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Farai reveals what he learned about poverty and homeless children from working and playing with young friends at the Ark. A purely...

Cate Costely from Middlebury College offers a heart wrenching and heartwarming narrative about what she learned while working at St....

Elaine Lac from Bucknell University worked as an organizer and advocate for Kentuckians for the Common Wealth, an organization devoted to...

The following paper by Lee Haruno, a Poverty Studies minor from the University of Notre Dame, focuses on epidemiology and the science of...

Life Pieces to Masterpieces in Washington, D.C., provides African American males in impoverished neighborhoods with opportunities to...

“The Affordable Care Act and Low-Income Americans” Timothy S. Jost Robert L. Willett Family Professor of Law Washington and Lee...

Jeanne DuBois, head of Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (DBEDC), a successful Boston community development corporation,...

Tim Jost W&L School of Law Professor Tim Jost and Dr. David Longworth of the Cleveland Clinic will speak on the on the Affordable Care...

Markus Creachbaum, a member of John Carroll University’s Class of 2015, explored his interest in poverty alleviation as an intern with...

Honor in Service: Leaders Responding to the Needs of Our Time March 9-11, 2015 The 2015 Virginia Military Institute Leadership Conference...

Shannon Bell Shannon Bell, assistant professor of sociology at the University Kentucky, has received another accolade for her recent...

Harlan Beckley Harlan Beckley, executive director of the Shepherd Higher Education on Poverty, will speak at the Chautauqua Institution...

Brian Pusser, program coordinator for higher education in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, and Christian...

Shannon Bell speaks to students at Washington and Lee University in March 2014. Photo by W&L University photographer Shannon Bell, former...

Louwanda Evans, assistant professor of sociology at Millsaps College, won a grant from the Associated Colleges of the South (ASC) to...

The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) Board of Directors, at its meeting on August 4, 2013, elected a new Board...

Leanne Stone, W&L Leanne Stone, a member of Washington and Lee University’s Class of 2014, explored her interest in youth and education...

The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) has received a $25,000 matching grant from The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz...

Nicky Peacher, W&L, assists students in the Bridges at St. Paul’s School program W&L student Nicky Peacher helped a summer enrichment...

Cabell Willis, a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute, participated in the 2013 Shepherd Internship Program, where he interned with...