Is There A Pattern?

Urban Investigations

Is There A Pattern?

The Wait

Urban Investigations

The Wait

Fast Trash

City Studies

Fast Trash

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Making Policy Public

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

In the Streets!

Urban Investigations

In the Streets!

Students Spring into New Investigations!

Students Spring into New Investigations!

In the past several weeks, CUP launched two Urban Investigations with students to explore social justice issues impacting New Yorkers.

CUP and Teaching Artist Hugo Rojas are collaborating with students from the Bronx School for Law, Government, and Justice to investigate parole and its impact on New Yorkers. What’s the difference between parole and probation? How many people are impacted by these systems and how could things be different? 

Over the next several weeks students will interview directly involved individuals, elected officials, public defenders, people working in the system, and members of their communities. Through collaborative filmmaking techniques, students will explore the issue and record what they learn to produce a video documentary. Stay tuned for more updates!

CUP and Teaching Artist Chaparro are collaborating with students from the High School for Climate Justice to explore the issue of flooding streets and subways. Why do NYC streets and subways stations flood?  How do these floods impact New Yorkers? How can we work towards a greener future? 

To explore this issue, students will interview stakeholders and members of their community, engage in collaborative artmaking, and create a final printed project that explains what they learned. Check out some images of students in action as they learned how to marble paper, make styrofoam prints, and map their neighborhood!

We care!

Making Policy Public

We care!

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

Meet the Gun Laws

City Studies

Meet the Gun Laws

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Welcome to Health Care!

Making Policy Public

Welcome to Health Care!

Let's Hang Out

Urban Investigations

Let's Hang Out

What You Need To Know About ACS

Making Policy Public

What You Need To Know About ACS

We Own It

Making Policy Public

We Own It