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During my time in Burlington, Vermont this summer I learned how to be uncomfortable. As a white, American-born woman pursuing a college...

The time has come to be honest: ‘privilege’ is a buzzword. I cannot count the instances in which I’ve thrown the term out, whether in...

Anna’s Place NOLA, a non-profit organization, seeks to improve the lives of citizens living in the Tréme/7th ward of New Orleans. This...

“I am really sorry to ask these questions. I won’t pretend to know how difficult it must be to answer them,” I reached across the table...

Professor Mick teaches Rhetorics of Gender and Poverty as well as the Capstone for Poverty Studies. She serves on the SHECP Governing...

As we drive down West Hill Street I count the number of foreclosed properties we pass, the boarded-up windows and doors marked with...

As I near the end of my twenty years with the Shepherd Program at Washington and Lee, its intern Alliance that included Berea College,...

2017 was a record-setting year for the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty. Under the direction of Internship Director Amy K....

The Shepherd Consortium (SHECP) is pleased to welcome its newest member, Manchester University (MU), to membership. Located in North...

Will you join us? On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Giving Tuesday, people around the world will come together to celebrate and support...

2017 SHECP Symposium speaker videos are now available at https://www.shepherdconsortium.org/conferences/symposium/ for the speakers and...

Shepherd Consortium Elects New Officers and Council Members and Governing Board Chair Appoints Committee Chairs The Shepherd Higher...

Lexington, VA — Paul Butler, Albert Brick Professor in Law at Georgetown University; James Forman, Jr., Professor of Law at Yale...

Millsaps College Selected as SHECP Academic Home; Rolph Named Academic Director Following a competitive application process, Millsaps...

Poverty Studies Students to Prepare for Summer Internships at Marymount University. Lexington, VA — The Shepherd Higher Education...

Taking the Pulse on Poverty” symposium will take place on Tuesday, March 28 and focus on the missing connections between poverty and...

SHECP would like to thank the Kappa Alpha Order for the generous donation of office space within their National Administrative Offices in...

Perhaps I should not be surprised that several SHECP alumni and friends have written since the November election to tell me how important...

Elizabeth Lidinsky Donahoo, MD, recently published “Step Outside the Office to Understand Healthier Lifestyles” on AAP Voices website as...

The Shepherd Consortium website now features videos of the speakers and discussion from the July 30 symposium on “Childhood Literacy as a...