2014-2015 Urban Public Policy Fellowship Program

The Urban Public Policy Fellowship (UPPF) program, is a leadership development

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 IALHEA Research

Conference, April 15, 2015.

UPPF Fellows were also assigned an internship placement 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 African-American Academic Network

(AAAN) and the Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services

Program (LARES)

Alivio Medical CenterAmerican Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)Black Star ProjectCenter of Excellence in Eliminating Health DisparitiesChicago Layers Committee for Civil Rights Under LawChicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)City of Chicago Department of Public HealthCook County State’s Attorney’s OfficeEighteenth Street Development Corporation (ESDC)Health LeadsHealthy Steps, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System

• Illinois Heart Rescue, UIC Department of Emergency Medicine

• Instituto Del Progesso Latino• Latin American Recruitment Education

Services (LARES) Program• Latino Policy Forum• Mexican American Legal Defense Education

Fund (MALDEF)• Mujeres Latinas en Acción• New Covenant CDC• Nutrition Services, Chicago Public Schools

(CPS)• Office of Career & College Success, Chicago

Public Schools (CPS)• Treatment Alternatives for Safe

Communities (TASC)•

2014-2015 UPPF Partnerships & Internship Locations

• Tania Alvarado• Charan Bashir• Ruben Bautista• Marisol Campos• America Carillo• Tyler Crump• Rosemarie Dominguez• Stef Duarte• Juan Flores• Brian Geiger• Melissa Godinez• Shannon Hastings• Nadia Hill

• Ariana Junco• Hulliams Kamlem• Ifreke King• Sienna Little• Nora Martinez• Seth McClerkin• Doris Medina• Stephanie Moore• Cristian Nuno• Elise Sosa• Raven Temple• Gabriela Valencia• Jennifer Valencia-Salas

2014-2015 Urban Public Policy Fellows

Urban Public Policy Fellowship 2014-2015 Highlights

IALHEA Research Forum

UPPF Fellow Posters

THANK YOU!