There's less than a month left for designers and advocates to <a href="https://welcometocup.org/making-policy-public">apply to Making Policy Public</a>! Each year, CUP works with a jury of leaders in social justice and design to help choose collaborators for the next round of projects. Get to know our talented jurors below! 
<a href="https://richardachance.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Richard A Chance</a> grew up in the city of Brooklyn, NY and graduated with a Communication Design degree with a focus on illustration. A lot of his work ranges from, editorial illustration to book covers and brand illustrations. He loves his goldfishes but loves tuna sandwiches more. 
<a href="https://www.talasafie.com/">Tala Safie</a> is a graphic designer and art director from Beirut based in Brooklyn. She currently works as a graphics and multimedia editor for The New York Times.
<a href="https://twitter.com/rafaelshimunov/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rafael Shimunov</a> is an artist and activist from Queens, New York, where he, as a child, arrived with his parents as HIAS refugees from Uzbekistan. Rafael has used art and design to oppose oppressive systems for 15 years after leaving a career with ad agencies. Most recently, Rafael's work included an unauthorized exhibit at The Whitney Museum, protesting their chair's links to weapons manufacturing and its impact on asylum seekers at the border. Rafael serves as executive board member of Jews For Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) and is a Communications Director at Athena, a coalition of grassroots groups opposing Amazon's harms to workers, local communities and the climate.
Jacquelyn Simone is the Policy Director at the <a href="https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Coalition for the Homeless</a>, the nation’s oldest advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless individuals and families. Since joining the Coalition in 2014, Jacquelyn has advocated for long-term solutions to mass homelessness in New York City and has helped organize several successful campaigns, such as winning historic commitments to supportive housing by the City and the State and establishing a right to counsel in housing court for low-income tenants. She graduated summa cum laude from Ithaca College with degrees in journalism and politics, and has a Master of Public Administration degree from Baruch College.

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Hyperakt is a purpose-driven design and innovation studio that elevates human dignity and ignites curiosity. Since 2001, co-founders Julia Zeltser and Deroy Peraza, along with the Hyperakt team, have been partnering with change-makers moving society forward. We believe in design’s power to build a future filled with courage, optimism, and honesty.

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