How Would You Make Policy Public?

CUP (Cen­ter for Urban Ped­a­gogy) is seek­ing col­lab­o­ra­tors for the next four issues of Mak­ing Pol­icy Pub­lic, their pub­li­ca­tion series that uses graphic and infor­ma­tion design to explore and explain com­plex pub­lic pol­icy issues. They are cur­rently look­ing for com­mu­nity or advo­cacy orga­ni­za­tions work­ing on impor­tant social jus­tice issues that could ben­e­fit from visual explanation.

Mak­ing Pol­icy Pub­lic uses inno­v­a­tive graphic design to explore and explain pub­lic pol­icy. Each pub­li­ca­tion is the prod­uct of a col­lab­o­ra­tion of CUP staff, an advo­cacy or orga­niz­ing group, and a designer. This series aims to make infor­ma­tion on pub­lic pol­icy truly pub­lic: acces­si­ble, mean­ing­ful, and shared.

Part­ners will be cho­sen with the help of a jury of esteemed advo­cates and design­ers. This year’s jury mem­bers are Maya Wiley, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of the Cen­ter for Social Inclu­sion; Son­dra Youdel­man, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of Com­mu­nity Voices Heard; Prem Krish­na­murthy Co-founder of Project Projects; and illus­tra­tor Tomer Hanuka.

Advo­cacy part­ners will receive 1,000 copies of the color pub­li­ca­tion to dis­trib­ute directly to their con­stituents and an hon­o­rar­ium of $1,000. CUP will man­age the research, edit­ing, art direc­tion, and pro­duc­tion processes.

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Past Mak­ing Pol­icy Pub­lic Ven­dor Power! project by CUP and Candy Chang.

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Appli­cants should be inter­ested in engag­ing in a col­lab­o­ra­tive design process and, most of all, inter­ested in explain­ing an aspect of pub­lic pol­icy. The series defines pub­lic pol­icy broadly. Top­ics have ranged from the bar­ri­ers to re-entry for for­merly incar­cer­ated peo­ple in Upstate New York to domes­tic work­ers’ labor rights. Although CUP is a New York City-based orga­ni­za­tion, sub­mis­sions need not address New York specif­i­cally. Top­ics could range in scope from the gov­ern­men­tal to the infor­mal, and in scale from the local to the inter­na­tional. Appli­cants must be able to reg­u­larly attend meet­ings in New York City.

Pro­pos­als must be received by May 6, 2012, no later than 5 pm. To learn more about the pro­gram visit: mak​ing​pol​i​cy​pub​lic​.net

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Check out the City Atlas inter­view of Chris­tine Gas­par, exec­u­tive direc­tor of CUP!