab joined thousands of organizers, activists, and community leaders to demand global housing justice on April 26th as part of the Global Housing Day of Action.
Participants sit in a circle for a political education session with a projected presentation.
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April 10, 2025

Daylong Political Education Training + Strategy School Launch

On April 10 we hosted the first in our cycle of Political Education Trainings at the Foundation for Community Psychoanalysis.
Protestors hold a large banner reading “Protect Our Healthcare — Stop the Cuts” amid tombstone-shaped signs.
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March 15, 2025

March to Stop the Cuts

Thousands of New Yorkers came together to say: No cuts to working people to fund tax breaks for billionaires
Event poster for “Dismantling Racial Capitalism” featuring a seated speaker in black-and-white.
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February 24, 2025

Dismantling Racial Capitalism ft. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Steve Williams

On February 13th that traversed a diversity of topics from housing policy to wealth inequality to Marxist theories of the state.
Graphic with raised hands and bold text reading “Solidarity Pledge — No Hate, No Fear.”
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February 15, 2025

Standing Up for Immigrant Justice

We held the first three mass training sessions for signatories of the Solidarity Pledge on Feb. 10th, 12th, and 15th.
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