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By Rebecca Dunn, Washington and Lee University (2016) Ms. Dunn is a Sociology major and a Poverty and Human Capability Studies minor. She...

By Joe Pettit, SHECP Council Member. Dr. Pettit is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Morgan...

By Farai Musariri, Hendrix Collge (2016) Mr. Musariri is a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major with an interest in poverty studies. ...

Re-Imagining Development: Pursuing Good in a Changing World The 8th Annual Human Development Conference University of Notre Dame....

The Center for Social Concerns and the Poverty Studies Interdisciplinary Minor at the University of Notre Dame will host a three-day...

By Leah Travis Ms. Travis is a junior sociology major anticipating opportunities in undergraduate and graduate school to expand on what...

By Sneha Modi, University of Notre Dame (2016) I had the opportunity last summer to intern with The Food Trust, a non-profit that...

By Katja Kleine Ms. Kleine is a Teach for America high school math teacher and is working towards a Master’s Degree in Education at Johns...

By Akiksha Chatterji, College of Wooster (2017) The summer has been an intense to say the least. Frontline Service, in Cleveland, Ohio,...

By Kaeleigh E. Gale, Berea College (2016) When I was accepted into the Shepherd Poverty Consortium, I was excited to be able to work...

By Samuel Hudson, Virginia Military Institute (2017) The Shepherd Internship seeks to provide students who study poverty with a new...

By Kate Donnelly Ms. Donnelly works for Raffa, P.C., a public accounting firm specializing in nonprofits. She is a 2011 graduate of...

By Emma Jackson, Centre College (2018) There I was: standing in my office, the walls papered with photographs and interview transcripts,...

By Cabell Willis Cabell Willis is a 2014 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in...

By Batsheva Honig, Washington and Lee University (2017) The train stops at 56th Street station. I linger a moment making sure that I am...

By Matt Germaine Matt interned at the Atlanta Community Food Bank the summer before his senior year at The College of Wooster. He is a...

By Rachel Tullio Ms. Tullio is serving at ARTEZ (Allegheny River Towns Enterprise Zone) working on several community development...

By Martha Citlaly Mora Hernandez, Elon University (2016) This summer I interned in American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in...

By Lauren Scott, Elon University (2017) The community that I worked in this summer, Atlanta, lacks the proper structure to sustain the...

Claiborne Taylor works with Teach For America alumni in Philadelphia. He taught 4th grade in Houston, Texas through Teach For America;...