<h2>Advocates: Deadline Extended!</h2>
We’ve extended the deadline for advocates and organizers to apply to collaborate on a <a href="https://welcometocup.org/making-policy-public">Making Policy Public</a> project! The new deadline is Monday, September 22, 2025 at 12:00pm EST. 
Apply if you are a legal rights advocate, community organizer, or direct service provider working to increase: 
<ul><li dir="ltr">knowledge of legal rights and access to legal services</li><li dir="ltr">political education central to organizing and mobilizing shared lived experiences</li><li dir="ltr">access to social services and programs</li></ul>
Making Policy Public is open to organizations that: 
<ul><li dir="ltr">support social justice for people and communities who experience oppression.</li><li dir="ltr">work directly with or have a meaningful relationship with the people or community the project will ultimately support.</li><li dir="ltr">are a 501c(3) that’s based in New York City.</li></ul>
Interested in support to talk through your project? CUP staff will host extra office hours this week to talk one-on-one with organizers and advocates about their applications. Bring your ideas and questions! <a href="https://calendly.com/claircup/mppopencallhours?month=2025-08">Click here to meet with us</a>.
Note: The 2025 call for designers is now closed. Thanks to all the artists and visual designers who applied! We can’t wait to review your applications.

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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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The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is a nonprofit organization that uses the power of design and art to increase meaningful civic engagement in partnership with historically marginalized communities.

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CUP uses the power of design and art to increase meaningful civic engagement, in partnership with historically marginalized communities.

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