How Can I Improve My Park?

Making Policy Public

How Can I Improve My Park?

We Own It

Making Policy Public

We Own It

Work Forced

Public Access Design

Work Forced

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Is College For Me?

Public Access Design

Is College For Me?

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Making Policy Public

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Apply to Design for Civic Change!

Apply to Design for Civic Change!

Design for Civic Change is a professional development program for government workers interested in implementing community-engaged design within their work.

During this program, participants will learn about effective community engagement and anti-oppressive facilitation from CUP and other leaders in the community-engaged design field. Participants will get peer feedback and one-on-one coaching as they implement a community-engaged design project, and build a community of practitioners to support ongoing work in the field.

Design for Civic Change is for people working within city, state, regional, or tribal governments in the United States, who work directly with marginalized communities in a planning, service-delivery, or design role. To support the successful implementation of the skills and knowledge learned during the program, applicants are asked to apply as teams of two to three individuals working in the same agency or program. Throughout the program, these teams will workshop a specific project at their agency or an issue affecting their constituents and will create an implementation plan. 

After the program, participants will be able to deepen their work with new techniques for stakeholder analysis, facilitating design conversations, communicating complex ideas in accessible ways, and addressing bias. They’ll also be able to equitably center marginalized communities in their work, and build confidence and trust within the communities they work in.

Learn more about the program and apply here! We also hosted a webinar where we talked about the program and answered any questions. Check out the video here.

All applications are due by 11:59pm Eastern time on Monday, June 20, 2022.  

To apply, you will need to create an account on Submittable. Making an account will take no more than 2 minutes. Once you have an account, you’ll be able to answer the application questions. You’ll also need to upload a current resume for each member of your group and a letter of support from your government agency. 

Please note that we will NOT review applications that do not provide all requested materials. No phone calls, please.

Is Suspension The Solution?

City Studies

Is Suspension The Solution?

We Are Public Housing

Making Policy Public

We Are Public Housing

Good Cops? Bad Cops? More Cops? No Cops?

Urban Investigations

Good Cops? Bad Cops? More Cops? No Cops?

My ID

City Studies

My ID

Shelter Skelter

Urban Investigations

Shelter Skelter

Bronx Be Well

Urban Investigations

Bronx Be Well

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Figuring Out FEMA

Public Access Design

Figuring Out FEMA