What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

Making Policy Public

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

The Water Underground

Urban Investigations

The Water Underground

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

Is Your Landlord Harassing You or Your Neighbors?

Envisioning Development

Is Your Landlord Harassing You or Your Neighbors?

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

2019

launch event

On October 24, 2019 students from New Settlement at CMSP 327 presented Snack Attack at BronxNet.

news

Thank you to all who came out to our Annual Benefit on October 3rd! Nearly 300 designers, artists, community advocates, and urban enthusiasts came together to celebrate CUP and our community partners. The energy in the room was so inspiring and we’re honored to be ... more

open call

Calling all designers and visual artists! We’re now accepting applications for the 2020 Public Access Design Fellowship!

news

It’s National Voter Registration Day so we’re turning to the archives to demystify the process of voting! Check out these teaching tools to understand the process of voting and making sure your voice is heard. And don’t forget to register if you can! Our ... more

launch event

How do we take action in our every day lives? In every role we play – both large and small – we can all take collective action toward meaningful change. At this year’s Benefit, we’re celebrating the work of our community partners and their commitment ... more

launch event

This summer, CUP collaborated with Teaching Artist Ro Garrido and students from the Red Hook Community Justice Center to investigate how Conspiracy Laws are used to police youth and charge them with “gang involvement” based on who they know.

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CUP is excited to announce the 2019 Teaching Artist Fellows! This cohort of Teaching Artists and Designers will work with CUP over the coming year and learn about our project-based youth education methods. Several of the fellows will also collaborate with CUP and our ... more

meet the…

Meet Ro! For our second feature of Meet the Teaching Artist, CUP’s series spotlighting our educator collaborators, we sat down with Teaching Artist Ro Garrido!

launch event

Join CUP for a happy hour to celebrate our new Fellow for Change in Design, Elijah Bobo, and to welcome him to the NYC design world.

talk

For our friends out West, don’t miss CUP at University of California, Berkeley on September 19th! ED Christine Gaspar will present on CUP’s methods for working with people from historically underrepresented communities to break down and represent complex ... more

news

This summer, students are collaborating with CUP, the Red Hook Community Justice Center, and Teaching Artist Ro Garrido, to dig into how Conspiracy Laws are used to police youth and charge them with “gang involvement” based on who they know.

open call

CUP seeks board members interested in and excited about our work, and who are committed to increasing the power and representation of historically marginalized communities in public policy, urban planning, and civic decision-making. Our board members are strategic partners ... more

We Own It

Making Policy Public

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Seeking Sanctuary

Urban Investigations

Seeking Sanctuary

Food Stamped

City Studies

Food Stamped

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Rent Regulation Rights

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

TGNC-NYC

Public Access Design

TGNC-NYC