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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The Action Lab NY x latinos out loud presents: Luis Ortiz, creating voces out loud
The Action Lab NY x latinos out loud presents: Luis Ortiz, creating voces out loud
This episode is brought to you by The Evergreen Initiative at The Action Lab NY, whom recently appointed Rachel La Loca as an Artist In Action Fellow! Our guest is Luis Ortiz, who has been giving filmmakers a conduit for their stories for decades.
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Real Utopias Convening Explores the Future of Social Housing and Democratic Power
The Action Lab and NYU's Urban Democracy Lab convened organizers, researchers, and movement leaders to explore bold strategies for expanding social housing and strengthening democratic community power.
Law and Organizing Academy Builds the Next Generation of Movement Lawyers
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The Action Lab's Law and Organizing Academy equips emerging law students with the tools, relationships, and movement-centered perspective needed to support community organizing and advance racial and economic justice.
Providers Organized for Power Mobilizes for Child Care Access and Fair Pay
Providers Organized for Power Mobilizes for Child Care Access and Fair Pay
Providers Organized for Power united child care providers, families, advocates, and elected officials this spring to advance affordable child care, fair wages, and stronger public investment across New York City.



