Happy Meals?

City Studies

Happy Meals?

Is Justice For All?

City Studies

Is Justice For All?

Safe Space?

City Studies

Safe Space?

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

Urban Investigations

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

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Public Access Design

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

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.


Lunchroom Digest

City Studies

Lunchroom Digest

Making Change

City Studies

Making Change

The Newtown Creek BOA

Technical Assistance

The Newtown Creek BOA

I Heart East New York

Urban Investigations

I Heart East New York

What Is Affordable Housing?

Envisioning Development

What Is Affordable Housing?

Soak It Up!

City Studies

Soak It Up!

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?