On September 1st, CUP and Hester Street Collaborative led a presentation and discussion at the BMW Guggenheim Lab about design and social change. Christine Gaspar and Valeria Mogilevich from CUP joined Anne Frederick and Dylan House from HSC to present our organizations' models for collaboration between designers and community-based partners that help to engage local residents around planning issues, demystify complex public policy, and empower people to make real-world change in their communities.