Soak It Up!

City Studies

Soak It Up!

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

We Own It

Making Policy Public

We Own It

Bottled Up

City Studies

Bottled Up

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

New School on the Block

City Studies

New School on the Block

Students Spring into New Investigations!

Students Spring into New Investigations!

In the past several weeks, CUP launched two Urban Investigations with students to explore social justice issues impacting New Yorkers.

CUP and Teaching Artist Hugo Rojas are collaborating with students from the Bronx School for Law, Government, and Justice to investigate parole and its impact on New Yorkers. What’s the difference between parole and probation? How many people are impacted by these systems and how could things be different? 

Over the next several weeks students will interview directly involved individuals, elected officials, public defenders, people working in the system, and members of their communities. Through collaborative filmmaking techniques, students will explore the issue and record what they learn to produce a video documentary. Stay tuned for more updates!

CUP and Teaching Artist Chaparro are collaborating with students from the High School for Climate Justice to explore the issue of flooding streets and subways. Why do NYC streets and subways stations flood?  How do these floods impact New Yorkers? How can we work towards a greener future? 

To explore this issue, students will interview stakeholders and members of their community, engage in collaborative artmaking, and create a final printed project that explains what they learned. Check out some images of students in action as they learned how to marble paper, make styrofoam prints, and map their neighborhood!

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage

City Studies

Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage

From Cellblock to Your Block

Urban Investigations

From Cellblock to Your Block

Is Your Home Making You Sick?

Making Policy Public

Is Your Home Making You Sick?

Blunt Conversations

Urban Investigations

Blunt Conversations

Break it Down!

Making Policy Public

Break it Down!

Rent Regulation Rights

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights

Parents' Rights During COVID-19

Technical Assistance

Parents' Rights During COVID-19