Our Work

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The Action Lab sparks change.

We bring organizers, artists, and community leaders together to strengthen the leaders, organizations and movements that shape a more just and joyful world. The Action Lab turns imagination into action and vision into power. We bring organizers, artists, and community leaders together to strengthen the movements that shape a more just and joyful world.

The Action Lab fosters cross-discipline, cross-movement approaches to lift out of the immediate, imagine our way decades into the future, expand our conception of what’s possible and build the connective tissue and collective muscle needed to realize that vision.Through our core initiatives, we create spaces where creativity meets strategy—where people can learn, connect, and build the skills and culture that sustain long-term change. When you engage with our work, you’re helping to build the foundation for lasting justice, collective freedom, and a future where everyone can thrive.

Our core initiatives create spaces where creativity meets strategy—where people can learn, connect, and act together to spark and sustain high impact, long-term change. We work to build the foundation for lasting justice, collective freedom, and a future where everyone can thrive. 

Explore our initiatives below to see how we turn this vision into change—through bold campaigns, creative collaborations, and leadership programs that power change forward.

Initiatives

Action & Innovation

We equip organizers with practical tools, shared frameworks, and space to test new approaches. Through experimentation and collaboration across movements, we build the lasting power needed to shape a more just future.

Arts & Culture

The Action Lab’s arts and culture programming builds on this rich history of artists, creatives, and culture-makers who have helped expand our capacity to imagine a world of freedom and justice for all.

Learning & Leadership

Our Learning & Leadership programs create space to reflect, refine, connect, and renew—so the work for justice can continue with strength, discipline, clarity and power.
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