In the Fall of 2024, The Action Lab is looking forward to opening the doors to a brand new space in New York City, on the border of Queens and Brooklyn. **The Center for Social Justice and the Arts **will be a multigenerational arts and cultural production hub that generates opportunities for organizers, artists, and changemakers to claim space and build power through cultural practice and racial and economic justice organizing. The space will include flexible, multi-use areas for events and programming developed in close collaboration with our partners and the broad social justice community, including gatherings, exhibitions, concerts, talks and a wide array of social justice and cultural offerings.
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Op-Ed | Building a city that values home-based providers
Op-Ed | Building a city that values home-based providers
Years ago, New York City took its first steps toward expanding public child care with the creation of Pre-K and 3-K. Those investments changed lives. But as the city expanded access, too many family child care providers — the home-based educators who have long anchored their communities — were left behind.
Providers Organized for Power | Child Care Workers Demand Investment and Fair Wages
Providers Organized for Power | Child Care Workers Demand Investment and Fair Wages
At Child Care Isn’t A Walk In The Park, NYC Council Member Sandy Nurse highlighted the urgent need to invest in child care providers and expand affordable child care access for families.
Liberation Summer | June, July, August 2026
Liberation Summer | June, July, August 2026
Through performances, workshops, and community gatherings across New York City, Liberation Summer 2026 brings people together through music, storytelling, art, and collective resistance.

Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine protests ICE outside of 26 Federal Plaza
Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine protests ICE outside of 26 Federal Plaza
Tom Morello of Rage Against Machine stood alongside immigrant advocates outside 26 Federal Plaza on Tuesday afternoon and sang in protest of ICE in the Big Apple.

The Regulars | Save Jimmy’s Corner
The Regulars | Save Jimmy’s Corner
A new short-form series documents the people, stories, and cultural history surrounding Jimmy’s Corner, the legendary boxing bar at 140 W 44th St. in Times Square.
Fall Of Freedom | May Day in Los Sures!
Fall Of Freedom | May Day in Los Sures!
Poetry, music, and community organizing converged in Los Sures for a May Day gathering honoring workers, resisting displacement, and celebrating cultural resistance.



