Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Fast-Tracked

Urban Investigations

Fast-Tracked

The Cargo Chain

Making Policy Public

The Cargo Chain

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

news

CUP is pleased to announce our Making Policy Public collaborations for 2015! We will work with four groups of inspiring designers and advocates to break down complex policy issues so that more people can be involved in the decision-making impacting their ... more

open call

Monday, January 12, 2015 5PM

CUP is seeking a spring intern to assist with several current projects, which may include:

open call

Thursday, January 8, 2015 11:21AM

Like many of our fellow New Yorkers, and Americans, we at CUP struggled with the news of the Michael Brown and Eric Garner grand jury decisions. Many of us joined in protests and in supporting the work of our partner organizations who continue to work to reform ... more

news

Friday, December 19, 2014 2:02PM

Help foster more meaningful civic engagement by making a contribution today! Click here.

open call

Monday, December 15, 2014 10AM

CUP is seeking a graphic design team or studio to collaborate in developing the third in our series of hands-on, popular education workshop tools. Each toolkit is made up of a soft-cover, illustrated guidebook; physical components that help convey information about workshop ... more

talk

Saturday, December 6, 2014 9AM

CUP’s Executive Director, Christine Gaspar, will be speaking on a panel for the 40th anniversary of the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. As part of the How to Make a Smart Museum series, the discussion will explore the way in which art can be ... more

news

Thursday, November 20, 2014 1:36PM

CUP is a partner in the project, Curb Your Litter: Greenpoint, that is a finalist to receive funding support from the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund. Want to see a CUP youth education project about garbage infrastructure in Greenpoint?

open call

Monday, November 17, 2014 10AM

CUP is seeking a full-time Program Director to manage our Youth Education programs. The Program Director will oversee our Urban Investigations and City Studies programs, as well as our professional development programs for educators, and development of curricula.  

open call

Monday, November 10, 2014 10AM

CUP is seeking a full-time Youth Education Program Assistant to provide general project and organizational support on our Youth Education programs.

open call

Monday, November 3, 2014 10AM

CUP is seeking a full-time Program Assistant to provide general project, organizational, and administrative support on our Youth Education and Community Education programs.

news

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 12:51PM

Last year, Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority asked CUP to show them how they could create their own version of our Urban Investigations program. This year, they launched Urban Matters with their first project in which local high school students ... more

open call

Monday, October 20, 2014 10AM

We’re looking for a teaching artist to lead an Urban Investigation project for high school students in the Spring of 2015.

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Public Access Design

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Weathering the Storm

Technical Assistance

Weathering the Storm

Welcome to Health Care!

Making Policy Public

Welcome to Health Care!

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Urban Investigations

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

H2 Oh No!

Technical Assistance

H2 Oh No!

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Urban Investigations

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Pinned Down? Rise Up!

Making Policy Public

Pinned Down? Rise Up!

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights