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Performers posing onstage with flowers before a cheering audience in a large theater
International Indigenous Hip-Hop Fest 2025
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October 15, 2025
Indigenous voices are essential to make sense of our world and its current trajectory.
Performer with mic pointing at audience from the stage.
Melle Mel Performs at the International Indigenous Hip Hop Festival
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October 11, 2025
Melle Mel performing the greatest hip-hop song of all time at the International Indigenous Hip-Hop Festival.
Colorful abstract poster promoting the International Indigenous Hip-Hop Fest
International Indigenous Hip Hop Festival Save the Date (October 9–12)
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September 15, 2025
Indigenous voices are essential to make sense of our world and its current trajectory.
2025 Artists in Action poster featuring two artists against a gray background
2025 Artists in Action Fellowship Reflections
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September 15, 2025
The Artists in Action Fellowship at the Action Lab aims to deepen the connection between art and social justice. In this post, there are reflections from two of our 2025 fellows on their experience with the program.
Speaker presenting onstage before a vivid purple and blue LED backdrop
The Border Is a Story
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September 14, 2025
Last month, we hosted the 2025 convening of The Border Is A Story with our Advisory Board Members, Kelly Lytle Hernandez and Alex Rivera.
Illustrated poster depicts a community garden with text “Sembrando Resistencia, Los Jardines de Loisaida.”
Sembrando Resistencia
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September 6, 2025
A celebration of Loisaida's Puerto Rican community gardens, which have been longstanding local institutions.
Illustrated salsa-themed poster advertising Sanger Hall Salsa Night
Sanger Hall Salsa Night
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August 23, 2025
With Cultura Pa’lante, we hosted a lively Salsa Night at Sanger Hall.
Crowd cheering inside a community space as a performer gestures toward them
Hip Hop Summer Camp
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August 22, 2025
We wrapped up Liberation Summer with Hip Hop Summer Camp in August.
Retro-style logo reading “The Action Lab Sparking Change” on a dark blue background
Who We Are
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August 18, 2025
In this video, produced for our concert announcing Common as our 2025 Belafonte Fellow, we explore The Action Lab's history, mission, and vision for the future of movement and culture.
Woman sitting among containers in a pink-walled setting for the Latin American Foto Festival
Latin American Foto Festival 2025
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August 15, 2025
Last week, the 8th Annual Latin American Foto Festival came to its official conclusion.
Stylized cityscape of stacked apartment buildings with text reading “Social Housing Around the World.”
Social Housing Around the World - The Full Series
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August 6, 2025
The Action Lab's Zoom series with global housing experts explores local solutions to inform the U.S. social housing crisis.
Aerial view of Dutch canals and housing districts with a “Social Housing” play icon
Social Housing Around the World - The Netherlands
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August 6, 2025
The Action Lab's Zoom series with global housing experts explores local solutions to inform the U.S. social housing crisis.
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