Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

Draw the line!

Technical Assistance

Draw the line!

How Can I Improve My Park?

Making Policy Public

How Can I Improve My Park?

2021

open call

CUP is seeking a Development Coordinator to support our development, community engagement, and communications efforts, and play a key role in helping build the relationships and financial support that make our work possible. We’re looking for a creative, organized, ... more

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We’re thrilled to announce our latest round of Making Policy Public collaborations! Over the course of a year, we’ll be working with this stellar group of advocacy organizations and designers to create large fold-out posters that explain complex social ... more

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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.

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Welcome to Health Care!

Making Policy Public

Welcome to Health Care!

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Public Access Design

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Is Suspension The Solution?

City Studies

Is Suspension The Solution?

Ready, Set, Apply!

Technical Assistance

Ready, Set, Apply!