This week we wrapped up our 2024 Law and Organizing Academy at Borden Estate where law students explored crucial frameworks on labor power, housing justice, abolition movements, and international solidarity organizing.
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Mexican Indigenous Artists Use Rap to Defend Their Languages and Identity
teleSUR English covers the Mexico City festival and The Action Lab’s role in creating independent spaces for Indigenous artists, languages, and stories.

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Rap en lenguas originarias, el hip hop que convierte la resistencia indígena en música
El Informador examines Indigenous-language rap through the Mexico City festival, including Ángeles Solís’s account of The Action Lab’s work supporting independent cultural platforms.
El rap defiende las lenguas indígenas en el Festival Hip Hop Indígena de México
El rap defiende las lenguas indígenas en el Festival Hip Hop Indígena de México
Agencia EFE’s video report follows Indigenous artists using rap to defend their languages and identities at the festival in Mexico City.
El rap indígena alza la voz por las lenguas originarias
El rap indígena alza la voz por las lenguas originarias
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10,000 NYC Families Off the Child Care Waitlist
10,000 NYC Families Off the Child Care Waitlist
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