Now Boarding

Urban Investigations

Now Boarding

Vendor Power!

Making Policy Public

Vendor Power!

Your School, Your Choice!

Making Policy Public

Your School, Your Choice!

New School on the Block

City Studies

New School on the Block

Not on Our Watch!

Making Policy Public

Not on Our Watch!

Figuring Out FEMA

Public Access Design

Figuring Out FEMA

news, award

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 2:30PM

We are extremely excited and honored to announce that CUP’s Urban Investigations has been awarded the 2015 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, the nation’s highest honor for creative youth development programs. At a White House ceremony on November ... more

talk

Saturday, November 14, 2015 2:30PM

On Saturday, November 14th, Ingrid Haftel, CUP’s Community Education Program Manager, spoke at the Creative Time Summit. She participated in the classroom session “Education and the Right to the City” with Rachel LaForest of Right to the City and Jennifer ... more

launch event, news, workshop

Friday, November 6, 2015 12:30PM

CUP launched the Chicago edition of our What Is Affordable Housing? guidebook on Friday, November 6th at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum in conjunction with our updated What Is Affordable Housing? workshop. The event was part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial and ... more

talk

Friday, October 30, 2015 10AM

On Friday, October 30th, Christine Gaspar, CUP’s Executive Director, co-led a workshop with the Community Development Project of the Urban Justice Center and Hester Street Collaborative on how “resource allies” can effectively collaborate with ... more

exhibit

Making Policy Public, CUP’s fold-out poster series, is currently featured in AIGA/NY’s Making the City, an exhibition exploring civically-engaged design in New York City. The show will be up until December 30th, 2015—be sure to check it out!

open call

Monday, October 19, 2015 5PM

CUP is looking for designers to join our Public Access Design program as 2015-2016 Design Fellows. 

exhibit

CUP’s What Is Affordable Housing? is currently featured in two exhibitions in New York City!

Party

Thanks to everyone who came to our Annual Benefit on October 1st and helped to make it such a success! A big thanks also to all our sponsors who made the event possible. Over 300 community advocates, artists, designers, and other urban enthusiasts came together to celebrate ... more

Party, open call

Thursday, October 1, 2015 4PM

Want to help CUP this year? Then volunteer at our Annual Benefit on Thursday, October 1st! We’re looking for folks who can come out and assist with greeting, food prep, bartending, and more. Volunteers can choose between two shifts, about four hours each, between 4 ... more

open call

Monday, September 28, 2015 5PM

CUP is looking for a Teaching Artist to lead an Urban Investigation in the fall of 2015 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The Teaching Artist will work with CUP and a group of students from the School for Legal Studies to investigate a fundamental question about ... more

talk

Saturday, September 26, 2015 10:15AM

CUP had a great time at the Public Interest Design Institute in Dallas! CUP Program Manager Ingrid Haftel discussed our work with design and planning professionals as part of a training course on community-based design, presented by Design Corps, SEED Network, ... more

launch event

Monday, September 21, 2015 7PM

Serving over 5 million New Yorkers daily, the NYC public transit system is the largest in North America and an essential part of city life. Riders across the city are feeling the effects of a fare hike from earlier this year and worrying that more are on the way. Why are ... more

Shelter Skelter

Urban Investigations

Shelter Skelter

What Up With DAT?

Technical Assistance

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Public Access Design

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Fast-Tracked

Urban Investigations

Fast-Tracked

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

Making Policy Public

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

TGNC-NYC

Public Access Design

TGNC-NYC