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Using the Law to Create Positive Social Change
By Kerriann Laubach “I worked with the youth court system —an alternative school disciplinary system focused on restorative rather than...
Jan 5, 2016
Thinking Differently
By Caroline Head Ms. Head is a consultant for Prophet Brand Strategy in Atlanta. Prior to working at Prophet, Caroline worked in...
Jan 5, 2016
SHECP Interns Publish Articles in VA Engage Journal
Two SHECP Internship Alumni, Rebecca B. Dunn and Anna Paden Carson, have been published in the current issue of VA Engage Journal (Vol 4....
Jan 5, 2016
The Three Lessons the Shepherd Program Taught Me about Public Service
By Natasha Lerner Ms. Lerner received her MPA, specializing in International Health from New York University – Robert F. Wagner Graduate...
Jan 4, 2016
A Call to Action
By Sarah Catherine Welch Ms. Welch is a fifth year First Grade teacher in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Washington and Lee...
Jan 4, 2016
A Newfound Optimism: The Role of Economic Development in the Rebirth of Camden
By Ram Raval, Washington and Lee University (2018) Interestingly enough, one of the most memorable experiences I encountered while...
Dec 31, 2015
Little by Little
By Maneesha Julakanti, Baylor University 2017 “Don’t ever leave me. Don’t you ever leave me!” she cried, her little body clinging to my...
Dec 31, 2015
Building Relationships and Implementing Data-Driven Measures
By Michael Sullivan, Washington and Lee University (2018) I remember how many people looked at me in disbelief when I told them I would...
Dec 30, 2015
Camden Healthcare: Challenging Stereotypes
By Tierney Wolgemuth, Washington and Lee University (2016) A lot of words come to mind when people mention Camden, New Jersey. Vibrant,...
Dec 30, 2015
Curing Inequalities: Poverty Studies and the Medical Student
By Rachael Petry Ms. Petry is in her third year of medical school at University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis, TN. She...
Dec 30, 2015
The Power of the Open Sky
By Cate Costley Ms. Costley is a recent graduate of Middlebury College and a 2014 Shepherd Intern. As a History major at Middlebury, with...
Dec 30, 2015
Bursting the Bubble: Learning the Difference between Absolute and Relative Poverty
By Megan Gilpin After graduating from Berea College in 2010, Ms. Gilpin began graduate school at George Mason University. She graduated...
Dec 28, 2015
More than a Commute…
Ms. Suits works as the Alumni Programs Manager at Woodward Academy in Atlanta, GA. She graduated from Berea College in 2014 with a...
Dec 28, 2015
Medical School Interviews and Shepherd Internship Memories
By Kaitlyn Reasoner Ms. Reasoner is a Biology major and biology teaching assistant at Berea College. Following graduation, she will...
Dec 28, 2015
Appreciating Privilege
By C.J. Tighe, John Carroll University (2016) For 8 weeks this past summer, I gratefully accepted an offer to intern for the Shepherd...
Dec 28, 2015
Reflections on Louisville Homelessness
By Jacqueline Carson Jacqueline Carson is a senior pre-medical student at Washington and Lee majoring in Biology and Economics and...
Dec 21, 2015
University of Vermont Joins SHECP
The University of Vermont strengthened its commitment to better understand and create solutions that reduce societal inequities caused by...
Dec 10, 2015
Poverty Studies Shaped My Commitment to Education
By Kathryn Marsh-Soloway Ms. Marsh-Soloway joined Teach for America Corps in Atlanta in 2013. After two years teaching special education...
Dec 7, 2015
Beckley visits Niagara University
SHECP executive director Harlan Beckley visited SHECP Member Niagara University on 16 November. In addition to give remarks to students...
Nov 24, 2015
Development Consultant Joins SHECP
23 November, 2015, – Alexandra Bowles, Founder of Atlas Grant Solutions, Roanoke, VA, has been appointed development consultant for...
Nov 23, 2015
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