Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

Welcome to Health Care!

Making Policy Public

Welcome to Health Care!

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

Making Policy Public

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

2020

event

Since September, CUP has collaborated with Teaching Artist Marianna Olinger and students from the Red Hook Community Justice Center to investigate police accountability in New York City.

news

“Language rights are civil rights!” is something we hear from our community partners all the time.

news

Red Hook students have conducted two more interviews as part of of their investigation into public safety in their community!

news, launch event

Shine A Light On Your Utility Rights is now available in Haitian Creole!

open call

CUP is hiring an intern to start in February of 2021! As a CUP intern, you’ll assist with several projects and learn about CUP’s methods for using design to meet community needs.

talk, event

Please join Minneapolis College of Art and Design on Wednesday, November 18th at 12:00 PM for Slow Burning Fire: Public Engagement with Christine Gaspar and Brooklyn-based artist Hank Willis Thomas.

news, event, workshop

Want to get an inside look at CUP’s Youth Education programs and support more of this work with students?

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Red Hook Students recently interviewed Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President (and former police officer) to investigate issues of police accountability in their neighborhood! As a part of CUP’s collaboration with students from the Red Hook Community Justice Center and ... more

meet the…

For our latest round of Meet the Designer, CUP’s ongoing series spotlighting our design collaborators, we sat down with designer and teaching artist Kevin Cadena!

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Last month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention passed a nationwide moratorium on evictions. The new ban temporarily makes it illegal for landlords across the country to evict tenants for not paying rent. Landlords who try to evict tenants during the ban can be ... more

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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the understanding of education in NYC. Schools have been working to make safe environments for their students but unexpected changes and delays have left parents and caregivers struggling to figure out what the school year will ... more

Safe Space?

City Studies

Safe Space?

Get Money

City Studies

Get Money

We care!

Making Policy Public

We care!

Shifty Business

Public Access Design

Shifty Business

Is Justice For All?

City Studies

Is Justice For All?

Who Makes Bail?

Urban Investigations

Who Makes Bail?

Work Forced

Public Access Design

Work Forced

Pay Dirt

City Studies

Pay Dirt