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Consortium News
Surdna Foundation Invests in SHECP
The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $27,500 grant from the Surdna Foundation. “We are truly honored to receive the Surdna Foundation’s support [...]
SHECP Welcomes Interns to 2019 Opening Conference
The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) opened its summer internship season at the 2019 Frueauff Opening Conference, June 6–8, at Marymount University in Virginia. There, 120 undergraduates, from 24 SHECP member schools, [...]
SHECP to Host Poverty Summit at Kennesaw State University, Seeks Presenters
The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is pleased to announce that it will host its first-ever summit on poverty, SHECP Summit 2020, at Kennesaw State University, near Atlanta, Ga., April 3-5, 2020. [...]
SHECP Academic Director Receives McLemore Prize
Dr. Stephanie Rolph, SHECP academic director, receives the 2019 McLemore Prize from Erin Kempker, chair of the Mississippi Historical Society’s prize committee. Dr. Stephanie R. Rolph, academic director for the Shepherd Higher [...]
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.