Shelter Skelter

Urban Investigations

Shelter Skelter

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

The Cargo Chain

Making Policy Public

The Cargo Chain

Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

2020

event

Since September, CUP has collaborated with Teaching Artist Marianna Olinger and students from the Red Hook Community Justice Center to investigate police accountability in New York City.

news

“Language rights are civil rights!” is something we hear from our community partners all the time.

news

Red Hook students have conducted two more interviews as part of of their investigation into public safety in their community!

news, launch event

Shine A Light On Your Utility Rights is now available in Haitian Creole!

open call

CUP is hiring an intern to start in February of 2021! As a CUP intern, you’ll assist with several projects and learn about CUP’s methods for using design to meet community needs.

talk, event

Please join Minneapolis College of Art and Design on Wednesday, November 18th at 12:00 PM for Slow Burning Fire: Public Engagement with Christine Gaspar and Brooklyn-based artist Hank Willis Thomas.

news, event, workshop

Want to get an inside look at CUP’s Youth Education programs and support more of this work with students?

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Red Hook Students recently interviewed Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President (and former police officer) to investigate issues of police accountability in their neighborhood! As a part of CUP’s collaboration with students from the Red Hook Community Justice Center and ... more

meet the…

For our latest round of Meet the Designer, CUP’s ongoing series spotlighting our design collaborators, we sat down with designer and teaching artist Kevin Cadena!

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Last month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention passed a nationwide moratorium on evictions. The new ban temporarily makes it illegal for landlords across the country to evict tenants for not paying rent. Landlords who try to evict tenants during the ban can be ... more

news

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the understanding of education in NYC. Schools have been working to make safe environments for their students but unexpected changes and delays have left parents and caregivers struggling to figure out what the school year will ... more

What is asylum?

Making Policy Public

What is asylum?

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Immigrants & NY

Making Policy Public

Immigrants & NY

What the Cell?

Urban Investigations

What the Cell?

Don't Bank On It

Making Policy Public

Don't Bank On It

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

Making Policy Public

TGNC-NYC

Public Access Design

TGNC-NYC