Logo with a megaphone icon and the words "Re:Action" with the tagline "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" underneath.

We turn ideas into action.

We work with some of the smartest organizers and most exciting organizations in our movement landscape to make their bold ideas a reality.

Our team supports scores of actions and events every year, both in DC and around the country, ranging from targeted stunts to massive mobilizations 

We work with partners to scout and identify locations, secure permits, design engaging and effective events, and mobilize key resources. We provide sound, staging, live video and a whole range of production support. And we work with organizations to identify threats and risks and develop robust plans to ensure that actions and events are safe and effective.  

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A woman speaking at an outdoor rally in front of the U.S. Capitol building, with signs that read 'Christoper Street Project' and a banner that says 'Trans Day of Visibility Rally 2023.' The woman is standing behind a pink microphone with a pink cover
A group of protesters gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial, holding signs advocating for science, education, and anti-racism. Some signs read 'MY KIDS CAREERS REQUIRE SCIENCE,' 'BRAINS LOVE SCIENCE,' and '#MAKESCICENCEWIN.' The crowd includes pe
A group of protesters and public officials gathered outdoors in front of a government building, holding signs that read 'SOCIAL SERVICES' and 'DON'T CUT.' A woman at the microphone speaks, flanked by a man in a suit. The scene is part of a political
A protest with people holding signs about climate change and war. One person holds a sign that says 'FUCK WAR'. A police officer is handcuffing a woman, and there is a large green banner with white text related to militarism and climate crisis.
Nighttime photo of a government building with a digital display featuring portraits of various people and the hashtag #FreeThemALL, along with the phrase 'All Eyes on Egypt.'
A man speaks at a protest stage with a large banner that reads "I'm not a scientist. - David Malpass, World Bank President, FIRE THE CLIMATE DENIER," with a background illustration of fire and flames; other group members are listening nearby.
A group of people standing outdoors with a sound system, some wearing casual clothing and accessories, and one person wearing a festive hat and bandana.
A woman in a black hoodie and glasses is speaking into a microphone on a mobile stage with orange safety vests. There are flags and trees in the background, with a person on a bicycle and others nearby.
Protesters marching outdoors with signs and flags, one man in the foreground wearing a referee striped shirt and headphones, holding a whistle, with city buildings and trees in the background.
Senator Alex Padilla speaking at a protest in Washington D.C. with supporters holding signs demanding ethics reform, including one that says 'Compromised Senators' and another that says 'Ethics Reform Now!'
Group of people riding bicycles in a city street during daytime, some carrying signs related to climate justice.
A group of protesters sitting by a body of water with the U.S. Capitol building in the background. They are holding signs about climate change, wearing masks, and sitting on colorful towels with inflatable pool toys and other items around them.
A group of people at a protest or rally outside a government building, holding signs that say "Cancel Student Debt" and "Student Debt Cancellation is Legal." A woman is speaking at a podium with a large banner behind her that reads the same message i
A group of people protesting outside a building at night, holding yellow signs that say 'Defund the Police'. A large digital sign on the building reads 'Defund Hate'.
Night scene of a fire station with a fire truck inside, police cars parked outside, and a person operating a computer or camera equipment in the foreground.
A poster on a sidewalk pole promoting Earth Day 2023 event in Washington, D.C., with details about rally, march, and festival activities, against a cityscape background with a church and street signs.
Protest sign with red balloons in front of the White House, featuring a picture of Angela Merkel and a message opposing COVID-19 vaccines, with lush green trees and a fountain in the background.
Street scene with a trash can featuring religious and political posters, crosswalk, and buildings decorated with flags and ornate architectural details.
Group of people protesting for climate justice and against fossil fuels, some riding bikes and some on skateboards, holding colorful signs.
A man is speaking at a protest or rally, pointing to a large cardboard cutout of a barrel with a skull and crossbones symbol. The cutout has signs and symbols related to environmental and social issues, including a sign that says 'Keep 1.5°C Alive' a
Nighttime view of a church with a tall, illuminated steeple and a dome. A cross on top of the dome. A street with pedestrian crosswalk lines and a traffic light in the foreground. A poster on a utility box about voting and abortion.
A large crowd of protesters marching down a city street during a climate change demonstration. They are holding various signs and banners, including a prominent pink banner that reads 'End the Era of Fossil Fuels'. Some signs feature messages like 'W
Musicians playing brass instruments during a performance at a protest or rally, with a red banner in the background.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial at night with a light projection reading "Protect the Vote, Protect the Dream" on the side of the statue.
Protest gathering on the lawn of the US Capitol with people seated and holding signs, during dusk, with the Capitol building illuminated in the background.
Nighttime view of Madison Square Garden in New York City with illuminated signage projecting a message. The message reads "TRUMP PRAISED HITLER". A large billboard below displays a political figure giving a speech with the caption "DREAM BIG AGAIN!".
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A woman is speaking at a public protest or rally, with a group of people standing behind her. The scene is outdoors, in front of a large building, on a city street.
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Protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court building with people holding signs advocating for student debt cancellation, including a large banner stating 'Student Debt Cancellation Is Legal' and smaller signs reading 'Cancel Student Debt' and 'Student Deb

  • We bring messages to life with immersive light projections, guerrilla poster campaigns, and stunts with larger-than-life artwork and props.

    Video of our projections have been featured on BBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, the Nation, NPR, Politico, the Washington Post and dozens of other national and international news outlets. Our street heat teams wheatpaste thousands of posters every month so we’ve got the capacity to get the message out far and wide and the experience to know where messages get noticed, where they get ignored, and where they get removed before anyone sees them. And we can make big ideas that break through the narrative landscape come to life, whether that involves hoisting banners on balloons, deploying massive inflatable props, or installing larger-than-life art installations in public spaces. 

  • We can make really big things happen.

    The Re:Action Team has coordinated logistics and staffing for massive mobilizations bringing together hundreds of thousands of people. We have a deep network of experienced activists and organizers that we can tap into to pull off big events. And we have relationships with a wide range of vendors that can source site logistics, medical staff, wire service photography, equipment rental, and just about anything else we could think of needing to make a large-scale event happen. 

  • We know how to get things done.

    Our team supports lots of actions and events so we know how to get things done quickly and efficiently. We’re well versed in the  jurisdictional lines between the major policing agencies in the Nation’s Capitol and we’re incredibly familiar with the permitting processes, unique rules, and frustrating quirks of each area. When you google permitting protests in Washington, DC you find our action planning guide (even before the National Park Service permitting page!). We also maintain a planning calendar that overlays the schedules of the House, Senate, Supreme Court, key election dates, major events (like the Cherry Blossom Festival and university move-in dates and graduations ceremonies) to help our partners with situational awareness in planning events. 

  • We invest in grassroots movements.

    We know that many of the people and organizations most impacted by the injustices we are fighting too often don't have access to the resources that larger, more well-connected organizations rely on. We also know that these under-resourced grassroots and emergent organizations are responsible for many of our movements’ most innovative ideas and boldest actions. That’s why Re:Action is deeply invested in building shared infrastructure for our movements with the Movement Infrastructure Project. 

    The Movement Infrastructure Project is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that works to create shared tools and resources that are widely available to support grassroots organizing. Re:Action has shared all of our sound, projection, and logistics gear in MIP’s Equipment Library so grassroots groups have access to the same equipment that we deploy on actions with our larger, more resourced partners. We don’t have the capacity to sustainably staff the 100+ actions that use our gear each year so we offer periodic ‘Gear in the Streets’ workshops to train grassroots organizers on running professional sound, projection and livestream equipment. The Re:Action Team also plays a major role in staffing MIP’s meeting and event space at the Petworth United Methodist Church, and maintaining MIPs shared movement calendar and other digital assets.  

How we can help

  • Direct action is at the heart of what Re:Action does. We have decades of experience organizing all sorts of actions ranging from mass marches and rallies bringing together thousands of people to much smaller creative direct actions that disrupt business as usual. Over the years, we’ve marched thousands of people through the streets, blockaded hundreds of intersections, held moving candlelight vigils, occupied bank branches, blockaded fracking sites, hung massive banners off of buildings, hauled GoGo bands through town on flatbed trucks, painted murals on city streets, and organized head-start classes in corporate lobbies.

    We know the nuts and bolts of organizing logistics for actions inside and out, but what really sets us apart is our ability to help partners think strategically and creatively about actions that move forward campaign goals, build capacity, and maximize impact.

  • Shine a light on your target with a massive projection on the side of their building, near a notable landmark, or at a public event. Our projectors can combine up to 15,000 lumens to create an image that covers the side of a major building. And to design the projections we use industry-standard projection mapping software that allows us to project from tight angles, and even design images that stretch around corners and on multiple surfaces.

  • We have years of experience facilitating critical conversations, setting up decision making processes, and supporting partners in strategy development in a range of social movement spaces. Drawing from our deep experience, we have experience in a range of collective processes and engagement for networks plus have experience using a number of tools to assist in effective discussions.

  • We work with organizations to offer live video solutions for events and actions. In the field we can offer bonded connectivity through the industry-standard LiveU platform (combining traffic on the AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile networks at the same time), which allows us to maintain a consistent signal and high-quality even in areas with high network traffic or low connectivity. With ReStreaming software we can push the same video feed to dozens of different social profiles at the same time so every one of your coalition partners can host the feed just like they’re doing it themselves.

    Indoors we can step up the production value with multi-camera options for a more engaging experience for your viewers.

  • Re:Action has decades of experience facilitating trainings and workshops on creative direct action, organizing, research, campaign planning, know your rights and myriad other topics. Drawing from our deep experience, we have training modules that are available off-the-shelf and we are able to adapt training programs to meet the specific needs of our partners.

  • In high stakes campaigns, making decisions and developing strategy based on best-available-data is essential. Re:Action has experience in qualitative, quantitative, and financial research methods. We work with partners to understand and articulate problems, develop strategy, identify creative solutions, find opportunities to transform power holders.

    Today our organizations and movements have access to more information than ever. The key is finding patterns, identifying trends and putting that data to work in our campaigns. That’s why we work with partners to visualize data (Tableau and Kumu), map the our physical and political landscape (ArcGIS), and put information at everyone’s fingertips with easy-to-use interactive databases.

  • We offer professional stage and sound for movement events. The Re:Action team specializes in supporting movement events with complicated logistics and lots of moving pieces.

    Most of the places our movements plan protests don’t exactly offer reliable electricity so we can operate all day on silent, eco-friendly battery powered generators and even bring along solar generators to add some green power for your event.

    Planning a rally in the courtyard of a corporate headquarters? We’ll roll in a sound stage on wheels. Planning a march with multiple stops and mini-rallies? We’ll bring along our sound cart with 12” inch high quality speakers and a set of wireless microphones. Planning a civil disobedience action? We’re fine if you want to keep the rally going while you risk arrest. Each one of our wireless microphones have been arrested at least a dozen times!

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