Yours to Keep

Making Policy Public

Yours to Keep

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Making Policy Public

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Lotto Zone

Urban Investigations

Lotto Zone

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

Shelter Skelter

Urban Investigations

Shelter Skelter

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

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!

$ Breakdown

Urban Investigations

$ Breakdown

The Internet is Serious Business

Urban Investigations

The Internet is Serious Business

How Can I Improve My Park?

Making Policy Public

How Can I Improve My Park?

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Know Your Lines

Making Policy Public

Know Your Lines

The Good, Bad, & Unknown

Urban Investigations

The Good, Bad, & Unknown

Our Voice, Our Choice

Urban Investigations

Our Voice, Our Choice

Seeking Sanctuary

Urban Investigations

Seeking Sanctuary