Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

Making Policy Public

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

The Deciders

City Studies

The Deciders

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

About CUP

The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is a nonprofit organization that uses the power of design and art to increase meaningful civic engagement particularly among underrepresented communities. CUP projects demystify the urban policy and planning issues that impact our communities, so that more individuals can better participate in shaping them.

We believe that increasing understanding of how these systems work is the first step to better and more diverse community participation.

CUP projects are collaborations of art and design professionals, community-based advocates and policymakers, and our staff. Together we take on complex issues—from the juvenile justice system to zoning law to food access—and break them down into simple, accessible, visual explanations.

The tools we create are used by organizers and educators all over New York City and beyond to help their constituents better advocate for their own community needs.

Website design: Linked by Air

Find out more about CUP through this short video from the Curry Stone Design Prize.


Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

¡El poder de prepararse!

Public Access Design

¡El poder de prepararse!

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Public Access Design

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Show Me the Money!

City Studies

Show Me the Money!

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

A Bet on Debt

City Studies

A Bet on Debt

Rent Regulation Rights - San Francisco Edition

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights - San Francisco Edition