Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

Don't Bank On It

Making Policy Public

Don't Bank On It

Child Support?!

Making Policy Public

Child Support?!

Know Your Lines

Making Policy Public

Know Your Lines

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Technical Assistance

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Don't Bank On It

Making Policy Public

Don't Bank On It

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This summer, CUP has been collaborating with Teaching Artist Elliott Golden and students from the Red Hook Community Justice Center (RHCJC) to investigate the impacts of marijuana legalization on New Yorkers.

meet the…

Azia Francis is an 18-year-old student in New York City. She spent three years participating in CUP programs – including Let’s Hang Out (2019), Swipe Out (2020), and It’s Not Just in Our Heads (2021) - at her high school, ... more

open call

CUP is looking for skilled graphic designers, illustrators, or visual artists who are interested in social justice, demystifying policy, and meaningful collaboration!

open call

CUP is now accepting applications for Making Policy Public and Public Access Design! We’re looking for community and advocacy organizations who are working to address policy issues where the difficulty of understanding the issues is leading to social injustice. ... more

meet the…

Elliott Golden is a Brooklyn-based Teaching Artist and documentarian with a passion for pizza and a distaste for the Yankees. Elliott is a former CUP Teaching Artist Fellow and is currently collaborating with students from the Red Hook Community Justice Center to ... more

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Teaching Artist Hugo Rojas and students from Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School have been hard at work investigating how poverty impacts mental health in their community of West Farms, in the South Bronx.

news, launch event

What is the digital divide? How does the lack of digital equity impact students doing remote learning? What could the future of digital learning look like?

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A huge thank you to all the amazing supporters who made our 2021 fundraising campaign a success!

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We’ve kicked off our latest collaboration with the Red Hook Community Justice Center!

meet the…

For our latest installment of, Meet the Designer, we chatted with designers Chloe Chang and D Wang Shi Zhao! Chloe and D Wang collaborated with CUP, the Bronx Defenders, and Legal Aid Society to create Your Truth Your Rights, a guide for Transgender, Gender ... more

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Catch up with past Change in Design Fellows:

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The new CUP Fellow for Change in Design is…Marisa Hetzler!

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Ready, Set, Apply!

Technical Assistance

Ready, Set, Apply!

Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

Rent Regulation Rights - San Francisco Edition

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights - San Francisco Edition

Fast Trash

City Studies

Fast Trash

We Are Public Housing

Making Policy Public

We Are Public Housing