Liberation Arts Collective is a multidisciplinary arts organization born out of protest and fueled by the belief that art is a force for liberation. Founded on the steps of the New York Stock Exchange in 2016 during a performance denouncing PROMESA, the austerity bill imposed on Puerto Rico, our origins are rooted in artistic resistance and the demand for justice. From that first action, we have continued to create work that confronts colonialism, systemic racism, poverty, and immigration while centering joy, healing, and community care. Through theater, poetry, music, video, and film, we tell stories drawn from our lived experiences as marginalized people in the United States. In collaboration with community organizations and unions, we build connections that amplify collective power and deepen impact. Liberation Arts Collective is committed to building community through arts, education, healing, and the courage to imagine a more just world.

Moon Joy Divine is the spirit of the moon and the child of Mother Earth. Moon has many faces, ranging from Full to New, each with a different purpose and power. But through it all, the one constant is that Moon wants you to nurture your love for the mother and yourself enough to keep your community healthy, joyous and peaceful. Backed by their own community and armed with powers from the celestial family, Moons rituals and performances lay bare their love and rage, and demands you join.

The Street Theatre Crew was founded in Oct 2023 by a group of theater makers who participated in a two-week exchange with the historic, New Delhi-based street theater company Jana Natya Manch (aka Janam). Collectively we are a multidisciplinary crew who are writers, musicians, choreographers, performers, producers and community organizers. We make work in support of left and progressive social movements in NYC and beyond.

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC (TONYC) brings the power of live theatre to the revolution. In partnership with communities confronting racism, housing injustice, and inequality, TONYC creates plays that put real struggles onstage and invite the audience to step in, take risks, and rehearse change. Inspired by the global Theatre of the Oppressed movement, our work transforms spectators into “spect-actors” who collectively imagine bold alternatives. TONYC’s performances spark dialogue, ignite action, and prove that theatre is a rehearsal for the world we want.

These awesome organizations and artists will be present at the festival. Check them out when you arrive!

Dancers for Palestine (D4P) is an autonomous group of dance workers who organize in solidarity with the global movement for Palestinian liberation. Formed during Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza beginning in 2023, D4P seeks to both cohere and create a dance community which is vocal and active in its support of the Palestinian people. D4P is a local and international endeavor with a core organizing group in NYC and an ever expanding network of dancers and organizers working toward a dance field free from complicity in genocide, imperialism, white supremacy, and all systems of oppression.

Donkeysaddle Projects works towards building a liberated world free from state violence in all its manifestations. We provide entry points into this movement work and nurture deep and sustained engagement by integrating political education, organizing and advocacy, and art/storytelling projects.

Francesca Barr is a working artist and writer from Massachusetts. She loves screenprint for the physical labor it demands, as well as its value in movement-making past, present, and future. Her practice intertwines the tradition of the propaganda poster with modern photographic methods, exploring the relationship between image and message. Before her term as Harvard University’s Henry Russell Shaw Fellow in Ireland and Spain, she graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Sociology and Art, Film, and Visual Studies. Francesca is now based in Brooklyn, NY where she leads arts education programming for community organizations—including The People’s Forum, Penikese Island School, and Strother School for Attention.

The Loisaida, Inc. Center is an accessible multidisciplinary project space, hosting residencies, internships, providing resources and opportunities for underrepresented and emerging artists, cultural workers, collectives and creators working in diverse disciplines. The PSC-CUNY Brooklyn College Chapter organizes to defend worker rights, protect academic freedom, and fight for a just, fully funded public university. We build collective power through solidarity, action, and advocacy on our campus, across CUNY, and in broader struggles for social and economic justice.

Riders Alliance is fighting for a world-class public transit system that meets the everyday needs of all New Yorkers and takes us toward a more equitable city and sustainable future.

Theater Workers for a Ceasefire exists to organize U.S.-based theater workers in solidarity with the people of Palestine. We aim to use our bodies and talents in pursuit of a comprehensive ceasefire, which we understand is merely the first step among many in realizing a Free Palestine.

Writers Against the War on Gaza is a coalition of media, cultural, and academic workers who are committed to the horizon of liberation for the Palestinian people. We organize against Zionism and American militarism from within the imperial core.

For the Streets! is supported in part by: 

La Plaza Cultural Community Garden

The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council on the Arts