What's Going On In The Neighborhood?

Envisioning Development

What's Going On In The Neighborhood?

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

Air it Out

City Studies

Air it Out

If You Can Make It Here...

Urban Investigations

If You Can Make It Here...

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

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!

Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage

City Studies

Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

Making Policy Public

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

Break it Down!

Making Policy Public

Break it Down!

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

Making Policy Public

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

Zoning It In...

Urban Investigations

Zoning It In...

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip