Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

$ Breakdown

Urban Investigations

$ Breakdown

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Museumopolis

Urban Investigations

Museumopolis

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

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!

Fast Trash

City Studies

Fast Trash

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

Making Policy Public

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

Get Support in Housing Court

Making Policy Public

Get Support in Housing Court

If You Can Make It Here...

Urban Investigations

If You Can Make It Here...

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

Making Policy Public

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

Making Change

City Studies

Making Change

The Water Underground

Urban Investigations

The Water Underground