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The Shepherd Higher Education on Poverty and the Atlanta Speech School announce the speakers and schedule for a jointly sponsored conference on Childhood Literacy as a Public Health and Economic Imperative: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Do?  The symposium will take place at the Atlanta Speech School on Saturday, July 30, 2016, and feature: Maryanne Wolf, Greg Duncan, Marcia Carlson, and Walter Gilliam. Walter Gilliam is the director of the Edward Zigler Center in Chi

2:45 PM Session E, Washington & Lee University, Science Center 1) Parmly 307                     “The Ethics of Freedom: Consequences for American Healthcare,” Sarah Onyx Marosi, The College of Wooster and Abby Block, Washington and Lee University. Convener: Howard Pickett (Washington and Lee) 2) A 214                                “Race, Poverty, and the Criminal Justice System,” Chris Stella, Elon University Law School, and Brianna Cunningham, Bucknell University. Convener

AGENDA 2015 Symposium and Frueauff Closing Conference “Food, Nutrition, and Health in Children” and Shepherd Internship Reports. Schedule for Intern Reports 1 – 3 August 2015 – Lexington, Virginia Detailed agenda (PDF ) printer-friendly (as of 2 August) Formal Conference Program Saturday, August 1       Washington and Lee University 2:30-5:00 PM                      Board Meeting (Hillel House, Multipurpose Room) 5:00 – 8:00 PM                   Interns and attendees arrive a

The increasing nutrition gap between children from the privileged and children from less well-supported classes will be the focus of the 2015 Symposium of the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) on Sunday, August 2 in Lexington, Virginia. “Poor nutrition has become a serious barrier to equal opportunity,” said Harlan Beckley, executive director of SHECP. “We need a better understanding of this phenomenon so that we can more effectively reduce barriers to h