It's Not Just Personal

Making Policy Public

It's Not Just Personal

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

The Deciders

City Studies

The Deciders

We Own It

Making Policy Public

We Own It

Share, Where?

Urban Investigations

Share, Where?

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

Students Spring into New Investigations!

Students Spring into New Investigations!

In the past several weeks, CUP launched two Urban Investigations with students to explore social justice issues impacting New Yorkers.

CUP and Teaching Artist Hugo Rojas are collaborating with students from the Bronx School for Law, Government, and Justice to investigate parole and its impact on New Yorkers. What’s the difference between parole and probation? How many people are impacted by these systems and how could things be different? 

Over the next several weeks students will interview directly involved individuals, elected officials, public defenders, people working in the system, and members of their communities. Through collaborative filmmaking techniques, students will explore the issue and record what they learn to produce a video documentary. Stay tuned for more updates!

CUP and Teaching Artist Chaparro are collaborating with students from the High School for Climate Justice to explore the issue of flooding streets and subways. Why do NYC streets and subways stations flood?  How do these floods impact New Yorkers? How can we work towards a greener future? 

To explore this issue, students will interview stakeholders and members of their community, engage in collaborative artmaking, and create a final printed project that explains what they learned. Check out some images of students in action as they learned how to marble paper, make styrofoam prints, and map their neighborhood!

Predatory Equity

Making Policy Public

Predatory Equity

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Public Access Design

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

Making Policy Public

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip