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SHECP Closing Conference Offers Students Opportunity to Report on Lessons Learned

Nearly 120 college students, from more than two dozen institutions, convened at Marymount University recently for the Shepherd Higher...

Aug 13, 2019

Harlan R. Beckley Award Presented to Notre Dame’s Jennifer Warlick

The 2019 Harlan R. Beckley Award was presented to Notre Dame’s Jennifer Warlick by Brett Morash, SHECP executive director, and Louwanda...

Aug 5, 2019

SHECP to Hold Closing Conference for 2019 Interns at Marymount University

The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) will hold its 2019 Frueauff Closing Conference, Aug. 3-4, at Marymount...

Jul 30, 2019

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...

Jun 18, 2019

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...

Mar 7, 2019

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...

Jan 10, 2019

SHECP Releases 2018 Annual Report

Read the report here. #financialstatements #nonprofit #annualreport #shepherdpoverty #shepherdconsortium #governance #Poverty...

Dec 19, 2018

Hamilton College Joins Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty

The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is pleased to welcome its newest member, Hamilton College. SHECP is a...

Dec 19, 2018

Connolly Family Foundation Pledges $600,000 to SHECP

The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is pleased to announce that it has received a $600,000 charitable commitment...

Oct 23, 2018

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...

Sep 20, 2018

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...

Aug 20, 2018

New Insight

“Ending toxic relationships since ‘08,” could very well be one of Judge David Matia’s most common sayings, ever since his Drug Court...

Aug 14, 2018

SHECP Interns Report on Efforts to Alleviate Poverty at Closing Conference

SHECP intern Margaux Curless, Centre College, reports on her work at the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO). Nearly...

Aug 8, 2018

SHECP to Hold Closing Conference for 2018 Interns in Cleveland

CLEVELAND—The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) will hold its 2018 Frueauff Closing Conference, at the campuses of...

Aug 3, 2018

Beckley Addresses Role of Higher Ed in ‘Rethinking Poverty’

SHECP Executive Director, Harlan Beckley, spoke at the Chautauqua Institution this summer on “Rethinking Poverty and Inequality: Changing...

Nov 25, 2014

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