Updates

The Small Business United organizing initiative brings together small businesses to advocate for their communities and support the Small Business Rent Stabilization Act introduced in the New York legislature.

The Action Lab wrapped its “Power in Solidarity” training series, equipping organizers with practical skills in community organizing, storytelling, trust-building, and running effective meetings to strengthen collective action.

The Action Lab is helping coordinate Providers Organized for Power (POP), a growing coalition of childcare providers and partner organizations fighting for fair wages, improved working conditions, and universal childcare in New York.

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 rallied in Utica to call on New York lawmakers to invest in the childcare workforce and advance universal childcare without leaving providers behind.

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.

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.

The Action Lab welcomes Headcount as a new anchor partner, an organization that uses music and popular culture to register voters and empower young people to participate in democracy.

The Action Lab welcomes Organized Power in Numbers (OPIN) as a new anchor partner, combining grassroots organizing with advanced data and digital tools to expand movement-building and strengthen campaigns for workers and their communities.

The Action Lab welcomes the National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC) as a new anchor partner, guided by organizing principles rooted in community strength, cultural awareness, and collective solidarity.

The New School will host two public events honoring filmmaker Cheryl Dunye: a Spotlight Q&A on March 10 and a 30th anniversary screening of The Watermelon Woman on March 11.

JD Davids has been selected for an OutHistory Fellowship and will develop a digital exhibit exploring queer women, direct action, and the origins of the first Dyke March.