We Own It

Making Policy Public

We Own It

It's Not Just Personal

Making Policy Public

It's Not Just Personal

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Shelter Skelter

Urban Investigations

Shelter Skelter

What's Going On In The Neighborhood?

Envisioning Development

What's Going On In The Neighborhood?

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.

It's Not Just in Our Heads

Urban Investigations

It's Not Just in Our Heads

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Happy Meals?

City Studies

Happy Meals?

Air it Out

City Studies

Air it Out

Break it Down!

Making Policy Public

Break it Down!

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!