People's Power Lab

In 2025, members of the People’s Power Lab and Muslims for Social Justice spoke out against the injustice they face through letters to the editor, press conferences, and news coverage in North Carolina media. These stories come straight from people living the realities of injustice and fighting these injustices—not from outside observers or abstract analysis. The media is one tool in a larger organizing strategy. We share these narratives with change makers, social justice partners, and community members to strengthen collective action, deepen public accountability, and build the long-term power needed for lasting social change. Check out our media coverage below. Education Justice Muhammad Arafat’s (Rohingya refugee) letter-to-the-editor in the News and Observer on July 18, 2025. ( LINK ) Excerpt: “As a Rohingya refugee who benefited from public education, I’ve seen how lack of education pushes many low-income Black, brown and refugee communities into poverty. I was shocked that fu...

Welcome to the Blog of People's Power Lab. The People’s Power Lab is a Triangle, North Carolina-based organization with a mission to build the power of Black, Brown, and Muslim working-class youth and adults through political education, media justice, and recruiting them to the broader progressive movement. Goals - Build consciousness of our crises and solution to our crises through political education. - Develop grassroots media strategies to amplify our message. - Organize our people to take actions against crises faced by them. - Recruit community members to the broader social justice movement with an intersectional lens. PPL organizes working-class African American; South Asian/Middle Eastern immigrants, and refugees in the Triangle area of North Carolina, and Rocky Mount, NC. Many of refugee members in our base include Rohingya, Afghan, Syrian, Somali, Congolese, Rwandan, and other refugees. Some of the crises we organize for include healthcare/mental health justice, worker...