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A Live SHECP Talks Event On Wednesday, October 1st at 3pm ET, Lelaine Bigelow , Executive Director of the Georgetown Center for Poverty and Inequality (GCPI), will join Dr. Jeremy Everett , Executive Director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty , for a live recording of SHECP Talks. They will discuss the changes that the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) makes to SNAP, Medicaid, the disproportionate effect these changes are poised to have on women, and pos

A Summer of Growth & Adaptation For the 28th year, the SHECP Summer Internship provided a transformative experience for students from...

SHECP is excited to host Dr. Jonathan Eastwood , Professor of Sociology at Washington and Lee University, and Dr. Howard Pickett ,...

By Katie Schadler , 2025 Policy & Nonprofit Leadership Intern with the National Alliance to End Homelessness and 2024 SHECP Summer...

This summer, SHECP interns, faculty, and staff convened on the campus of Marymount University in Arlington, VA for the 2025 SHECP Annual...

Every summer, students conclude their SHECP Summer Internship experience by attending SHECP’s Annual Conference. In addition to hearing...

Updated 8/22/2025: This summer, 57 SHECP Summer Interns completed the full Conflict Transformation curriculum and received a certificate in Conflict Transformation from SHECP. 2025 is SHECP’s third year offering its Conflict Transformation Curriculum, aimed to equip students, faculty, and practitioners with the theoretical foundations and practical tools needed to navigate the complex interpersonal and systemic conflicts that arise in anti-poverty work.

Every summer, SHECP interns live in community with one another. They converge from different schools and varied backgrounds,...

Partnerships are at the heart of SHECP, particularly innovative opportunities to support students. This summer, SHECP continued existing...

The 2025 SHECP Annual Conference will be held July 31 – August 2 on the campus of Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia and is...

This summer, SHECP is welcoming five practitioners who work to address varying causes and consequences of poverty, in widely differing...

Students Complete SHECP Academy & Begin Summer Internship When, on Monday, June 9th , 82 SHECP Summer Interns began work at their...

In this episode of SHECP Talks , Noor Al-Saloum , staff at Shepherd's Clinic in Baltimore , encourages us to view patient intake as a core component of exceptional patient care and effective patient advocacy. Noor currently serves as a Community Health Worker with Shepherd's Clinic for the uninsured, a free clinic located in Baltimore. She has held several roles with Shepherd's Clinic over the past few years, including patient coordinator and executive assistant. Noor is int

In this episode of SHECP Talks , Dr. Troy Makal , Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at UVA Wise , invites us to consider how deeply...

SHECP is pleased to announce the selection of this year's interns for the 2025 Policy & Nonprofit Leadership Internship program . These...

At the beginning of June, SHECP kicked-off our summer programming with the week-long SHECP Internship Academy. On June 4th, Dr. Greg...

On this special episode of SHECP Talks , where we’re excited to share a recording of a recent event featuring Dr. Christa Moore from UVA Wise , co-author of Gendered Power in Child Welfare: What's Care Got to Do with It? Joined by Dr. Ellen Prusinski from Centre College , Moore delves into the critical issues explored in the book, including the flaws within Kentucky's child welfare system and the gendered power dynamics that shape it. Co-authored with Patricia Gagné, the boo

The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is excited to announce that the University of Virginia at Wise is the newest...

The 2025 SHECP Annual Conference will be held August 1 – 2 on the campus of Marymount University in Arlington, VA . The two-day event...

A Live SHECP Talks Event On Tuesday, March 4th at 12pm ET, Christa Moore (UVA Wise) joined Ellen Prusinski (Centre College) to discuss her new book — Gendered Power in Child Welfare: What's Care Got to Do with It? Moore's book, co-authored by Patricia Gagné, examines Kentucky's child welfare system, its institutional shortcomings, and possible solutions. “Even though my research was focused on Kentucky, the issues and challenges my research identified are everywhere. They