Updates
The Latest from The Action Lab
Indigenous Hip-Hop: A New Music Video and IIHHF en Territorio
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October 21, 2026
A.I. (Ancestral Intelligence) premiered October 12 as the festival’s community work continued in Mexico City and Lima.
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All News and Updates
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June 17, 2026
Small Business United Announces Its Founding Steering Committee
Small Business United introduces its founding Steering Committee, bringing together trusted small business leaders to advance the campaign for Small Business Rent Stabilization across New York City.
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June 17, 2026
Liberation Summer | June, July, August 2026
Through performances, workshops, and community gatherings across New York City, Liberation Summer 2026 brings people together through music, storytelling, art, and collective resistance.
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June 5, 2026
Law and Organizing Academy Builds the Next Generation of Movement Lawyers
The Action Lab's Law and Organizing Academy equips emerging law students with the tools, relationships, and movement-centered perspective needed to support community organizing and advance racial and economic justice.
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June 4, 2026
Providers Organized for Power Mobilizes for Child Care Access and Fair Pay
Providers Organized for Power united child care providers, families, advocates, and elected officials this spring to advance affordable child care, fair wages, and stronger public investment across New York City.
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June 2, 2026
Real Utopias Convening Explores the Future of Social Housing and Democratic Power
The Action Lab and NYU's Urban Democracy Lab convened organizers, researchers, and movement leaders to explore bold strategies for expanding social housing and strengthening democratic community power.
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May 25, 2026
Embodied Purpose at Blue Mountain Center
Organizers, trainers and movement leaders explored how emotional and relational skills can strengthen organizing.
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May 19, 2026
Invest in Our New York and the Amen Center Join Our Anchor Partners
Two new Anchor Partners bring experience in economic justice organizing and civic leadership development.
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May 8, 2026
The Action Lab’s Evergreen Initiative | Newest Artists in Action Fellows
Two new Artists in Action Fellows join the Evergreen Initiative, bringing podcast storytelling and visual art into campaigns for justice and community power.
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May 4, 2026
Ball Without Billionaires: Workers Take the Runway
Workers and community organizers took center stage at a Gansevoort Plaza fashion action ahead of the Met Gala.
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May 1, 2026
Fall of Freedom: Art and Organizing on May Day
The Action Lab joined Fall of Freedom with music, art, and community gatherings in New York and Puerto Rico.
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May 1, 2026
May Day 2026: Workers Over Billionaires
Workers, families, and organizers joined coordinated May Day actions calling for economic justice.
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April 20, 2026
The Tenant Power Act | Introduced in New York State
The Action Lab and anchor partners helped introduce the Tenant Power Act, landmark legislation to strengthen tenant organizing and accountability across New York State.
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