Last call for organizers! Collaborate with CUP, and together we’ll take on complex systems and break them down into a visual and easy-to-understand poster you can hand out to your constituents and use in your organizing work.
Over ¾ of community partners believe that their Making Policy Public project achieved its intended impact. Impact looks different on every project but whether you’re trying to explain a complicated process, policy, or system, Making Policy Public is an accessible way to get the right information into the hands of your constituents!
Apply by September 14th at noon, EST and learn more here: http://makingpolicypublic.net/index.php?page=submission-guidelines-for-advocates-organizations-and-researchers
Transform your practice with CUP! Over two thirds of designers who collaborated with CUP said their experience was a pivotal moment in their career.
CUP is looking for skilled graphic designers, illustrators, or visual artists interested in social justice, demystifying policy, + meaningful collaboration.
Making Public Policy is an intensive 8-10 month collaboration with CUP + a community organization that results in a fold-out poster that breaks down a complex social justice issue. Designers receive an honorarium of $5,000 for their participation.
Applications are due by Monday, September 14th at 12pm EST! Learn more here: http://makingpolicypublic.net/index.php?page=submission-guidelines-for-designers
Last year, an inspection by the Department of Education found that over 1,800 public school classrooms had hazardous levels of lead paint. To investigate how lead poisoning impacts students and their school communities, students at the International High School for Health Sciences in Queens collaborated with CUP and Teaching Artist April Wen. Students tested sites throughout their school to monitor lead levels, and interviewed medical professionals and community stakeholders working on the issue. Together, the team created Peel It Back, a short film about how to prevent lead poisoning and what to do if lead is impacting your school or community.
Check out Peel It Back here: https://vimeo.com/425224341
Hey organizers and advocates! Is a complicated policy or system getting in the way of organizing and reaching your constituents? Let CUP help!
Our call for Making Policy Public is open and we want to work with your organization! Together, we’ll take on complex systems and break them down into a visual and easy-to-understand poster you can hand out to your constituents and use in your organizing work.
CUP projects have contributed to real wins for communities, including helping lower fines for street vendors, supporting tenants to successfully end landlord harassment, and getting new laws passed to support nail salon workers. Making Policy Public has reached more than 150,000 individuals, from immigrants seeking healthcare, to those seeking asylum, and from young people who’ve been arrested to individuals being electronically incarcerated. We’ve created content in English, Spanish, Chinese, Bangla, Korean, Tagalog, and more. We’ve worked with organizations large and small, in every borough of New York City, and beyond.
We welcome applications that address urgent topics – from police brutality, to housing justice, to issues related to COVID – especially ones that will continue to be helpful as we come out of the most dire moments of this crisis. The timeline for Making Policy Public is 8-10 months, starting in early 2021, so completed projects will be ready for distribution by late 2021.
Applications to Making Policy Public are due by September 14th at 12pm EST. Click here to learn more: http://makingpolicypublic.net/index.php?page=submission-guidelines-for-advocates-organizations-and-researchers
Calling all community organizers and advocates! CUP is now accepting applications for our 2021 round of Making Policy Public!
We’re looking for community organizations who are working to address policy issues where the difficulty of understanding the issues is leading to social injustice. Together, we’ll take on complex systems and break them down into a visual and easy-to-understand flyer and poster that you can hand out to your constituents and use in your organizing work. Your organization will receive 1,000 free copies of the tool you help create!
We’re looking for groups who work directly with the constituency impacted by the issue and who can directly distribute the completed poster to that audience. Applicants should be interested in engaging in a collaborative design process and, most of all, interested in explaining an aspect of public policy!
We welcome applications that address urgent topics–from police brutality, to housing justice, to issues related to COVID–especially ones that will continue to be helpful as we come out of the most dire moments of this crisis. Making Policy Public projects start in early 2021, so completed projects will be ready for distribution by late 2021.
This year, in acknowledgement of the challenges of the pandemic and the important work in the movement for racial justice, we’re simplifying the application process to make it easier for organizations to complete. We recognize that some may not have the capacity to submit an application right now, so we are offering a limited number of groups the opportunity to apply via a telephone call with our staff. We’ll talk through your proposed project topic and record your responses in a format that our jury can easily review with other applications. We expect these spots to fill up quickly, so please email us soon at [email protected] to schedule your call!
Applications to Making Policy Public are due by September 14th at 12pm EST. Learn more here: http://ow.ly/BKr250AHiLW
Housing advocates fought hard to pass the Right to Counsel bill, which guarantees a free lawyer to low-income tenants in Housing Court. But many tenants don’t know they have this right, or the difference having a lawyer can make in the outcome of their case.
CUP collaborated with Housing Court Answers, the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition, and designers Chelsea Atwell, Hannah Ho, and Ida Woldemichael to create a guide that helps tenants understand how to get a free lawyer and fight back in Housing Court.
It's available for free in English and Spanish – check it out here: http://welcometocup.org/Projects/MakingPolicyPublic/GetSupportInHousingCourt
Meet Marianna! As many artists are losing sources of income and opportunities for work during the COVID-19 crisis, we’re keeping an updated list of resources with grants & relief funds for artists. But we also want to shine a light on the important cultural work of our skilled community of visual artists, designers, and teaching artists.
For our latest installment of Meet the Teaching Artist, we sat down with ✨Marianna Olinger!✨ Marianna is a Brazilian artist, whose work builds narratives and epistemic genealogies via images, actions, sound, text and objects. Marianna has had solo shows both in New York and Rio de Janeiro, and participated in a number of group shows in Brazil and the United States. She studied arts both in Rio de Janeiro and New York, holds a PhD in Urban Planning, an MSc in Social Policies and a BA in Business.
Get to know Marianna here: http://welcometocup.org/NewsAndEvents/MeetTheTeachingArtistMariannaOlinger
And check out our list of resources here: http://welcometocup.org/NewsAndEvents/CoronaStatement
Many people across New York are forced to choose between paying their utility bills and paying for basic necessities like food, medication, and school supplies. But during the COVID-19 crisis, water, gas and electric companies can’t shut off service for anyone, regardless of their ability to pay.
As a part of CUP’s emerging work to help meet the pressing needs of our partners during this time, we developed a resource with New York's Public Utility Law Project to help people in New York State understand their utility rights during the COVID-19 crisis. It’s available for free in English and Spanish! Check it out here:
http://welcometocup.org/NewsAndEvents/UtilityRightsDuringCOVID19
Hey NYC-based advocates and organizers! The deadline for Public Access Design has been extended to April 20th, at 5pm EST.
If you want to apply to Public Access Design, but submitting an application sounds like too much of a hurdle right now, schedule a call with CUP! We’ll talk through your proposed project topic and CUP will put together your application for our jury to review. We’re happy to remove one barrier to getting important information out there in an accessible and meaningful way!
We also welcome any COVID-related projects, especially ones that will continue to be helpful to communities as we come out of the most dire moments of this crisis (for example, how this is affecting the rights of incarcerated people). These projects take 4-6 months to finish, so these completed tools would be ready for distribution by the end of the year.
Email [email protected] if you have any questions or to schedule a call!
http://welcometocup.org/NewsAndEvents/SpecialMessageToAdvocatesOrganizersReCUPsOpenCall
In these uncertain times, many artists are losing sources of income and opportunities for work. We’re keeping an updated list of resources, with grants & relief funds for artists. But we also want to shine a light on the important cultural work of our skilled community of visual artists, designers, and teaching artists.
For our latest installment of Meet the Teaching Artist, we sat down with Hugo Rojas!
Hugo currently lives in NYC where he has been exploring photography, video and street art as a means of intervention. His artwork has been exhibited in Mexico, the United States, and Spain. Hugo completed his graduate degree in Media Studies at the New School.
Get to know Hugo here:
http://welcometocup.org/NewsAndEvents/MeetTheTeachingArtistHugoRojas
And check out our community resources here!
http://welcometocup.org/NewsAndEvents/CoronaStatement
Last call for NYC advocates! If you're working on a social justice issue that would benefit from a visual explanation, we want to work with you! Collaborate with CUP to create an accessible visual tool for your constituents. We welcome applications that address issues related to covid-19.
Applications are due on 4/6, but we recognize that meeting this deadline may be a challenge. Email [email protected] if you need additional time, and learn more here: http://welcometocup.org/NewsAndEvents/PADSpring2020OpenCall
✨Calling all advocates and organizers! ✨ Are you working on a complex policy issue? Would it benefit from a visual explanation?
Collaborate with CUP!
We’re looking for community orgs working to address a policy issue where the lack of understanding of the issue is leading to social injustice. Together, we’ll collaborate with designers to make a simple, accessible, visual tool for you constituents. And you’ll get 1000 free copies of the tool you help create!
Apply to Public Access Design by 4/13 and learn more here: http://welcometocup.org/NewsAndEvents/PADSpring2020OpenCall
CUP is now accepting applications for the 2020 Fellowship for Change in Design!
The Fellowship for Change in Design is a paid, year-long, full-time, training program designed to promote and support individuals in gaining the skills, contacts, and experience to help them excel in their design careers. The Fellowship is an initiative to support the development of a pipeline of talented individuals from historically marginalized communities into the design fields, and to dismantle the systemic biases that stand in the way of their advancement as leaders in these fields.
The 2020 Fellow will be selected through a competitive, juried process and will work with CUP from July 2020–June 2021.
This year's jurors are Carly Ayres, Community & Culture, Google Design; Jerome Harris, Design Director at Housing Works Inc.; and Wael Morcos of Morcos Key.
Applications are due by noon, Eastern time, on Monday, April 13th.
Click here for more information on the Fellowship and how to apply: http://welcometocup.org/NewsAndEvents/TheCallForThe2020CUPFellowForChangeInDesignIsNowOpen
Over the past year CUP has worked with community partners across the city to fight the Trump administration’s efforts to sow fear among immigrant communities. By helping people understand their rights to access critical services like healthcare, we’re turning information into power. Here’s what our partners at The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) had to say:
“The Trump administration designed this policy to use confusion and fear as a weapon against immigrant communities. CUP’s model helps us…and many of our partners…get the right information to affected families and service providers, and, in doing so, speak truth to the corrupt power of this administration.”
– Max Hadler, Director of Health Policy, NYIC
CUP is committed to ensuring the right information is in the hands of those who need it most. But we can’t do this without your support.
Join us in fighting fear — and fighting for justice — today and throughout 2020. Click here to donate to CUP!
http://welcometocup.org/Donate
Over the summer, CUP worked with high school students in Red Hook to learn how the NYPD profiles teens of color to justify aggressive policing. Here’s what one student had to say:
“Based on the description of who’s actually being considered “gang involved,” it could basically be anybody wearing any type of clothing…in any neighborhood. Anybody you’re associated with — your family, your friends — just knowing them could be harmful to you.”
– Antonio Rivera, student
We’re collaborating with communities directly impacted by injustices like aggressive policing to make critical information available and accessible to the people who need it most. With our community partners, CUP turns information into power.
We need to keep fighting back — and we need your help to do it. Join us in fighting fear — and fighting for justice — today and throughout 2020. Click here to donate to CUP today!
Experiencing a natural disaster is a difficult and traumatic experience. And recovering in the aftermath can bring even more challenges, like navigating the complicated process of rebuilding your home and replacing your belongings.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides support after a natural disaster. But it can be difficult to navigate the complicated process required to receive assistance. That’s why Pro Bono Net collaborated with CUP and designer Carmen Rosa López to create Figuring out FEMA, a pocket-sized guide that breaks down the process of enrolling in FEMA’s Individual Assistance program. The guide is being used by advocates across the country to support on the ground disaster relief.
Learn more about the project and get your own copy here: http://welcometocup.org/Projects/PublicAccessDesign/FiguringOutFEMA
Give the gift of CUP this holiday season! For a limited time we’re offering a special discount on our latest Youth Education projects!
For just $15, CUP’s Holiday Bundle includes:
Snack Attack, a guide to understanding what food choices are available in schools
A Bet on Debt, which dives into the issue of student loan debt
Care Aware, investigating the proposed plan for health care for all New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status
Is there a pattern?, a guide that looks at the issue of homelessness and navigating the shelter system in NYC
Swept Up, which investigates how criminal conspiracy laws are used by the NYPD to police youth of color
http://welcometocup.org/Store?product_id=257
Pssst! Be sure to place your order before December 16th to get them before the new year!
How do you fight fear?
You face it head on. You take away its power with information.
You fight back with truth.
Every day we're seeing fear deployed as a weapon against the most vulnerable people in our communities. CUP is collaborating with communities directly impacted by injustice to make critical information available and accessible to the people who need it most.
With our community partners, CUP turns information into power.
Your support is critical to making sure the right information gets in the hands of those who need it, when they need it. Join us in fighting fear – and fighting for justice – and donate today.
http://welcometocup.org/NewsAndEvents/JoinCUPInFightingFearWithInformation
CALLING ALL ADVOCATES!
Are you an advocacy/community org that could use a visual tool for your constituents that explains a complex policy issue? Collaborate with CUP!
Applications for Public Access Design are due by 11/25 at noon, EST. Learn more and apply here: http://welcometocup.org/Projects/PublicAccessDesign/ForAdvocates
Calling all advocates and organizers!
CUP is now accepting applications for our next round of Public Access Design! Collaborate with CUP to make a visual tool that breaks down a complex policy issue!
We’re looking for groups who work directly with the constituency impacted by the issue and who can directly distribute the completed tool to that audience. Applicants should be interested in engaging in a collaborative design process and, most of all, interested in explaining an aspect of public policy! (We define public policy broadly – past topics have ranged from the governmental to the informal, like understanding the difference between cash bail and bail bonds, or how to avoid wage theft if you’re a domestic worker).
Applications are due by November 25th at noon, Eastern time. Click here to apply:
http://welcometocup.org/Projects/PublicAccessDesign/ForAdvocates
