Is Suspension The Solution?

City Studies

Is Suspension The Solution?

Our Voice, Our Choice

Urban Investigations

Our Voice, Our Choice

Child Support?!

Making Policy Public

Child Support?!

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

CUP is now accepting applications for Public Access Design!

CUP is now accepting applications for Public Access Design!

We’re looking for community and advocacy organizations who are working to address policy issues where the difficulty of understanding the issues is leading to social injustice. Together, we’ll collaborate with designers to break down complex problems into an accessible, culturally appropriate visual tool that you can share with the communities you work with.

Public Access Design projects are intensive 4 to 6-month collaborations with CUP, a designer, and an NYC-based community organization. Collaborations result in a pocket-sized guide that breaks down and demystifies a complex social justice issue. Projects are concise in scope and often cover urgent topics. Organizations will receive 1,000 free copies of the project.

We’re looking for organizations who work directly with the people impacted by the issue and who can directly distribute the completed booklet or poster to those people. Applicants should be interested in engaging in a collaborative design process and, most importantly, should be interested in explaining an aspect of public policy! 
We define public policy broadly proposed projects can address: 

• policies (like like the right to safe housing in prison for TGNCNB individuals)

• systems (like navigating the various housing vouchers), or

• processes (like getting your stuff back after and arrest)

Applications are due by Monday, April 4 at 11:59pm EST.

Ready to Apply? Click here to start your application.

Questions? Click here to watch our webinar.

¡El poder de prepararse!

Public Access Design

¡El poder de prepararse!

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Public Access Design

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

A Bet on Debt

City Studies

A Bet on Debt

The Newtown Creek BOA

Technical Assistance

The Newtown Creek BOA

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets