Displaced From This Place?

  • Made By CUP With:
  • Students
  • Tags:
  • Housing

Many low-income neighborhoods of color in New York City are rapidly changing as rents rise. Students investigated gentrification and displacement in Bushwick to learn why their neighborhood is changing and what can be done about it.

Bushwick, like many New York City neighborhoods, is changing. Between 1990 and 2014, rents in Bushwick rose 44% – twice as much as the citywide average! From bodega to bus stop, people are talking about displacement. What is displacement and how does it happen? Why Bushwick and what can we do about it?

CUP collaborated with public high school students from EBC High School for Public Service to delve into displacement. Students hit the streets to survey Bushwick residents, speak with community organizers, interview elected officials and policy experts, and dive deep into the issue. The crew gathered what they learned and teamed up with designer Kyle Richardson to create Displaced From This Place?, a booklet that details what they discovered about displacement.

Students debuted their project at the DeKalb Avenue branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, where they presented their booklet, discussed their investigation, and shared their creative process.

Check out more photos of students in action here!

“All the information that I’ve learned from the moment I walked into the classroom to standing here now is not only how the neighborhood is changing, but also how I can change it myself and try and see if I can bring my friends along, and my mother, and my family members."

— Isabelle Martinez, Student

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The cover and spread from the project.

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Project Collaborators

Educational Partner

EBC High School
for Public Service

Shawn Brown
Marc Engel
Latasha Gray

Teaching Artist

Fielding Hong

Designer

Kyle Richardson


Students

Daimian Davis, Rosa Fernandez, Christopher Garcia, Isabelle Martinez, Jaysalee Robles, Nayelly Rojas

Special Thanks

Leila Arisa, Daniel Girard, Jeneuse Geula, and Deja Holden

Product Details

16 pages, 5.5″×8.5″

Funding Support

Major support for this program was provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and Council Member Antonio Reynoso.