Rent, Rights, and Repairs

Public Access Design

Rent, Rights, and Repairs

Rumbo A Su Tarjeta Verde

Public Access Design

Rumbo A Su Tarjeta Verde

Figuring Out FEMA

Public Access Design

Figuring Out FEMA

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

Making Policy Public

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Work Forced

Public Access Design

Work Forced

2020

talk

How is the pandemic and its impacts affecting community-engaged design practices now and in the future? Leaders in the field from across the US will engage in an open, exploratory conversation about the current challenges, risks, and opportunities of using participatory ... more

meet the…

We’re happy to announce our latest Making Policy Public jury! This year we are joined by Zipeng Zhu, Audrey Sasson, Mohamed Attia, and Alice Chung (clockwise, from top left). Each year, CUP has a jury of two people prominent in the organizing and advocacy fields and ... more

open call

CUP is seeking a Development Coordinator to support our development, community engagement, and communications efforts, and play a key role in helping build the relationships and financial support that make our work possible. We’re looking for a creative, organized, and highly motivated individual with some experience in development and communications, who wants to support our mission of using design and art to contribute to meaningful social change.

The Development Coordinator plays a key role in supporting CUP’s development and community engagement work, which is critical to ensuring the organization can carry out its mission. The Development Coordinator will coordinate all aspects of CUP’s development and communications strategy, including grant writing, individual fundraising, events, marketing, and organizational support. 

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until noon Eastern time on Monday, August 3rd.

news

As organizers across the city continue to fight for housing justice for all, we’re highlighting some CUP tools that explain different rights and policies around the housing system, from navigating homeless shelters, to understanding utility rights.

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Want to help make our Youth Education programs a reality? Be a fundraising champion for CUP!

news, launch event

What is facial recognition technology? How its use by the police impact New Yorkers? What’s the line between public safety and privacy?

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It’s an overwhelming time to be an educator right now. Supporting our students during nationwide protests against police brutality and amidst a global pandemic is made all the more difficult when we can’t be in the room with our students. As educators, how can we ... more

 

How can designers use their work to combat bias and disrupt the perpetuation of stereotypes that harm marginalized communities? Join us on Thursday, June 25th for Countering Bias in Design: A workshop with CUP!  As in many other media, illustration and design often ... more

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We stand with the fight against anti-Black racism.

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CUP is proud to receive an Immediate Response Grant from Brooklyn Community Foundation to support our work to create COVID-19 specific tools.

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Many families across the city are facing the devastating loss of loved ones due to the COVID-19 crisis. In addition to the emotional trauma and stress, if a family member who is the primary leaseholder of the apartment moves out or passes away, the family members who ... more

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CUP’s Executive Director Christine Gaspar was recently featured in Portraits of Leadership, a series of interviews with nonprofit and cultural leaders reckoning with the COVID-19 crisis, created by Hyperakt.

Shelter Skelter

Urban Investigations

Shelter Skelter

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Technical Assistance

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

It's Not Just Personal

Making Policy Public

It's Not Just Personal

We care!

Making Policy Public

We care!

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

Can You See My Screen?

Urban Investigations

Can You See My Screen?

The Water Underground

Urban Investigations

The Water Underground