1. 2012-2013 Urban Public Policy
Fellowship Program
In partnership with:

2. 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.

3. UPPF Fellows were selected through a
highly competitive process that
considered grade point average, history
of engagement, and leadership
experience.

4. UPPF Fellows attended weekly seminars
throughout the spring semester.
Seminars included policy issues, project
management, research, government
issues and education budget information.

5. UPPF Fellows presented Public Policy
Posters at the IALHEA Research
Conference, April 5, 2013.

6. 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.

7. 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).

8. •Alivio Medical Center
•Center of Excellence in
Eliminating Health Disparities
•Chicago Commons
•Chicago Legal Clinic
•Little Village Environmental Justice
Organization
•Cook County
•Environmental Control
•Edge Alliance
•Girls in the Game
•Illinois African American
Coalition for Prevention
•Illinois Coalition for
Immigrant & Refugee Rights
•Illinois Council Against Hand Gun Violence
•Institute for Health
•Research & Policy (IHRP)
•Latino Policy Forum
•Office of Congressman Danny Davis
•The Black Star Project
•UIC Center for Clinical & Translational Science
•UIC Office of Sustainability
2012-2013 UPPF Partnerships &
Internship Locations

9. Oluwabukola Ajasa
Noely Alicea
Manuel Andrés Beltrán
Sara Cruz
Jacquelyn Delgado
Addis Enyew
Rosio Galarza
Samantha Gordon
Obehi Ilenikhena
Gabriela Illa
Alexander Kimbrough
Justina Lebron
Jamesetta Mator
Albert Murphy
Maab Osman
Brittney Marie Shurn
Elizabeth Torres
Alma Zamudio
2012-2013 Urban Public Policy Fellows

10. Urban Public Policy Fellowship
2012-2013 Highlights

47. UPPF Seminar Sessions

48. Harold Washington Library Site Visit:
Facing History and Ourselves Exhibit

55. Steve Tozer, PhD
College of Education, UIC

59. Dick Simpson, PhD
Professor, Political Science Department
UIC

65. ROSA CABRERA, PhD
Director, UIC Latino Cultural Center

66. UIC Latino Cultural Center

67. Thea Crum & Maria Hadden,
Participatory Budgeting Project

68. UPPF Community Service

69. 25th Ward Thanksgiving Holiday Luncheon

71. UPPF Alumni; 2010-2012 UPPF Cohorts

72. Albert Murphy, 2012-2013 UPPF Fellow
Catalina Nava, IPCE Program Coordinator

73. Alderman Danny Solis, 25th Ward

74. IALHEA Research Forum
UPPF Fellow Posters

93. THANK YOU!