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65.5 million. One person out of every 113 people in the world. These statistics represent the number of people who have experienced...

“We shouldn’t be hiring judges by the thousands, as our ridiculous immigration laws demand, we should be changing our laws, building the...

“Ending toxic relationships since ‘08,” could very well be one of Judge David Matia’s most common sayings, ever since his Drug Court...

SHECP intern Margaux Curless, Centre College, reports on her work at the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO). Nearly...

CLEVELAND—The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) will hold its 2018 Frueauff Closing Conference, at the campuses of...

ARLINGTON, VA.—Representative Jim McGovern of Massachusetts was the keynote speaker at the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on...

LEXINGTON, VA.—The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Sam Kille as its...

Lexington, Virginia (May 23, 2018) – Harlan Beckley, SHECP Founding Director, delivered remarks at the Baccalaureate Ceremony at...

2018 Governing Board & SHECP Council Meetings Thursday, August 2 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Governing Board Meeting (15)* Conference Room to...

LEXINGTON, Va., May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is proud to announce our largest...

Elon University web site announcement to read more the about the book.

When I was 22 years old I found myself off the coast of Somalia, specifically Mogadishu, on my first ship, USS Harlan County (LST 1196),...

When Ash Smith selected the University of Notre Dame for her undergraduate education, she knew what she was choosing. “I really wanted to...

I was one of two interns at REMERGE in Atlanta, Georgia, last summer. The REMERGE community sparked within me a deep love of...

“All are presumed innocent until proven guilty” is a phrase commonly employed when articulating the principles of the American criminal...

*Dannick Kenon’s internship with the Maryland Office of the Public Defender in Baltimore occurred alongside a developing investigation...

Lexington, Virginia — Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) has earned the Platinum GuideStar Nonprofit Profile Seal of...

Interning at the Health Brigade in Richmond, Virginia expanded my perspective of both poverty and charity by challenging me to see how...

Lexington, VA — The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP) is pleased to welcome its newest and twenty-fifth member,...

My internship at Miriam’s Kitchen (MK) was an experience that I’m still processing. When I arrived, it wasn’t exactly like I thought it...