Updates

The Action Lab is excited to welcome Nasreen Jilani, our new Director of Development...

Our second annual Liberation Summer Kick-off was a blast and a brought more than 300 people together in community to dance to the amazing artists Combo Chimbita, El Hijo de Borikén, Maraca Bruja, and DJ Bembona who brought their soul, energy, and essential voices to the stage...

The Action Lab is excited to be co-sponsoring the expansion of the Bronx Documentary Center’s 7th Annual Latin American Foto Festival to three new boroughs as part of our Liberation Summer programming! This is the festival's first expansion beyond the South Bronx...

 Salsa y Resistencia was a powerful and fun evening of community and a perfect warm-up for our Liberation Summer kick-off at SOBs...

The Art of Purpose fellows gathered in a day-long Practice Circle at the offices of NYCC on June 13th...

What a beautiful night...

The Action Lab welcomed our second cohort of Take A Breath Fellows at Borden Estate from June 2-7...

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...

We’re thrilled to announce the release of our new report, "Building Our Future: Grassroots Reflections on Social Housing," a comprehensive look at the urgent need for transformative housing solutions driven by communities and for communities – solutions which prioritize those most impacted and most in need...

The 2024 Law & Organizing Academy (LOA) kicked off today! LOA is a joint project of The Action Lab, the Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project’s Law and Organizing Initiative, and the Initiative for Community Power at NYU School of Law...

It was an inspiring afternoon at Bushwick Campus yesterday as Anthony Ramos returned to his roots and, along with Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, announced a $40,000 grant for after-school theater education! Buzzing with excitement, students celebrated the proclamation of May 15 as 'Anthony Ramos Day,' celebrating his arts advocacy...

The Action Lab is excited to welcome the newest member of our team, Senior Organizer Yaritza Mendez...