Field Guide to Federalism

City Studies

Field Guide to Federalism

Rent, Rights, and Repairs

Public Access Design

Rent, Rights, and Repairs

I Heart East New York

Urban Investigations

I Heart East New York

Bronx Be Well

Urban Investigations

Bronx Be Well

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

2021

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We’re happy to announce our latest Public Access Design Jury! This year we are joined by Quadira Coles, Zelene Suchilt, Chloe Chang, and Gabrielle Widjaja.

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We’re happy to announce our latest Making Policy Public jury! This year we are joined by Broobs!, Kassandra Frederique, Lorena Kourousias, and Kelly Walters (clockwise, from top left).

news

This summer, CUP has been collaborating with Teaching Artist Elliott Golden and students from the Red Hook Community Justice Center (RHCJC) to investigate the impacts of marijuana legalization on New Yorkers.

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Azia Francis is an 18-year-old student in New York City. She spent three years participating in CUP programs – including Let’s Hang Out (2019), Swipe Out (2020), and It’s Not Just in Our Heads (2021) - at her high school, ... more

open call

CUP is looking for skilled graphic designers, illustrators, or visual artists who are interested in social justice, demystifying policy, and meaningful collaboration!

open call

CUP is now accepting applications for Making Policy Public and 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. ... more

meet the…

Elliott Golden is a Brooklyn-based Teaching Artist and documentarian with a passion for pizza and a distaste for the Yankees. Elliott is a former CUP Teaching Artist Fellow and is currently collaborating with students from the Red Hook Community Justice Center to ... more

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Teaching Artist Hugo Rojas and students from Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School have been hard at work investigating how poverty impacts mental health in their community of West Farms, in the South Bronx.

news, launch event

What is the digital divide? How does the lack of digital equity impact students doing remote learning? What could the future of digital learning look like?

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A huge thank you to all the amazing supporters who made our 2021 fundraising campaign a success!

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We’ve kicked off our latest collaboration with the Red Hook Community Justice Center!

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For our latest installment of, Meet the Designer, we chatted with designers Chloe Chang and D Wang Shi Zhao! Chloe and D Wang collaborated with CUP, the Bronx Defenders, and Legal Aid Society to create Your Truth Your Rights, a guide for Transgender, Gender ... more

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

What is asylum?

Making Policy Public

What is asylum?

Let's Hang Out

Urban Investigations

Let's Hang Out

What's Going On In The Neighborhood?

Envisioning Development

What's Going On In The Neighborhood?

H2 Oh No!

Technical Assistance

H2 Oh No!

What the Cell?

Urban Investigations

What the Cell?

Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?