The project juxtaposes the fact that such a construction project creates jobs but there is a suspicious absence of ‘the public’ in MTA’s decisions.
The group investigated how transportation planning works by talking to stakeholders, researching policy and financing, and pounding the pavement.
The film is instrumental in engaging people in disenfranchised communities who have been previously intimidated by the Internet. It is understandable by ANYONE from age 8 to 80.
Who is drawing the lines? What does the shape of a district mean? And what does a good redistricting process look like? These are precisely the questions being tackled in Know Your Lines.
Middle school students went out and mapped the empty lots and then started investigating [them].
[The comic] takes young readers on an easy-to-follow journey from booking to sentencing by breaking down complicated legal concepts into language they can understand.
CUP won first place in the Other Media category for their expertly crafted I Heart East New York multimedia storybook record.
Hubs and spokes in orange dotting and crisscrossing a light blue earth drew attention to major ports where workers could most influence job conditions.
Want to help teens understand the juvenile justice system? Draw them a picture — or rather, lots of them.
The booklet offers a handy how-to guide for soda-tax decision-making, starting with close readings of statements from the major players and a review of existing data, before moving onto the fun stuff: original, micro-local research.
It may never rival the popularity of “Batman” or “Teen Titans,” but its creators hope that a new comic book-style poster will grab the attention of thousands of New York City kids caught up in the juvenile justice system.
The Center For Urban Pedagogy teaches those in need how they can bend the city’s bureaucracy.