The 2024 SHECP Annual Conference will held July 26-27 on the campus of Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. The annual event is designed to place the individual experiences of the SHECP interns into broader anti-poverty policy, research and organizational efforts, and to situate it within their undergraduate education. The conference also provides professional development opportunities for the staff and faculty of member institutions and community partners.
The following conference sessions are open to the larger community. You can find the full schedule of events and additional information here. The 2024 SHECP Annual Conference is made possible by the generous support of the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation.
Keynote Session – "Rethinking Equal Opportunity: A Conversation with Harlan Beckley"
hosted by Connie Mick
Harlan Beckley is the Fletcher Otey Thomas Professor of Religion, Emeritus at Washington and Lee University, the founding Director of the Shepherd Poverty Program, and the founding Executive Director of the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty. Beckley is the author and editor of multiple publications: books, articles, reviews, and more popular essays. His new book, Rethinking Equal Opportunity: Dignity, Human Capability, and Justice, was published earlier this year. Full bio • More information about new book
Connie Mick is a senior associate director and the director of academic affairs at the Center for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame and director of their Poverty Studies Interdisciplinary Minor. Professor Mick works with faculty to design and implement academic community engagement in courses and research across the University, informed by pedagogical research on engaged teaching and learning. Mick is editor of the Journal of Poverty and Public Policy, and has served as a governing board member for SHECP. Website
“Advancing Research to Improve African American Child & Family Well-Being”
Dr. Latrice Rollins, Assistant Professor of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine and Director of National African American Child and Family Research Center
Latrice Rollins is an Assistant Professor at Morehouse School of Medicine in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine and Prevention Research Center. She is also the director of the National African American Child and Family Research Center. Dr. Rollins is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leader, whose work is focused on father engagement and father-inclusive practices in health and human services. She is the principal investigator for several community-based participatory research studies focused on father engagement in maternal and child health and violence prevention. She received her bachelor's degree in sociology from Spelman College and her master's and doctorate in social work from the University of Georgia. Full bio • Website
"Immigration Law in 2024"
Emily Claire Torstveit Ngara, Associate Clinical Professor and Director of the Immigration Clinic at the Georgia State University School of Law
Emily Claire Torstveit Ngara, associate clinical professor and director of the Immigration Clinic, teaches a live-client clinic where students represent indigent noncitizens in a variety of immigration matters. During the course of the semester students hone their skills in interviewing, counseling, fact investigation, legal research and writing, and trial skills. Before joining the Georgia State faculty in August 2019, Emily directed the Deportation Defense Clinic at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University which provides direct representation for individuals at imminent risk of deportation as well as impact litigation and community education on Long Island. Emily also served as a Clinical Fellow for three years in the Immigrant Rights Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law (UB) and two years at the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC) where she supervised students in the representation of indigent noncitizens in a variety of immigration matters. Emily received her LL.M in Clinical Teaching from UDC, her JD from the University of Pennsylvania, and Bachelor’s degrees in Marketing and Norwegian Language and Literature from the University of Washington in Seattle. Full bio
You can find additional event information here. The 2024 SHECP Annual Conference is made possible by the generous support of the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation.
Contact info@shepherdconsortium.org if you have any questions or would like further information.
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