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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...

“My SHECP internship granted me the opportunity to witness what selfless means.” Writes Collins. From a young age, I did not know what I...

James Forman, Jr., Professor of Law at Yale University, will speak at the Shepherd Consortium symposium on “Criminal Justice, Poverty,...

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

“While studying and discussing Daniel Moynihan’s “Culture of Poverty” in Washington and Lee Poverty 101 class, I asked myself ‘Why is it...

“The biggest hurdle for these families was finding affordable, high quality food without jumping through enormous obstacles” writes...

“Medical treatment is not enough; we must also consider how to relieve a patient’s psychosocial situation to improve and sustain their...

The idea of the began with Reverend Ralph W. Beiting, a Roman Catholic priest born and raised in northern Kentucky. He was the oldest of...

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

The connection between intimate partner violence (IPV) and poverty isn’t obvious. In fact, it took me the majority of the summer to...

(LIFT is a national anti-poverty non-profit devoted to empowering families to break the cycle of poverty. This summer I was a Community...

“The Patch taught me that every effort to fight poverty successfully should promote holistic development, trust, and new experiences”...

I interned this summer with the Kanawha County Extension Office in West Virginia. I worked with the 4-H Positive Youth Development...

The office of the Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC) is in the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, and their clients are in the elevators,...

“We, those of us with privilege, must take this challenge to define our roles, but we must keep our eyes and ears open” writes Iglitzin....

“The experiences from that first Shepherd Alliance internship remain with me in many ways, shaping my career and beyond,” writes Calix....

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

“I want to be able to empower persons who may have given up and strengthen their neighborhoods where poverty is rampant.” – Lindsey Allen...