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Charting a Career Path through Service
By Rachel Sommer Ms. Sommer earned a B.A. in international studies from Middlebury College and a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity...
Feb 22, 2016


Effectively Diminishing Poverty Requires Both the Heart and the Head
By Rob Turner Mr. Turner graduated from Washington and Lee University in 2002 with a B.A. in Religious Studies. He also completed a M.A....
Feb 22, 2016


Poverty Is the Same Everywhere: A Legal Trap
By Husam Nasser Mr. Nasser works as a loan officer at the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation. He graduated from Berea...
Feb 21, 2016


How I Was Awakened to Systematic Injustices in Healthcare and Public Health
By Markus Creachbaum Mr. Creachbaum earned his Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from John Carroll University in 2015. Stepping outside of...
Feb 20, 2016


The Medically Underserved: A Lesson in Humility
By Christopher Martin Blackwell Mr. Blackwell graduated from Washington and Lee University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a...
Feb 19, 2016


Journey to America: Understanding Poverty
By Deeksha Prakash Ms. Prakash graduated from Washington and Lee University in 2002 with a BA in Politics. She has worked in...
Feb 17, 2016


How My Poverty Studies Internship Instilled a Lifelong Practice of Getting Comfortable with Discomfo
By Kelly Nichols Ms. Nichols received her undergraduate degree from Washington and Lee University with a major in English in 2000. From...
Feb 13, 2016


The Shepherd Poverty Program–The Impact of Experiential Learning
By Joseph Stiles Gannett “I realized that in order to improve a health care system, you must do more than provide medical expertise; you...
Feb 11, 2016


Scaling Up: From Direct Service to Systems Analysis in Health Equity
By Michael White “How could our government institutions, meant to act as a safety net for the most vulnerable among us, actively work...
Feb 9, 2016


We Have So Much to Bring, But so Much to Learn
By Alice Matthai Ms. Matthai is Academic and College Success Coordinator at Boys Hope Girls Hope of Baltimore. She graduated from...
Feb 9, 2016


From Emotive Responses to Effective Responses Informed by Law and Data Analysis
By Robyn Konkel Ms. Konkel is a Senior Attorney-Adviser at the Social Security Administration, where she has worked since September 2010....
Feb 8, 2016


How Understanding Poverty Changed My Perspective on Flourishing
By Caitlin Schuman Ms. Schuman graduated from Washington and Lee University in 2012 with a major in Biochemistry and minors in Poverty...
Feb 4, 2016


Overcoming the Barriers of Poverty
By Whitney Hacker Ms. Hacker currently lives in the Greater Cincinnati region and works for DAV (Disabled American Veterans) at its...
Feb 3, 2016


Poverty Studies and Finance: A Contradiction?
By Jaclyn Smith Ms. Smith works in the investment management industry, previously in institutional business development for a public...
Feb 3, 2016


A Framework for “Higher Thinking”: My Experience with the Shepherd Poverty Program
By Laura Berry Ms. Berry currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia and works for Hunton & Williams, LLP in their pro bono partnership...
Feb 2, 2016


W&L Administrator Recognized as 2015-16 Bonner Foundation National Fellow
“Being a fellow has offered me the opportunity to explore my personal and professional development in new ways,” say Charley, Bonner...
Feb 2, 2016


On Celebrating Discomfort
By Casey Morrison Ms. Morrison is a Public Health major at Elon University with minors in Poverty Studies and Anthropology. She is...
Feb 1, 2016


Indefensible: The State Of Indigent Defense In The Era of Mass Incarceration
by Christopher Stella Mr. Stella is a second year law student, pursuing his Juris Doctor at Elon University School of Law with an...
Feb 1, 2016


Be a Champion of Liberty
By Annie Zhang Ms. Zhang is a first year law student at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis. In 2013, she graduated with a...
Feb 1, 2016


The Trap: Making Over a Community That Is Confined By Crime
By Brianna Cunningham, Bucknell University (2016) For the summer of 2015, I had the opportunity to intern with the United States...
Feb 1, 2016
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