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Making Policy Public

Welcome to Health Care!

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Public Access Design

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Get Support in Housing Court

Making Policy Public

Get Support in Housing Court

Step Right Up

City Studies

Step Right Up

Not on Our Watch!

Making Policy Public

Not on Our Watch!

Don't Get Iced

Public Access Design

Don't Get Iced

2013

launch event, screening

Monday, March 18, 2013 7:15PM

At almost any New York City bodega, you can quick-draw, scratch, or mega-million your way towards million dollar jackpots. Thousands of New Yorkers play the lottery every day. But how does the lottery really work? Who is playing, and where does all the money go? Who wins and ... more
  • Anthology Film Archives
    32 2nd Avenue (at Second Street)
    New York, NY
    F to 2nd Avenue

talk

Saturday, March 16, 2013 3PM

CUP’s Valeria Mogilevich will be presenting “City Studies: project-based learning for a new civics education” at the Museum of the City of New York’s Teaching Social Activism Conference. CUP will share our methodology for developing project-based ... more
  • Museum of the City of New York
    1220 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street
    New York, NY

screening

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 6:30PM

Join us for a very special AIGA/NY screening and discussion of The Water Underground with CUP’s Valeria Mogilevich and Christine Gaspar. CUP will discuss the process and challenges of making this video that looks at the water we drink, put out ... more
  • Bumble & Bumble
    415 W. 13th Street,
    3rd floor Auditorium
    New York, NY
    L/A/C/E to 8th Ave

open call

Monday, March 11, 2013 5PM

CUP is seeking designers to help lay out ballots for voting in Participatory Budgeting in New York City. The ballots have been designed by MTWTF. Designers will be inputting text into InDesign documents, kerning, and managing some aspects of output. CUP staff will ... more

open call

Thursday, February 28, 2013 8PM

CUP is looking for advocacy partners for Public Access Design, our new series of multimedia organizing tools. Public Access Design projects are short, intensive collaborations between CUP, an artist or designer, and a community organization or advocacy group that is ... more

open call

Monday, February 25, 2013 10AM

In June 2013, The Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center, Hester Street Collaborative, and the Center for Urban Pedagogy will host a day-long conference, Partnering for Impact: Innovative Collaborations for Effective Organizing, to share tools and best ... more

workshop

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 6:30PM

Come out for an interactive workshop that explores New York City’s land use review process and looks at the re-development of the Domino Sugar Factory in South Williamsburg.
  • El Puente Community Health & Environment Center
    289 Grand Street
    Brooklyn, NY

launch event

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 7PM

The issue of “fracking” is all over the news. But what is fracking? Who wants to do it? And how could stuff in rocks upstate affect people who live in East Coast cities? Join us for the launch of the latest installment from our Making Policy Public poster series: ... more
  • The Cooper Union
    Rose Auditorium
    41 Cooper Square, Lower Level
    on Third Avenue (btwn 6th & 7th streets)

talk

Monday, February 4, 2013 6PM

CUP’s Executive Director, Christine Gaspar, spoke at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Christine spoke about CUP’s role in fostering shared design practices, and the impact that art and design can have in ... more

sneak peek

Students from the Academy of Urban Planning present their project on Micro Untis. Their work was reviewed by three visiting critics Yeju Choi, a graphic designer; Travis Eby, an Architect and instructor at Parsons The New School for Design, and Ryan ... more

news, launch event

Students from a City Studies class at Academy of Urban Planning presented the Government in Plain Sight project to their peers. The booklet looks at government’s role in the neighborhood. 

open call

Friday, January 18, 2013 6PM

CUP is seeking a full-time Program Assistant to assist with our Youth Education programs. The Program Assistant will be working primarily on our City Studies programs, under the direction of the Program Director. The primary focus will be on the City Digits project. Through ... more

Rent Regulation Rights - San Francisco Edition

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights - San Francisco Edition

Zoning It In...

Urban Investigations

Zoning It In...

Education Rights for Families

Technical Assistance

Education Rights for Families

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

Safe Space?

City Studies

Safe Space?

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights