The Action Lab’s Evergreen Initiative: Newest Artists in Action Fellows
May 11, 2026
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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The Tenant Power Act Introduced in New York State
May 11, 2026
The Action Lab and anchor partners helped introduce the Tenant Power Act, landmark legislation to strengthen tenant organizing and accountability across New York State.
No One Is Safe Film Premiere
April 7, 2026
The documentary *No One Is Safe* premiered on March 22, highlighting the impacts of immigration enforcement on vulnerable communities and underscoring the need for collective action and immigrant justice.
Law and Organizing Academy 2026
April 7, 2026
The 2026 Law and Organizing Academy brings together law students across New York to develop organizing skills, political analysis, and frameworks that align legal practice with movement building.
Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16 | Fist Up Film Festival Returns
May 16, 2026
Promotional graphic for the Fist Up Film Festival presented in collaboration with The Action Lab’s Evergreen Initiative and Artists in Action Fellows.
Saturday, May 16 | Power in Solidarity Training
May 16, 2026
A full-day organizing training will bring together community members to strengthen skills in storytelling, campaign strategy, and collective action for immigrant justice.
Real Utopias: Decommodifying Housing
June 2, 2026
The Action Lab and NYU’s Urban Democracy Lab host a public forum on housing as a public good, exploring democratic strategies to decommodify housing and build movement power.
Common at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!
August 28, 2026
The Action Lab partners with BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! for a free public performance by Common and special guests, honoring Harry Belafonte’s legacy of justice, culture, and collective liberation.
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The Action Lab is a strategy center for social movements that sparks political and personal liberation.
We provide rigorous and joyful spaces for organizers, leaders and artists to learn, to create and to strengthen our capacity to win.
We strive to build a powerful culture that lifts us out of the immediate and enables us to envision and realize a just future.
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