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The Action Lab and Hands Off NYC Concert

November 21, 2025
On November 21st, as part of the Fall of Freedom, The Action Lab teamed up with Hands Off NYC to organize a concert in defiance of authoritarianism and unlawful federal attacks on New Yorkers!
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SALSACTIVISM

November 21, 2025
To celebrate the one year anniversary of Sunnyside Salsa events, on November 22, we hosted an evening of mambo y gozadera at Alewife Brewing
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Rally for Universal Child Care

November 20, 2025
On Thursday, November 20, the Empire State Campaign for Child Care, a partner of The Action Lab, held a press conference and rally on the steps of City Hall to release key recommendations for making Universal Child Care a reality in New York State.
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Rivers of Care at the COP in Brazil

November 16, 2025
In partnership with indigenous leaders and organizers, and allies from the labor movement, The Action Lab traveled to the Cop 30 in Belém, Brazil.
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Our Mission

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.

Our Initiatives

Putting our vision into practice.
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Action & Innovation

Bold campaigns and new ways of working to move people, shift power and win.
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Arts & Culture

Creativity to power community, connection, and social change.
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Learning & Leadership

Building the capacity, insight, rigor and care our movements need.
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