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As I walk into an attorney room at the Guilford County Jail, files and notepad in hand, a man in an orange jumpsuit is already seated on...

By Taylor Banaszewski This summer I worked at Foundation Communities, a non-profit in Austin, Texas where I promoted financial stability...

By Zosia Zdanowicz, University of Notre Dame Camden is under a microscope as a city: ranked as one of the top three most dangerous and...

By Zachary Taylor, Washington and Lee University In the wake of the deaths of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the five Dallas...

By Madison Dealing, Hendrix College As our 15-hour trip from Arlington, VA to Helena, AR came to an end, each of us grabbed a handful of...

By Joe Pettit.  Dr. Pettit is an associate professor of religious studies at Morgan State University.  This Opinion-Editorial appeared in...

By Kara Karcher “In both my undergraduate work and my work as a bilingual teacher, I have seen the impact our country’s legal systems can...

By E. Whitten Stone, Elon Law “You cannot understand a complex people by only looking at data – something inside you has to crack to let...

By Elizabeth Heller, Berea College Abstract – This paper uses findings from five journals to demonstrate the significance of quality...

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal to open Childhood Literacy as a Public Health & Economic Imperative Symposium on July 30th The focus of the...

By Farai Musariri Mr. Musarir is a native of Gweru, Zimbabwe. He is an alumnus of Hendrix College where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Cum...

July 12, 2016 — The Cleveland Clinic, the National Community Action Foundation, and Kennesaw State University will be Partners for the...

By Wesley N. Saintilnord I was born in a small city in the northeastern region of Haiti called Ouanaminthe (Ouanaminthe shares the border...

By Jabriel Hasan Mr. Hasan interned with the Boys & Girls Club of Chester (PA) the summer of 2014.  He studied Communication and Social...

By Nicole Gunawansa Ms. Gunawansa graduated from Washington and Lee University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience. Upon...

“The Shepherd Poverty Alliance (SPA) Internship allowed me to gain firsthand experience on the effects of poverty and contributed to my...

Norman Kim-Senior graduated from Washington and Lee University in 2005 with a double major in Spanish and Economics. After graduating, he...

Victoria Kumpuris Brown, Senior Program Officer, joined the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation staff in 2015, bringing her exceptional...

6 May 2016, Arlington, VA – More than 100 Shepherd Interns will gather at Marymount University (Main Campus) in Arlington, Virginia, on...

Thomas H. Lee Partners, LP Honors Tom and Nancy Shepherd Thomas H. Lee Partners in Boston, where Tom Shepherd worked for twelve years as...