What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Technical Assistance

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

Air it Out

City Studies

Air it Out

Meet the Gun Laws

City Studies

Meet the Gun Laws

The Newtown Creek BOA

Technical Assistance

The Newtown Creek BOA

CUP is now accepting applications for Public Access Design!

CUP is now accepting applications for 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. Together, we’ll collaborate with designers to break down complex problems into an accessible, culturally appropriate visual tool that you can share with the communities you work with.

Public Access Design projects are intensive 4 to 6-month collaborations with CUP, a designer, and an NYC-based community organization. Collaborations result in a pocket-sized guide that breaks down and demystifies a complex social justice issue. Projects are concise in scope and often cover urgent topics. Organizations will receive 1,000 free copies of the project.

We’re looking for organizations who work directly with the people impacted by the issue and who can directly distribute the completed booklet or poster to those people. Applicants should be interested in engaging in a collaborative design process and, most importantly, should be interested in explaining an aspect of public policy! 
We define public policy broadly proposed projects can address: 

• policies (like like the right to safe housing in prison for TGNCNB individuals)

• systems (like navigating the various housing vouchers), or

• processes (like getting your stuff back after and arrest)

Applications are due by Monday, April 4 at 11:59pm EST.

Ready to Apply? Click here to start your application.

Questions? Click here to watch our webinar.

Is Suspension The Solution?

City Studies

Is Suspension The Solution?

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

Pinned Down? Rise Up!

Making Policy Public

Pinned Down? Rise Up!

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

Predatory Equity

Making Policy Public

Predatory Equity

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting