Annual Conference

Friday, July 26th

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5:00 PM: Welcome Address

• Sascha Goluboff, SHECP Interim Director

 

Keynote: "Rethinking Equal Opportunity: A Conversation with Harlan Beckley" 

• Harlan Beckley, Professor Emeritus of Religion at Washington and Lee University, Founding Director of the Shepherd Poverty Program at Washington and Lee University, and the Founding Director of SHECP (bio)

• Connie Mick, Senior Associate Director and the Director of Academic Affairs at Notre Dame University's Center for Social Concerns, Director of the Poverty Studies Interdisciplinary Minor, and editor of the Journal of Poverty and Public Policy

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6:15 – 8:00 PM: Dinner & Policy & Nonprofit Leadership Internship Presentations (pre-registration required)

• Maria Elkins, Policy Intern with the National Community Action Foundation

• Avani Kashyap, Analyst with the United Planning Organization

• Claire Yang, Rural Poverty Intern with The Brookings Institution

 

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Saturday, July 27th

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9:00 AM: Check-in & Continental breakfast (served on-site, available to interns & school representatives only)

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9:00 AM: Workshop Sessions by Break Away (interns & school representatives only)

• Interns: “Reorientation and Collaboration” – In this asset-based workshop, participants will understand and define the importance of reorientation and explore the process of designing and managing coalitions to enhance community building, and turn ideas into future actions that aid in the creation and coordination of sustainable coalitions and reorientation practices.

• Faculty & Staff: "Advancing Justice Through a Tempered Radicals Approach" – Based on over 30 years of leadership training experience, Break Away presenters share ideas and practices on how to find and navigate the line of upholding institutional power structures while advocating against them to create more equitable spaces for all. Utilizing a tempered radical approach, recognizing that sustainable change may move slowly at risk-averse organizations, this workshop provides leadership educators with practical and strategic tools to help campuses move closer to justice while avoiding political pitfalls.

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10:45 AM: Break

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11:00 AM: “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 (bio)

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12:00 PM: Lunch (served on-site, pre-registration required)

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12:45 PM: "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 (bio)

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2:00 – 4:15 PM: Intern Reflection Panels 

Concurrent student panels will provide a forum for interns to reflect on their own internship and hear from their peers. Students will discuss the impact of their previous undergraduate coursework and how this experience informs their future paths.

• Room assignments for Intern Reflection Panels

• Session 1 (2:00-2:40)

• Session 2 (2:45-3:25)

• Session 3 (3:30-4:10)

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If you have questions or would like further information, please email Jen Handy.

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Note: The SHECP Council will meet from 2-4pm on Friday, July 26th. All students will arrive on Friday July 26th.