Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

Swept Up

Urban Investigations

Swept Up

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

2021

meet the…

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.

meet the…

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.

meet the…

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

news

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

We Own It

Making Policy Public

We Own It

Now Boarding

Urban Investigations

Now Boarding

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Technical Assistance

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Draw the line!

Technical Assistance

Draw the line!

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Share, Where?

Urban Investigations

Share, Where?

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Urban Investigations

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares