Sparking Change.

We bring organizers, artists, and leaders together to learn, to create, and to build a just future.
Our current moment demands action—
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Community members receiving free tax preparation assistance from trained volunteers at a community tax clinic.

Free Tax Prep Program

March 6, 2026
Anchor partner New York Communities Organizing Fund (NYCOFI) continues its free tax preparation program, helping New Yorkers access key tax credits such as the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit. Services run weekends from March 1 through April 13.
Parents, childcare providers, and community leaders rallying in Utica, New York to demand investment in the childcare workforce.

Childcare Rally

March 6, 2026
Parents, childcare providers, and community leaders rallied in Utica to call on New York lawmakers to invest in the childcare workforce and advance universal childcare without leaving providers behind.
Faith and community leaders standing together in support of human dignity and collective action.

Pledge for Human Dignity

March 6, 2026
Partner organization PICO California has launched the Pledge for Human Dignity, mobilizing faith and community groups to stand against fear-based politics and affirm the inherent dignity of every human being.
Organizers participating in a digital training on creating short-form videos, memes, and storytelling content for campaigns.

Creating Engaging Content for Organizing

March 6, 2026
This two-part training from O20 Strategy Group explores how organizers can use digital tools—short-form video, memes, and story frameworks—to create engaging content that drives real action and strengthens organizing campaigns.
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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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