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Lexington, VA – 3 November 2014 – Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) today In this capacity, Ms. DeHart will...

Arrina helps us to understand the struggles of immigrant children and their families. Arrina buried among her new friends. Emerging from...

Matthew learns about improving nutrition for the residents of Atlanta. Farmer Matt As the 5:30pm bus home rolled into the Woodruff Circle...

Lainey Johnson helps us understand how after school programs can open up new opportunities. Lainey’s Team “Have you thought about what...

Ann Paden’s experience in Atlanta gives her a new perspective on domestic abuse and the vulnerability of immigrants. At work with...

Laura helps us to see the need for a holistic approach to legal injustice and support for women and families. Lauren at work in the House...

Emma reveals the human side of criminal law and how law can be incorporated with social services. Emma and friends with Rev. Ralphael...

Zachary offers deeper insight into mental health policy for vulnerable residents of Cleveland. Mental health care has long been an...

Peter gains a new perspective on the work of the Public Advocates Office in Eastern Kentucky. I worked with the public defender in...

Caleb David, a law student, examines policies in Pennsylvania and West Virginia and at the federal level that support the reintegration...

Caroline Gill, currently working for J.P. Morgan in New York, analyzes the regressive nature of tax expenditures and their effect on the...

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...