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SHECP is pleased to announce the selection of this year's interns for the 2025 Policy & Nonprofit Leadership Internship program . These...

This June, SHECP will kick-off our summer programming with the week-long SHECP Internship Academy, including two sessions  that  will be...

On this special episode of SHECP Talks , where we’re excited to share a recording of a recent event featuring Dr. Christa Moore from UVA...

The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is excited to announce that the University of Virginia at Wise is the newest...

The  2025 SHECP Annual Conference   will be held August 1 – 2  on the campus of Marymount University in Arlington, VA . The two-day event...

A Live SHECP Talks Event On Tuesday, March 4th at 12pm ET, Christa Moore (UVA Wise) joined Ellen Prusinski (Centre College) to discuss...

Thank you for your interest in SHECP’s 2025 Policy & Nonprofit Leadership (PNPL) Internship ! This internship program offers a unique...

On this episode of SHECP Talks , Abby Gilbert , SHECP's Internship Director, is joined by Lorena Bonet Velazquez , a 2021 SHECP Summer...

A Pedagogy & Practice Virtual Event We are excited to have Lynn Pierson from Bucknell and Andrea Woodward from Berea to share how their...

This summer, 59 students from 16 Member Schools participated in SHECP Summer Internship and Policy & Nonprofit Leadership Internship ...

When students apply to SHECP, they are agreeing to an internship experience that will place them in a new community , with new roommates...

The 2024 SHECP Annual Conference was held July 26-27 on the campus of Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia . The annual event...

This summer, as part of the 2024 Practitioner Insights event series , we welcomed three guests to share how their agencies are trying...

The 2024 SHECP Annual Conference will held July 26-27 on the campus of Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. The annual event is...

Dr. Harlan Beckley, SHECP's Founding Executive Director, has authored the new book Rethinking Equal Opportunity: Dignity, Human...

Here at SHECP, we “encourage the study of poverty as a complex social problem and we are trying to prepare students for a lifetime of...

A conversation with Professor Katie Shester about creativity and the quilt that inspired our 2024 Graphics The graphics for SHECP’s 2024...

On this episode of SHECP Talks, we continue to reflect on the links between resilience and childhood poverty. Jen was delighted to...

On May 30th , SHECP hosted two general speaker sessions as part of the week-long Internship Academy. The full SHECP Internship Academy...

SHECP is pleased to announce the selection of this year's interns for the Policy & Nonprofit Leadership Internship program. These...