Annual Conference
2025 SHECP Annual Conference
July 31st – August 2nd at Marymount University
The SHECP Annual Conference is designed to place the interns' individual experiences into broader anti-poverty policy, research, and organizational efforts and to situate it within their undergraduate education. The conference also provides professional development opportunities for the staff and faculty of member institutions and community partners who are able to attend. The 2025 SHECP Annual Conference is being co-hosted by Marymount University’s Center for Professional Ethics and is made possible by the generous support of the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation.
SHECP provides funding for all interns and for a representative from each Member School to participate in the Annual Conference. The conference is free and open to the larger community. For individuals interested in attending Saturday's events, please register here. Participants planning to attend Saturday's lunch need to register by Friday, July 25th.
Land Acknowledgment: Marymount University is located on the homelands of the Manahoac, Doeg, Nacotchtank, and Piscataway peoples, who are the original inhabitants of Arlington County and the greater D.C. metropolitan area. We acknowledge that Marymount was founded in 1950 on land that the Indigenous peoples of this region nurtured for millennia, and we extend our gratitude and respect to them, their descendants, and all who continue to lead the way in the most essential environmental justice work of our time.
Conference Schedule of Events
Thursday, July 31st
1:00 – 4:00 PM: SHECP Governing Board Meeting
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Ballston Center, Room 4094
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Light snacks provided
Friday, August 1st
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM: SHECP Council Meeting
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Ballston Center, Room 4043
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Light snacks provided
12:00 – 5:00 PM: Time to Explore!
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Conference attendees are encouraged to spend some time exploring the area. You can join a group activity or plan your own adventure!
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Policy & Nonprofit Leadership Intern-led excursion in downtown DC:
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Group visit to the National Gallery of Art!
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The group will meet at 1 p.m. at the West Building Entrance (6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW).
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Interns, please use the GroupMe for any day-of coordination.
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Self-guided Marymount PATH Tour
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The PATH project at Marymount is an educational tool and call to action that centers Indigenous worldviews, movements, artists, authors, and histories.
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Begin the tour at the Contemplative Garden, and visit a total of six locations that offer opportunities to discover ways you can take action to build community, advance racial justice, and protect the Earth.
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5:00 – 8:00 PM: SHECP Welcome Dinner
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Ballston Center, 2nd Floor Conference Room
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Dinner is co-hosted by the Policy & Nonprofit Leadership Interns and will include a talk by PNPL intern Katie Schadler, "Reflecting on my SHECP Summers," and a panel discussion with all six PNPL interns. Additionally, the evening will include opportunities to reconnect with fellow interns, and time to consider what comes next.
Saturday, August 2nd
8:00 – 9:45 AM: Breakfast & Networking
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Ballston Center, 2nd Floor Conference Room
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This event will offer all attendees, including SHECP interns, member institution faculty and staff, and SHECP stakeholders local to the D.C. area, an opportunity to connect with one another.
10:00 AM: Welcome Addresses
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Ballston Center, Auditorium
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Andrea Woodward, Professor of Sociology at Berea College & SHECP Board Member
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Dr. Pamela Slaven-Lee, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Marymount
10:15 AM – 12:30 PM: Research & Policy Speaker Sessions
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Ballston Center, Auditorium
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"On the Move: Understanding Housing As a Vehicle for Exiting Poverty," Joy Moses, JD, Vice President of Research and Evidence with the National Alliance to End Homelessness (bio)
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"Tax Policies to Support Low-Income Households," Alice Lin, Visiting Tax Policy Fellow at the Georgetown Center for Poverty and Inequality (bio)
12:30 – 1:30 PM: Lunch
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Outside participants interested in staying for lunch should register by Friday, July 25th.
1:30 – 4:15 PM: SHECP Summer Intern Reflection Panels
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Ballston Center, Rooms 5012, 5018, 5024, 5030
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During these concurrent panels, students will reflect on their own internship and discuss how their internship experience might inform their future paths.
4:15 – 5:30 PM: Final Gathering
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Ballston Center, 2nd Floor Conference Room
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Light snacks provided
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This final event is not required, but we strongly encourage you to attend! However, we understand that some individuals will need to leave to make their travel connections.
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Note: The SHECP Governing Board will meet the afternoon of Thursday July 31st (Ballston 4094), the SHECP Council will meet the morning of Friday, August 1st (Ballston 4043), and students will arrive on Friday August 1st.