SHECP Intern Essays
SHECP Interns have shared glimpses into their internship experience is the following essays. Additional SHECP essays are available at the SHECP Medium site, Poverty Lessons and at the SHECP Alumni pages of this website. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in these essays are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty.
Building Hope from Inside
This past summer, I interned for Community Solutions, a nonprofit affordable housing developer in New York City. I was assigned to work in the Brownsville Partnership branch. Brownsville is a neighborhood in central Brooklyn, which has
Fighting the Battles to Win the War: Public Defenders Seek Justice, Fairness and Dignity for All
I spent my summer working at the Maryland Office of the Public Defender in Baltimore City. When I told people where I was going I received a lot of mixed reactions. Some asked me, why Baltimore? Isn’t
Harlem Children’s Zone: A Summer Learning to Ask
As I got in the car to drive to Washington, D.C., for the SHECP Opening Conference, my dad gave me a hug and whispered, “Leave it better than you found it.” A common motto in
Refugees Are Not the Problem, We Are
65.5 million. One person out of every 113 people in the world. These statistics represent the number of people who have experienced forcible removal and displacement from their home countries. They leave their homelands out