Did you miss our recent program? This summer, CUP hosted a panel discussion with leaders in the community-engaged design field. The thoughtful conversation explored the various ways we can practice the future we want to see in our work and workplaces. The online  ... 
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                            What should the future of community engaged design look like—and how can we practice that future today?
The COVID pandemic is still with us, but in  many places, we’re also seeing signs of ‘reopening.’ It’s an inflection  point and an invitation  ... 
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                            Please join Minneapolis College of Art and Design on Wednesday, November 18th at 12:00 PM for Slow Burning Fire: Public Engagement with Christine Gaspar and Brooklyn-based artist Hank Willis Thomas.
          
              
            
                                
        
              
                  
              
              
              
                  
              
          
                            How is the pandemic and its impacts affecting community-engaged design practices now and in the future?
CUP recently hosted a panel discussion where leaders in the community-engaged design field held an honest, open-ended conversation about the current challenges, risks, and  ... 
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                            How is the pandemic and its impacts affecting community-engaged design practices now and in the future?
Leaders in the field from across the US will engage in an open,  exploratory conversation about the current challenges, risks, and  opportunities of using participatory  ... 
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                            Last month, CUP’s ED Christine Gaspar and Board Member Inbar Kishoni spoke at Agency: An Architect’s Tools for Civic Engagement, hosted by the AIANY Civic Leadership Program.
          
              
            
                                
        
              
                  
              
              
              
                  
              
          
                            For our friends out West, don’t miss CUP at University of California, Berkeley on September 19th!
ED Christine Gaspar will present on CUP’s methods for  working with people from historically underrepresented communities to  break down and represent complex  ... 
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                            CUP is coming to MIT!  On April 19th, Christine will present on CUP’s methods for working with  people from historically underrepresented communities to break down and  represent complex urban issues; lessons learned along the way; and how CUP is working to shape the  ... 
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                            Recently CUP had the opportunity to participate in the Bauhaus Dessau’s Centenary Program through the Festival School Fundamental.
As part of the Festival, a group of 15 organizations and institutions from around the world came together as the Parliament of Schools to  ... 
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                            For our friends out West, don’t miss CUP in  Arizona! On April 10th, Executive Director Christine Gaspar, will  present with social designer Liz Ogbu at Arizona State University. As a  part of the Design School Lectures on Experimentation, Christine and Liz  will  ... 
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                CUP at CUSP!
              
               
              
                  
              
          
              This week, Executive Director Christine Gaspar, presented at the CUSP Conference, a design conference held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. 
Click here for more details on the event and fantastic panel of presenters!
          
              
            
                                
        
              
                  
              
              
              
                Saturday, June 23, 2018 1:45PM
              
          
                            Executive Director of CUP Christine Gaspar will be on a panel on Social Entrepreneurship as a Practice Model at the AIA Annual Conference. She will be joined by Garrett Jacobs, Executive Director of Open Architecture Collaborative, Vanna Whitney, Senior Associate of AIA,  ... 
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