Rent Regulation Rights - San Francisco Edition

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights - San Francisco Edition

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Making Policy Public

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Good Cops? Bad Cops? More Cops? No Cops?

Urban Investigations

Good Cops? Bad Cops? More Cops? No Cops?

Housing Court Help

Public Access Design

Housing Court Help

Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú

Making Policy Public

Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

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.


What Up With DAT?

Technical Assistance

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

We care!

Making Policy Public

We care!

Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Technical Assistance

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design