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Check out this incredible list of UPPF Community Partners that our 2026-27 Fellows are working with this year! 💜⚖️🌱

12th Ward Office, Alderperson Julia Ramirez
26th Ward Office, Alderperson Jessie Fuentes
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)
Community & Economic Development Association of Cook County (CEDA)
Cook County Office of the County Auditor (OCA)
Cook County Office of the President- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
Hispanic Federation
Illinois Coalition for Immigration and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS)- Office of Firearm Violence Prevention (OFVP)
Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation (ILLCF)
Japanese American Service Committee (JASC)
Kids First
Law Offices of KiKi M. Mosley, Immigration and Nationality Law
Office of the City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin
Office of State Representative, Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez
Office of State Representative, Norma Hernandez
Office of State Senator, Omar Aquino
UIC- Institute for Health Research and Policy- Dr. Shah’s Developmental Pediatrics Lab
UIC- Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP)
UIC- Latin American Recreational Educational Services (LARES)
UIC- School of Public Health- Center for Health Equity Work
UI Health Mile Square Health Center

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❤️ Thank YOU @ILLCFOUNDATION for confiar en nosotros y dejarnos ser parte de este amazing event!

Congrats por reunir a una comunidad tan increíble de 1,000 personas 🙌🏽✨

Fue un honor compartir nuestros sabores ancestrales, nuestras raíces y nuestra cultura con todos ustedes.

Gracias por la oportunidad y por crear un espacio donde nuestra comunidad comes together, celebrates y conecta. 🌽❤️

¡Muchísimas felicidades por este gran logro! 🫶🏽

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One thing I am very passionate about is advocacy! Coming to NIU, I wasn’t sure what career I wanted to pursue and I even changed my major 3 times, but one thing I always knew was my passion for helping others! Going to programs and conferences such as POWER (hosted at niu) and the Raices Conference (shown in this picture) made me realize that I can turn my passion for advocacy into a career! 🫂

Being a latina in this field makes me even more proud and determined because I want to be the voice for my community especially with the community being heavily impacted by the current administration!

The inhumane ICE actions and constant discrimination my community faces hurts my heart but seeing us still celebrate our culture, come together as a community and seeing so many latinos continue our education reminds me that we are resilient and won’t stop advocating for what’s right.

This is me in front of the Illinois State Capitol while attending NIU Advocacy day in 2024!

I truly loved this experience and it inspired me even more to pursue politics, I understood here that my voice is my power and it is amplified when we all come together! I was able to speak to my representatives on why higher education is important and my experience as a first generation student attending university.

This past April I was honored to attend Lambda Hill Days which is a political initiative hosted by my sorority where members go to Washington D.C. to talk to their representatives about an issue that is important to them!

This experience was very special to me because it was what interested me even more into becoming a sister and i’m forever grateful I had the opportunity of going! 🩶 It helped me realize my voice matters and advocacy can be done in so many ways!

My first representative I talked to was Eric Sorensen! He is my representative in my district (17) and he is actually an NIU alumni which I had found out there! I was able to speak to his staff about undocumented student’s education and the importance of accessiblity! 🫰🏻

This was my one pager on what topics I discussed with my senators/representatives!

Higher ed is super important to me because it is a form of resilien

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My birthday month was extra special this year. 🥹✨ It started with FINALLY getting my photo with @drsimi_oficial. 😂✈️ Then I made my way to Los Angeles, where @marketingroxofficial was one of 20 small businesses invited to @createcultivate, the world’s largest gathering for women in business.

💻 Back in Chicago, I returned as a coach for @navypierchicago’s Small Business Accelerator Program, helping entrepreneurs leverage the power of social media.

Then New York welcomed me! 🗽 (In an extremely interesting way, I may add 🙈) I connected with C-suite executives and community leaders, exchanging perspectives on business, technology and opportunity; insights I’m carrying into this next chapter.

And in between all of that, I met some really dope AF humans and reconnected with OG ones. 📆

While this has been my busiest month ever as an entrepreneur, a big personal win was continuing to take my wellness goals to new levels 💪 and learning to make space for myself “in the middle” 😉 of everything else.

Overall, I’m closing out this birthday month with a very full heart. ❤️ Grateful for another year of life, the people I get to share it with and everything this next year has to teach me.

Here’s to another trip around the sun. ☀️

#latina #lifestyle #birthday #libraseason

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¡Nuestras voces deben estar presentes en las conversaciones que dan forma al futuro de nuestras comunidades! 🧡

Esta semana, miembros del equipo de CIP —Jael, Melissa y Roger— participaron junto a líderes comunitarios, defensores y legisladores de todo Illinois en la Conferencia de Política Pública Raíces 2026.

Agradecemos a la Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation @illcfoundation y al Latino Policy Forum @latinopolicyforum latinopolicyforum por crear espacios donde las voces y experiencias de nuestras comunidades pueden ayudar a informar los temas y las políticas que impactan a las comunidades latinas e inmigrantes en todo nuestro estado.

El cambio significativo requiere colaboración, representación y acción colectiva. En CIP, nos enorgullece ser parte de estas conversaciones y llevar con nosotros las voces y experiencias de nuestra comunidad.

¡Gracias, ILLCF y Latino Policy Forum, por reunirnos! 🧡👏🏽

#Raíces2026 #VocesLatinas #PoderComunitario #RepresentaciónImporta #CIP LatinosDeIllinois

Our voices belong in the conversations shaping the future of our communities. 🧡

This week, CIP team members Jael, Melissa, and Roger joined community leaders, advocates, and policymakers from across Illinois at the 2026 Raíces Public Policy Conference.

We’re grateful to the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation and the Latino Policy Forum for creating spaces where community voices and lived experiences can help inform the issues and policies that affect Latino and immigrant communities across our state.

Meaningful change takes partnership, representation, and collective action — and CIP is proud to be part of these conversations and to bring the voices and experiences of our community with us.

Thank you, ILLCF and Latino Policy Forum, for bringing us together! 🧡👏🏽

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We spent a day learning, celebrating and sharing 🫶🏽🇲🇽 #publicpolicy #communitypower #collectiveaction #affordability #illinois

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Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend the 2026 Raíces Public Policy Conference hosted by the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation at UIC Forum in Chicago.

What made this experience meaningful was being in a room where community voices, lived experiences, policy, leadership, and the future of Illinois intersected. The conference centered conversations around equity, justice, and community development, with participation from policymakers, stakeholders, and community members across Illinois.

For me, it was also a beautiful reminder that our voices matter at the table. Whether we are working in technology, cybersecurity, healthcare, education, entrepreneurship, public policy, or community advocacy, there is a role for each of us in shaping what comes next.

And a little personal celebration… 👑💚

I’m grateful to have been ranked #3 on the Whova leaderboard with 16,400 points during the conference! 🎉

But beyond the points, the real value was the people I met, conversations I had, ideas I exchanged, and connections I hope continue beyond the conference.

Raíces means roots. And roots remind us where we come from while giving us strength to grow forward. 🌱

Gracias to everyone who shared space, stories, perspectives, and energía. It was an honor to be part of the conversation.

Now I want to hear from YOU:
💬 What issue affecting our communities do you believe deserves more conversation, collaboration, and action in Illinois?

Drop it in the comments. Let’s keep the conversation going beyond the conference. 🫶🏽#illcf2026raicesconference #PublicPolicy #equity #CommunityDevelopment

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It was a great first week of fall in the 12th District. My team and I were hard at work attending meetings and events while enjoying the cooler temperatures across the city.

We kicked off last weekend by attending the La Villita 2026 Hispanic Heritage Month Basketball Tournament, which returned this year after a three-year hiatus. This tournament is essential for bringing communities together to celebrate our culture and progress with great music, people and, of course, a little friendly competition. Congratulations to all the teams who participated in this year’s tournament, but special shout out to the West Michigan Raiders for taking the veterans championship and the La Villita home team for remaining undefeated throughout the tournament to take the men’s open championship.

One of the highlights of the week was participating in the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation’s 2026 Raíces Public Policy Conference. This was a free, daylong event hosted at the University of Illinois-Chicago Forum to convene lawmakers, stakeholders and community members to discuss important topics essential to equity, justice and community development. Unlike typical conferences, Raíces highlights voices from across Illinois, acting as a driver of meaningful conversation centered around Latino communities. I was proud to host three panels during the conference: one highlighting how Raíces is meeting the moment, and two focused on community power and collective action. Thank you to the ILLCF and everyone who helped make this year’s conference a success.

This week I also joined Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs and his phenomenal team at their annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebration in Chicago, where I was honored to receive an Outstanding Commitment as an Elected Official award. From Hispanic Heritage Month 2025 to now, so much has changed for Hispanic and Latino communities across the United States. Last fall, we watched as masked federal agents spent over two months in Chicago, ripping families apart, terrorizing our neighborhoods and committing injustice after injustice against law-abiding residents under the guise of targeting “the worst of the worst.” Al

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Yesterday I attended the 2026 Raíces Public Policy Conference hosted by @illcfoundation. I enjoyed meeting and reconnecting with so many incredible people doing great work in our community.

Congratulations to the entire team on a successful event! 👏🏽✨

#latina #chicago #community

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We are so happy we had the opportunity to be at ILLCF’s Raices Public Policy Conference where students, policymakers, government and non-government organizations convened from all across the Midwest!

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Join @lacasanorte @almachicago1989 @equalityill and @illcfoundation for a community conversation on homelessness among Latine LGBTQ+ youth—grounded in new Illinois research, lived experience, and legislative solutions.

Featuring State Senator Omar Aquino and State Representative Lilian Jiménez.

📅 August 26 | 10:00–11:30 a.m.
📍 La Casa Norte, 3533 W. North Ave.

Free and open to the public and media. RSVP by scanning QR code, clicking the link in bio, or visiting bit.ly/4wMUqne

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Invitando a Todos para venir a vacunarse contra la influenza gratuitamente! Traigan a toda la familia!

Fecha: Viernes Septiembre 11, 2026

Locacion: Walgreens
1931 W Cermak Rd
Chicago, IL 60608

Horarios: 10 am- 1 pm
3pm-6 pm

Traigan a toda la familia y como comunidad vamos a protegernos contra la influenza!

#drjuanitamora #doctora #alergologa #chicago #flu

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