Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

What's On Your Plate?

City Studies

What's On Your Plate?

Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

Don't Trash NYC!

Public Access Design

Don't Trash NYC!

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

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

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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!

meet the…

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

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Catch up with past Change in Design Fellows:

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The new CUP Fellow for Change in Design is…Marisa Hetzler!

TGNC-NYC

Public Access Design

TGNC-NYC

Not on Our Watch!

Making Policy Public

Not on Our Watch!

Let's Hang Out

Urban Investigations

Let's Hang Out

Whose Art?

City Studies

Whose Art?

The Newtown Creek BOA

Technical Assistance

The Newtown Creek BOA

Parents' Rights During COVID-19

Technical Assistance

Parents' Rights During COVID-19

What the Cell?

Urban Investigations

What the Cell?

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?