Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Don't Bank On It

Making Policy Public

Don't Bank On It

I Heart East New York

Urban Investigations

I Heart East New York

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

Child Support?!

Making Policy Public

Child Support?!

open call

Hey NYC-based community organizations! Is a complex policy issue getting in the way of reaching your constituents? Apply to Public Access Design!

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We’re excited to announce our latest Public Access Design projects! Over the next few months we’ll be collaborating with these amazing partners to create pocket-sized organizing and advocacy tools.

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This year’s stellar cohort of designers and artists will work with CUP to learn about our participatory design methods. Select fellows will also get to collaborate with CUP and our advocacy partners to create a visual tool that explains a social justice isssue through ... more

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We pulled together an all-star group of jurors to help us select our next CUP Fellow for Change in Design! This year we are joined by: Carly Ayres, Wael Morcos, and Elijah Bobo (clockwise from top left).

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We’re now accepting applications for the 2021 CUP Fellowship for Change in Design! The Fellowship is a paid, year-long, full-time, training program designed to promote and support individuals in gaining the skills, contacts, and experience to help them excel in their ... more

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Stephanie Eche is an artist, designer, consultant, podcaster, educator, and much, much more! This spring, Stephanie and students from KAPPA International High Schoolwill collaborate on an Urban Investigation on the issue of digital equity in NYC high schools. Hear more about ... more

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We may be remote, but we’re definitely resilient! Our Fall and Winter Youth Education projects are in full swing. CUP is collaborating with students across NYC to investigate social justice ranging from how school resources impact mental health to the limits of ... more

 

In the Fall of 2020, CUP collaborated with Teaching Artist Marianna Olinger and public high school students from the Red Hook Community Justice Center to investigate police accountability and reimagine public safety.

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Since September, CUP has collaborated with Teaching Artist Marianna Olinger and students from the Red Hook Community Justice Center to investigate police accountability in New York City.

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“Language rights are civil rights!” is something we hear from our community partners all the time.

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Red Hook students have conducted two more interviews as part of of their investigation into public safety in their community!

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Shine A Light On Your Utility Rights is now available in Haitian Creole!

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

What's On Your Plate?

City Studies

What's On Your Plate?

Whose Art?

City Studies

Whose Art?

Predatory Equity

Making Policy Public

Predatory Equity

What Up With DAT?

Technical Assistance

Food Stamped

City Studies

Food Stamped

Don't Trash NYC!

Public Access Design

Don't Trash NYC!

Ready, Set, Apply!

Technical Assistance

Ready, Set, Apply!