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Speakers Announced for Symposium on Criminal Justice, Poverty, and Race
Lexington, VA -- Paul Butler, Albert Brick Professor in Law at Georgetown University; James Forman, Jr., Professor of Law at Yale University; and Robin Steinberg, Director of the Bronx Defenders, will be the principal speakers [...]
Millsaps College Selected as SHECP Academic Home; Rolph Named Academic Director
Millsaps College Selected as SHECP Academic Home; Rolph Named Academic Director Following a competitive application process, Millsaps College has been selected as the new academic home of the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP). [...]
Poverty Studies Students will Prepare for Internships at Marymount University
Poverty Studies Students to Prepare for Summer Internships at Marymount University. Lexington, VA -- The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) announced today a record group of one-hundred twenty (120) students have been selected to serve [...]
Harlan Beckley to Speak at Sixth Annual “Taking the Pulse on Poverty” Symposium
The University of North Carolina Wilmington’s annual “Taking the Pulse on Poverty” symposium will take place on Tuesday, March 28 and focus on the missing connections between poverty and higher education. Harlan Beckley, professor emeritus [...]
A job listing with City Squash in the Bronx. They specifically asked Shepherd Alumni to apply! www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit-job/6615e06868384006a53e0c0a1f9aa854-director-of-high-school-academ...
Director of High School Academics & College Prep - Idealist
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Job Description: CitySquash seeks a full-time Director of High School Academics and College Prep. The Academic Director oversees the academic progress of CitySquash’s local high school students, wor...www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/upshot/how-universal-college-admission-tests-help-low-income-students....
How Universal College Admission Tests Help Low-Income Students
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Requiring the SAT or ACT, and making it free, reduces barriers for disadvantaged students who otherwise would not take the test.www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/opinion/inequality-pierre-bourdieu.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&c...
Opinion | Getting Radical About Inequality
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A French philosopher looked at power struggles. Understanding his thinking might also provide some insight into President Trump.Listen to SHECP Symposium speaker, James Forman Jr., author of "Locking up our Own," on Fresh Air with Terry Gross. star.kqed.org/news/story/2017/07/17/241887/how_black_leaders_unwittingly_contributed_to_the_era_o...
How Black Leaders Unwittingly Contributed To The Era Of Mass Incarceration | KQED
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U.S. How Black Leaders Unwittingly Contributed To The Era Of Mass Incarceration July 17, 2017 — 11:40 AM Listen to the audio: Listen Copyright 2017 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air. Source: N...
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Stress of poverty, racism raise risk of Alzheimer’s for African Americans, new research suggests
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Four studies presented at the Alzheimer’s Association’s annual conference examined the role poor living conditions and other social factors play in racial disparitiesJust received this email from a supervisor in Baltimore, "Our intern is fabulous. Wish we could keep her forever!"
Shepherd Interns working at the Cleveland Clinic in the area of addiction services.
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Opinion | How We Are Ruining America
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College-educated Americans have become devastatingly good at making sure children of other classes can’t join their ranks.www.aei.org/publication/millennials-and-the-success-sequence-how-do-education-work-and-marriage-a...
The millennial success sequence: Marriage, kids, and the 'success sequence' among young adults • AEI
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The rise of nontraditional routes into parenthood among Millennials is one indicator that today’s young adults are taking increasingly ...
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.
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