Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Public Access Design

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Soak It Up!

City Studies

Soak It Up!

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

Seeking Sanctuary

Urban Investigations

Seeking Sanctuary

Rumbo A Su Tarjeta Verde

Public Access Design

Rumbo A Su Tarjeta Verde

Print Is There A Pattern?

New York City must, by court order, provide temporary shelter to every person who asks. Currently, NYC spends about $1.8 billion a year on shelters, apartments, hotel rooms, and programs.

What is homelessness? How does the shelter system work? How does homelessness impact the City? What is the City’s responsibility?

In the spring of 2019, CUP collaborated with Teaching Artist Gabriella Coll and public high school students at Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy (KAPPA) International High School in the Bronx to dig deep into the issue of homelessness. To investigate, students wove textiles to depict the cycle of homelessness, surveyed community members, visited a shelter, and interviewed key stakeholders working on the issue. This booklet is a guide to what students learned about homelessness in NYC and their ideas for shaping a different future.

Meet the Gun Laws

City Studies

Meet the Gun Laws

Is Your Home Making You Sick?

Making Policy Public

Is Your Home Making You Sick?

Pay Up!

City Studies

Pay Up!

Is Suspension The Solution?

City Studies

Is Suspension The Solution?

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

Share, Where?

Urban Investigations

Share, Where?

Step Right Up

City Studies

Step Right Up

Your School, Your Choice!

Making Policy Public

Your School, Your Choice!