Updates
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Dennis Leroy Kingalee’s Play Takes on New Life
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January 13, 2026
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).
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September 20, 2024
The Border is a Story Convening in Los Angeles
We were deeply honored to co-host the The Border Is A Story Convening in Los Angeles in collaboration with our Advisory Board Members, Kelly Lytle Hernandez and Alex Rivera...
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September 19, 2024
The Homes Act Luncheon + Bill Drop in DC
Two years after our learning delegation to Vienna to study social housing, which lead to this powerful cover story in the NY Times Magazine, and following years of steadfast work by The Action Lab and many of our anchor partners, such as the Housing Justice For All Coalition, Urban Democracy Lab and the Center for Popular Democracy, last week Sen...
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September 16, 2024
"Youth to the Future" Concert in Puerto Rico
On September 14, 2024, the Youth to the Future (Jóvenes Al Futuro) concert and festival was held at Vivo Beach Club, convened by the Prende Tu Voto coalition, of which La Tejedora Initiative is a part along with nine other organizations that offer services to young people...
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September 6, 2024
New Dasic Fernandez Mural for MRNY in Long Island
The Action Lab is proud to highlight the work of our Advisory Board Member, Chilean artist Dasic Fernandez, whose latest mural in Hempstead, NY, is a vibrant call to action for immigrant and working-class communities...
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September 6, 2024
Building Mass-based Tenant Power
The Action Lab has been at the forefront of efforts to innovate public policies that revitalize our democracy and build power through mass-based organization...
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September 6, 2024
Community Education to Confront Migration Myths
One of the many tragedies of the cruel political manipulation that has led to hundreds of thousands of migrants being bussed to cities throughout the country has been the divisive rhetoric that pits migrants against other working class communities in those receiving cities...
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September 6, 2024
Announcing New Anchor Partner: Working Theatre!
We are excited to announce our newest anchor partner - Working Theatre! Since 1985, Working Theater has been a pioneering force in off-Broadway theater, dedicated to amplifying the often overlooked stories of working people...
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September 6, 2024
New Artist in Action Fellow: Alex Lin!
We are delighted to partner with the Working Theater to jointly support the inspiring playwright, Alex Lin...
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September 6, 2024
Announcing a 55-leader Strong Learning Delegation to Barcelona
The delegation aims to deepen our understanding of tenant power and housing movements in Barcelona, focusing on how activists resist corporate landlords and fight for affordable social housing...
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August 31, 2024
Repurposing of LAFF to BronxArtSpace
Facilitated by The Action Lab, The Latin American Foto Festival's stop in Hunts Point was a great success...
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August 26, 2024
Sembrando Resistencia: Los Jardines de Loisaida
As part of our Liberation Summer programming, 'Sembrando Resistencia' celebrated Loisaida's Puerto Rican community gardens over three days in August...
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August 23, 2024
Art of Purpose Field Trip
On August 19th, thanks to a recommendation from our dear NYU fellow Aaliyah Weathers, we took our Art of Purpose Fellows to Monuments of Solidarity by LaToya Ruby Frazier at the MoMA...
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