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Consortium News
SHECP Welcomes New Executive Director, Jim Langford
The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) today announces the appointment of Jim Langford as its new executive director. Langford brings many years of business, public service and nonprofit experience to the organization, [...]
Clinton School of Public Service Seeks Assistant Director of Enrollment and Alumni Services
The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service invites applications for the Assistant Director of Enrollment & Alumni Services position to begin employment by Monday, October 7, 2019. Located on the campus of [...]
SHECP Welcomes New Governing Board Chair, Members
The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is pleased to welcome its new governing board chair, Dr. Alan Tinkler, associate professor of English, Missouri State University. Additionally, SHECP has elected two new members [...]
Harlan Beckley to Return as SHECP Interim Executive Director
Dr. Harlan R. Beckley will return to the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) to serve as interim executive director, Sept. 1. Beckley, SHECP's founding executive director, will hold the role while the [...]
Videos
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Intern Testimonial
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Shepherd Internship Experience
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"Poverty and Antipoverty Policies Before and After the Great Recession"- Sheldon Danzinger
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2012 Shepherd Consortium Symposium Panel Discussion
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2015 SHECP Symposium - “Building the Foundations for Child Health"
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2015 SHECP Symposium, "The Evolution of Food Insecurity as a Public Health Issue"
Student Testimonials
This opportunity truly changed my outlook on addiction and poverty in society. I have seen poverty abroad and I have seen poverty in America, but this internship really helped me look at the reasons for how people could become entrenched in a cycle of poverty.
During my time at Youth Force, I truly understood the impacts of grassroots campaigns. In a room of teenagers, I was standing around those who are effectively pressuring state government to change their stances on many vital issues.
My summer as a Shepherd Intern was a great opportunity for me to live out Notre Dame’s poverty studies minor; I learned so much about health insurance and health access in low-income communities and how I hope to practice medicine in the future.
Working with LIFT-Philadelphia personalized the issues of poverty and inequality for me. I couldn’t have fully learned the facts of these issues without having met some of the people who live them every day. Knowing their stories has made me determined to make a difference.