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Portrait of the founding members of the Small Business United Steering Committee featuring leaders from Terraza 7, Jimmy's Corner, Stuart Cinema & Cafe, Dada Bar, and ThaMiND Learn IC Center, representing independent businesses across New York City.
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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.
A woman and three young girls sitting on a play mat at an outdoor street fair
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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.
Participants in The Action Lab's Law and Organizing Academy engage in a collaborative learning session exploring community organizing, movement lawyering, and strategies for advancing racial and economic justice.
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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.
Child care providers, families, and advocates rally at City Hall Park in New York City during a Providers Organized for Power campaign calling for affordable child care and fair wages for Family Child Care providers.
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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.
Panelists speak during the Real Utopias: Decommodifying Housing convening, hosted by The Action Lab and NYU's Urban Democracy Lab, exploring democratic approaches to affordable social housing.
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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.
Embodied Purpose retreat participants at Blue Mountain Center.
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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.
Invest in Our New York and The Amen Center for Civic and Spiritual Leadership logos.
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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.
Promotional graphic for The Action Lab’s Evergreen Initiative featuring Artists in Action Fellows Rachel “La Loca” Strauss and Stephanie “Fefi” Castedo.
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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.
Workers, artists, and organizers participate in the “Ball Without Billionaires” protest fashion show in New York City, carrying a “Labor Is Art” banner during demonstrations opposing billionaire influence and labor exploitation around the Met Gala.
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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.
Graphic reading “Fall of Freedom May Day 2026”
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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.
Crowd of workers and organizers holding signs reading “People Over Billionaires” during a May Day mobilization.
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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.
Blue-toned campaign graphic reading “The Tenant Power Act Introduced in New York State” with a tenant rights protest sign in the background and The Action Lab logo.
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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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