Offering students the opportunity to
study poverty and human capability.
Congressman Jim McGovern Addresses SHECP Opening Conference
ARLINGTON, VA.—Representative Jim McGovern of Massachusetts was the keynote speaker at the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty’s 2018 Frueauff Opening Conference, at Marymount University, June 8. There, more than 130 interns, faculty advisors and [...]
SHECP Names First-Ever Communications Director
LEXINGTON, VA.—The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Sam Kille as its first-ever communications director. Kille brings more than two decades of nonprofit communications and leadership experience [...]
Morash Remembers the Fallen
Remarks as delivered by Brett Morash, Ph.D., Memorial Day 2018, New Rochelle, New York. Thank you Mayor It is quite an honor to be here today representing those who have and continue to serve in [...]
Beckley addresses “Judgment Mediating Grace”
Lexington, Virginia (May 23, 2018) - Harlan Beckley, SHECP Founding Director, delivered remarks at the Baccalaureate Ceremony at Washington and Lee University. The text of his remarks are here: Judgment Mediating Grace President Dudley, [...]
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.