Participants

	AJ Blandford AJ Blandford is a bi-coastal designer/builder for both the imaginary and real worlds. In addition to her work with CUP she also collaborates regula… More... AJ Blandford is a bi-coastal designer/builder for both the imaginary and real worlds. In addition to her work with CUP she also collaborates regularly with the dance/performance duo RobbinsChilds. AJ Blandford has worked on The City without a Ghetto, The Center for Critical Skills, The Subsidized Landscape website Less...
	Joshua Breitbart Media activist Joshua Breitbart is the Communications Director for Media Tank in Philadelphia. He has been an organizer of grassroots media since co-founding Broo… More... Joshua Breitbart is the Communications Director for Media Tank in Philadelphia. He has been an organizer of grassroots media since co-founding Brooklyn’s Rooftop Films in 1998. He was the consulting editor for Clamor Magazine from 2001 to 2005 and has worked with many local Indymedia Centers. Josh also serves on the board of directors of Allied Media Projects and the Lela Breitbart Memorial Fund, which supports young women’s activism. Joshua Breitbart has worked on The Internet is Serious Business Less...
	Stella Bugbee Designer Stella Bugbee is a creative director specializing in identity and publication design. Studio projects might range from logos, web sites and books, ... More... Stella Bugbee is a creative director specializing in identity and publication design. Studio projects might range from logos, web sites and books, to self-published projects and collaborations. In addition to running her studio she teaches Advanced Publication Design to seniors in the degree program at Parsons School of Design. During 2002-2004 she served on the Executive Board of the New York AIGA. Prior to founding a company of her own in the summer of 2005, Stella founded Honest with Cary Murnion and Jon Milott while the three were attending Parsons School of Design. After five years at Honest, she left to work for The New York Times Magazine and then went on to be a Design Director with the Brand Integration Group at Ogilvy and Mather. Stella’s work has been featured in Print, Res, How, Step, Black Book, Nylon and Eye, and she was featured in the book “Fresh Dialogue 3,” in addition to being one of the participants in the yearly event of the same name. Stella Bugbee has worked on Building Codes, Important Housing Rights, The Programmable City, Code City website Less...
	Lisa Burris Director of Organizing, PHROLES Lisa Burriss began with GOLES as the PHROLES organizer in June 2005. She has been a life-long resident of Public Housing and began working with PH… More... Lisa Burriss began with GOLES as the PHROLES organizer in June 2005. She has been a life-long resident of Public Housing and began working with PHROLES as a steering committee member, eventually becoming the co-chair of the committee. Lisa graduated with a bachelor�s degree in Sociology from New Paltz College in 2003 and since has dedicated herself to creating social change. After college, Lisa worked teaching independent living skills to aging out foster children. She is a member of the United Nations Youth Council and co-founded Cultural Unity an organization in New Paltz dedicated to increasing cultural awareness and creating unity through education. Her organizing experience, incredible passion to create change, and first hand knowledge of public housing issues have prepared her for the challenges of organizing around public housing issues. She is bilingual in English and Spanish. Lisa Burris has worked on PHTV: What's up with public housing? email Less...
	Odin Cappello CUP Volunteer More... Odin Cappello has worked on Prison City Comix Less...
	Enida Davis Organizer, PACC More... Enida Davis has worked on PHTV: What's up with public housing? Less...
	Brian Garrido More... Brian Garrido has worked on The Internet is Serious Business Less...
	Andrea Meller Filmmaker More... Andrea Meller has worked on PHTV: What's up with public housing?, Garbage Problems, Public Housing 101, The Programmable City, The City without a Ghetto, The Subsidized Landscape Less...
	Valeria Mogilevich Program Manager Valeria, a native New Yorker, coordinates CUP’s education projects and public programs. She comes from a background in visual studies and film and … More... Valeria, a native New Yorker, coordinates CUP’s education projects and public programs. She comes from a background in visual studies and film and architectural theory with a degree from Brown University in Modern Culture and Media. In addition to working many years in the non-profit sector, she is an independent film curator specializing in scientific films. Valeria is also on pest-control patrol in the CUP office. Valeria Mogilevich has worked on Knoxville: Building Communities, The Water Underground, Green Information Center, Tagging the Social Contract, Prison City Comix, Temporary Showroom, People and Buildings, Freedom and Incarceration, Making Policy Public, Bodega Down Bronx, Mapping the Concourse, The Internet is Serious Business Less...
	Armando Morales PHROLES member More... Armando Morales has worked on PHTV: What's up with public housing? Less...
	Heather Nordstrom Heritage School Teacher More... Heather Nordstrom has worked on Prison City Comix Less...
	Damaris Reyes Executive Director, GOLES Damaris Reyes, has been the Executive Director of PHROLES since April 2005. She is a lifelong resident of the Lower East Side and has been involved… More... Damaris Reyes, has been the Executive Director of PHROLES since April 2005. She is a lifelong resident of the Lower East Side and has been involved in public housing issues for more than eight years. Previously, as the Director of Organizing for public housing for PHROLES, she worked to educate and empower residents about the issues that plague public housing. She is a founding member of PHROLES has been involved in building several coalitions, including T.R.A.D.E.S. and Rebuild with a Spotlight on the Poor. In November 2002, she traveled to Europe on a study tour to learn about planning and municipal practices employed by European cities. She is a member of the New York City Jobs with Justice Board of Directors Executive Committee and the Pratt Center for Community Development Advisory Board. Her past credits include working in city government with Council Member Margarita L�pez and electoral politics within the Lower East Side community. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and began with the organization in 2000. Damaris Reyes has worked on PHTV: What's up with public housing? website Less...
	Damon Rich Founder Damon Rich, CUP’s founder, is a designer and artist. His work has been exhibited internationally at venues including the 2008 Venice Biennale, Stor… More... Damon Rich, CUP’s founder, is a designer and artist. His work has been exhibited internationally at venues including the 2008 Venice Biennale, Storefront for Art and Architecture and SculptureCenter (New York City), the Canadian Centre for Architecture (Montréal), and the Netherlands Architecture Institute (Rotterdam). In 1997, he founded the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people understand and change the places they live, where he served as Creative Director for 10 years. Damon has taught design and planning at institutions including the Parsons School of Design, Heritage High School, the Brooklyn Museum, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, and the Queens Library Adult Learning Center. He writes about architecture and politics for publications including the Village Voice, the Nation, Metropolis, and Architecture magazine. Damon has been awarded a New York State Council on the Arts award for his work with adult literacy and architecture, as well as a fellowship from the MacDowell Colony for his work on the history of urban renewal. In 2007, Damon was selected as a Loeb Fellow in Advanced Environmental Studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and an Artist-in-Residence at the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies, where he developed a exhibition on architecture, real estate, and finance. He currently serves as the Urban Designer and Waterfront Planner for the City of Newark, New Jersey. www.damon.anothercupdevelopment.org Damon Rich has worked on Public Housing 101, PHTV: What's up with public housing?, Building Codes, Building Codes, Coding Communities, Garbage Problems, Gautreaux v. Urban Renewal, The City without a Ghetto, Urban Renewal Activity Tables, Values & Variety: Shopping on Fulton Street, The Center for Critical Skills, The Subsidized Landscape, The Connection between Abandoned Buildings and Homeless People, Governors Island Points of Interest, Cybercity Walking Tour, Hell's Kitchen South: Developing Strategies, Schoolyard Visions, Detroit Do Your Thing!, However Unspectacular: A New Suburbanism, The Water Underground, Abuse of Power: The SPURA Story, Mind the Gap, Big up, Jamaica!, Spacebombing / Don't mess with this city!, What's Poppin at Fulton Mall?, Code City, Social Security Risk Machine, The Programmable City, Chew On This, Temporary Showroom Less...
	Paul Schuette Designer Paul Schuette is an architect living in Los Angeles. More... Paul Schuette is an architect living in Los Angeles. Paul Schuette has worked on The Connection between Abandoned Buildings and Homeless People email Less...
	Carol Sun Bronx High School for the Visual Arts Educator More... Carol Sun has worked on Mapping the Concourse Less...
	Oscar Tuazon Artist More... Oscar Tuazon has worked on Building Codes, The Programmable City, The City without a Ghetto, The Subsidized Landscape, Governors Island Points of Interest, Cybercity Walking Tour Less...
	Rosten Woo Rosten Woo is former Executive Director of CUP. He has been producing public education projects with CUP since 2001. He teaches design history and … More... Rosten Woo is former Executive Director of CUP. He has been producing public education projects with CUP since 2001. He teaches design history and theory at Parsons, the New School for Design and produces historical research and writing on history, design and public policy for Place Matters, the Municipal Arts Society, Metropolis Magazine and the Village Voice. He has also worked as a researcher and policy analyst for a variety of non-profit organizations including Common Ground Community and the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center. He serves on the board of like-minded non-profits, Place in History and Groundswell Community Mural Project. He received his BA in Government from Cornell University. Rosten Woo has worked on Entry Sequence, Public Housing 101, PHTV: What's up with public housing?, Building Codes, Coding Communities, Garbage Problems, Urban Renewal Activity Tables, The Programmable City, The City without a Ghetto, The Center for Critical Skills, Values & Variety: Shopping on Fulton Street, Important Housing Rights, The Subsidized Landscape, Schoolyard Visions, Detroit Do Your Thing!, However Unspectacular: A New Suburbanism, The Water Underground, Abuse of Power: The SPURA Story, Mind the Gap, Big up, Jamaica!, Code City, Knoxville: Building Communities, Mapping the Concourse, Temporary Showroom, People and Buildings, Just In/Justice, The Cargo Chain, Building Codes, Bodega Down Bronx, The Internet is Serious Business Less...