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 African American and Latino Dialogue & Research Forum, April 9, 2010.

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. Spring 2010 UPPF Partnerships & Internship Locations Latin United Community Housing Association Latino Education Alliance (LEA) Latino Policy Forum LePenseur Little Village Environmental Justice Organization Midwest Latino Health Research, Training and Policy Center People for Community Recovery Project Vida UIC Medical Center AIDSCare Blackstar Project Café Media City of Blue Island CMAP Cooperation for Supportive Housing Enlace Chicago Erie Neighborhood House Fathers Who Care Illinois Coalition for Immigration and Refugee Rights

9. Spring 2010 Urban Public Policy Fellows Sara Agate Omer Aba-Omer Gabriela Arias Mark Arrellano Patricia Bates Yaw P Boateng Terri Davis Samuel De La Rosa Cesar Dominguez Mayra Gamboa Shaakira Horbrook Amy Jachna Alyssa Joiner Rashida Khanbey Jessica Kuhnen Erika Macias Chynna D Moerlien Jacqueline Montero Kevin Morrissette Ameenah Muhammad Salvador Muñoz Johana Muriel-Chandler Matthew S Neil Richard Nettles Victor Perez Kelly Rogers Reynel Trecuceno Sharonda Underwood Berenice Vallecillos Lauren G Walton Andrea Watson

10. Urban Public Policy Fellowship Spring 2010 Highlights

51. On behalf of ICPE, LARES and AAAN we would like to thank you all for a great semester!