<h4>Thank You for Celebrating with CUP!</h4>
Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for our annual celebration of art and advocacy! Over 150 advocates, designers, educators, artists, and CUP fans joined us in DUMBO to celebrate CUP's work this year. We’re filled with so much gratitude for the joy and affirmations everyone shared with us as we raised money to support another year of making policy public. 
<a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCxzYi">Click here to see photos from the event</a>
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<h4>Did you miss the celebration but want to support CUP?</h4>
<a href="https://secure.givelively.org/donate/center-for-urban-pedagogy-inc/2025-celebration-of-art-and-advocacy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Click here to make a donation</a> 
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Celebrations like these are made with the time and care of many people. We want to share our deepest thanks with everyone who made the night a great one.
Speakers: Teacher O and Kailene Crews, educator and student from <a href="https://www.designworkshs.org">Design Works High School</a>; Gabe Gordon, Teaching Artist; Theresa Young, Executive Director of the <a href="https://ciadny.org/">Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and Disabled (CIAD)</a>; Lucy Newman, Supervising Attorney of the Public Housing Unit, and Alex MacDougall, Staff Attorney of the Public Housing Unit at <a href="https://legalaidnyc.org">Legal Aid Society</a>; and <a href="https://derrickdentdraws.com">Derrick Dent</a>, Illustrator and Animator
Sponsors: Ariel Fausto, David Smiley and Lauren Kogod,<a href="https://once-future.com/"> </a><a href="https://www.metropaperrecycling.com">Metropolitan Recycling</a>, Jae Shin and Damon Rich <a href="https://hectorurbandesign.com">HECTOR</a>,<a href="https://hectorurbandesign.com/"> </a><a href="https://ma.com/">Morris Adjmi Architects</a>, <a href="https://www.starrwhitehouse.com">Starr Whitehouse</a>, Sabrina Hall, Patricia Rosello and Michael Finuccio, and Ritesh Gupta
In-Kind Sponsors: <a href="https://otherhalfbrewing.com/">Other Half Brewing</a>,<a href="https://citibikenyc.com/"> </a><a href="https://www.mtouton.com">Monsieur Touton</a>, <a href="https://www.brooklynfrenchbakers.com">Brooklyn French Bakers</a>, <a href="https://thegoodbatch.com/">The Good Batch</a> and Photographer,<a href="https://www.clarahungphoto.com/"> </a><a href="https://www.mmphotomemories.com">Michelle Diaz of MM Photomemories</a>
Event Partners: <a href="https://www.pixiescout.com/">Pixie Scout</a>, <a href="https://www.thedumboloft.com/">DUMBO Loft</a>, and <a href="https://shop.slopecellars.com">Slope Cellars</a>
Team of Banner Painting Volunteers: Nathaly Lopez, Andrew Leung, Elisia Langdon, Kayla McCarthy, Monty Preston, and Hrudaya Veena Yanamandala
Team of Event Volunteers: Ayesha de Sousa, Nathaly Lopez, Ellie Dyer, Eva Wuerth, Ching-Ching Lin, Laura Julia Fleischmann, Anchalinad Anuwatnontaket, and Sara Azcona-Miller <a href="https://www.clarahungphoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>

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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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