Child Support?!

Making Policy Public

Child Support?!

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

Work Forced

Public Access Design

Work Forced

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Public Access Design

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage

City Studies

Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

Urban Investigations

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

Print Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage

Minimum wage has been a hot topic since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the first national minimum hourly pay in 1938. Over 75 years later we’re still debating the value of a paycheck. Is minimum wage enough to live on? Should the government keep increasing the current rate?

In the Spring of 2015, CUP Teaching Artist Jenn Anne Williams worked with Alhassan Sussu’s Economics class at the International Community High School in the Bronx to explore whether the government should be involved in income equality.

To investigate, students tried to balance a monthly minimum wage paycheck, went into the neighborhood to survey community members on their opinions, and debated the pros and cons. Students created puppets, collages, and drawings to illustrate the information in the accordion booklet that shares what they discovered. 

Free For All?

City Studies

Free For All?

Bodega Down Bronx

Urban Investigations

Bodega Down Bronx

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

Rumbo A Su Tarjeta Verde

Public Access Design

Rumbo A Su Tarjeta Verde

Is College For Me?

Public Access Design

Is College For Me?

Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

Pay Dirt

City Studies

Pay Dirt