Shine A Light On Your Utility Rights.
Consumers are often unaware of the rights they have to keep their essential electric and gas service. This guide illustrates practical steps you can take to tackle common utility problems.
Made By CUP With: Community Partners
My role: Change in Design Fellow
The Breakdown
In situations like receiving a termination notice, facing high heating bills, or legal summons from Con Ed, New Yorkers have rights and resources to help with utility bill challenges.
To address this, the Public Utility Law Project (PULP) collaborated with CUP and designer Hanna Kim to create 'Shine A Light On Your Utility Rights,' a simple guide with practical steps for addressing common utility issues. PULP is actively distributing this guide across New York State to educate and assist consumers.
Alongside fellow Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) Staff, I helped facilitate the design layout and structure of this projects alongside the designer Hannah Kim.
Is College for Me?
Connecting formerly incarcerated New Yorkers with the information they need to pursue a college education.
Made By CUP With: Community Partners
My role: Change in Design Fellow
What its about
Choosing higher education, especially for those involved with the criminal justice system, can be challenging but transformative. Access to education is crucial for reentry into communities. However, the process can be complex with limited resources. CUP, in collaboration with the Prisoner Reentry Institute and designer Miles Barretto, created 'Is College For Me?'—a pocket-sized guide simplifying the college enrollment process, explaining degree types, schools, and resources, both during and after incarceration.
'Is College For Me?' will launch at a back-to-school workshop for PRI's Educational Initiatives program, with over 3,000 copies distributed to community members and prison partners across New York State.
Alongside fellow Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) Staff, I helped facilitate the design layout and structure of this projects alongside the designer Miles Barretto.
