SHECP is excited to host Maureen McNamara Best , Executive Director of the Local Environmental Agriculture Project (LEAP), and Zach Zook , Chief Strategy Officer for the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, for a Springboard event on Tuesday, February 17th.    Register here!    The discussion, moderated by Professor Ryan McCoy , will explore the ways in which different organizations across the country are leveraging their local networks and opportunities to integrate farming into their efforts to...

Thank you for your interest in SHECP’s 2026 Policy & Nonprofit Leadership (PNPL) Internship ! This internship program offers a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to gain experience in public policy and nonprofit leadership while addressing issues of poverty in communities. Students will bring their experiences and perspectives — gained from coursework and working with clients at community partners engaged in anti-poverty work — to understanding the challenges of leading these...

On this episode of SHECP Talks , we are joined by two 2015 SHECP Interns — Kelsey Dowling and Samuel Hudson . Kelsey, a 2017 graduate of University Lynchburg , interned with Tenacity Inc. , a Boston-based nonprofit that uses tennis to teach reading and life skills to youth from preschool through high school. Samuel, a 2017 graduate of Virginia Military Institute , spent his summer working with Code/Interactive , a New York City nonprofit that places high school students in coding internships....