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 historically underrepresented communities.
This project is one of CUP’s Urban Investigations – project based afterschool programs in which high school students explore fundamental questions about how the city works. Students collaborate with CUP and Teaching Artists to create multimedia teaching tools that reach audiences in the fields of arts and social justice. To learn more about CUP, visit welcometoCUP.org
The Bronx School of Law, Government and Justice (LGJ) combines law-related studies with real-world learning experiences for students in grades 6-12. The school has its own mock courtroom and crime forensic labs, and uses the New Bronx Criminal Court Complex as an extended classroom. Students explore careers in law and government through coursework, mentoring relationships, and internships while preparing for the challenges of college. To learn more, visit bronxlgj.org.
CUP
Teaching Artist: Hugo Rojas
Designer: Stephanie Winarto
Project Lead: Fielding Hong
Project Support: Leigh Taylor
LGJ
Principal: Johanie Hernandez
Director of Corporate and Community Partnerships: Kimberly Felder
Students: Cecilia Espada, Keismarie Hernandez, Anginel Matias, Andrews Silverio, Mercy Trinidad
Thank you to our interviewees
Albert Fox Cahn, Vanessa Gibson, Emmanuel Mauleon, Jonathan Stribling-Uss
Special Thanks to
Elijah Bobo, Jeneuse Geula, Martha Isaacs, Jocelyn Orante, Lauren Wansker
Major support for this program was provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and Council Member Vanessa Gibson
“Students are the conscience of our society… I think there hasn’t been a mass political movement in the last 30, 40 years that has successfully pushed back on injustice without a mobilized student component.” – Albert Fox Cahn
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