2011-2012 Urban Public Policy Fellowship Program

In partnership with:

The Urban Public Policy Fellowship (UPPF) program, a new program designed to expose historically underrepresented

minority undergraduate students at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) to

key public policy issues.

UPPF Fellows were selected through a highly competitive process that

considered grade point average, history of engagement, and leadership

experience.

UPPF Fellows attended weekly seminars throughout the spring semester.

Seminars included policy issues, project management, research, government

issues and education budget information.

UPPF Fellows presented Public Policy Posters at the DFI/IALHEA Conference &

Diversity Research Forum, April 12, 2012.

UPPF Fellows were also assigned an internship designed to expose him or her

to the theory and practice of public policy-making, advocacy, community development, and service provision.

The UPPF program is administered through the Institute for Policy and Civic

Engagement (IPCE), in partnership with the Latin American Recruitment and

Educational Services Program (LARES) and the African-American Academic

Network (AAAN).

• American Red Cross of Greater Chicago

• Center of Excellence in Eliminating Health Disparities

• Central SER• Chicago Commons• Chicago Lawyers Committee for

Civil Rights• Chicago Metropolitan Agency for

Planning (CMAP)• Community Outreach Intervention

Project• Hispanic Alliance for Career

Enhancement• Illinois African American Coalition

for Prevention

• Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights

• Illinois Council Against Hand Gun Violence

• Latino Policy Forum• Mental Health Association of Greater

Chicago• Metropolitan Tenants Organization• Office of Congressman Danny Davis• Safer Foundation• The Black Star Project• The Young People’s Project• UIC Medical Center• Urban Health Program

2011-2012 UPPF Partnerships & Internship Locations

Marta AguilaYesenia AltorreNicole Bevans-McCleanAraceli BuenrostroDartunorro ClarkAnneisha ElerbyNancy GaytanTaofik HassanJustine HernandezEdwin Martinez

Erika OliverElizabeth OrtizNana OwusuVivian OyengunleErnestina PerezLeo PrattMichael RamirezGabriela RenoKatya ReynaJulio RodriguezDaisy Soto

2011- 2012 Urban Public Policy Fellows

Urban Public Policy Fellowship 2011-2012 Highlights

MARIO VELADirector of Member Services, HACE

STEVE TOZER, PhDProfessor, UIC College of Education

TUMIA ROMERODeputy Chief of Staff, Office of Congressman Danny Davis

DICK SIMPSON, PhDProfessor, UIC College of Education

ROSA CABRERA, PhDDirector, UIC Latino Cultural Center

ROME LOVE, Presenting research poster4th Annual Health in the Midwest Conference

DFI/IALHEA Conference & Diversity Research Forum

APRIL 12, 2011

UPPF Closing Reception

April 26, 2012

THANK YOU!