Knowing Your Neighbors: Reflections on How to Build Diverse Small Business Communities
During my time in Burlington, Vermont this summer I learned how to be uncomfortable. As a white, American-born woman pursuing a college...
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Dec 28, 2017
Privilege and Inequality: Where Theory Meets Reality
The time has come to be honest: ‘privilege’ is a buzzword. I cannot count the instances in which I’ve thrown the term out, whether in...
Dec 26, 2017
Creating Opportunities for Children in New Orleans
Anna’s Place NOLA, a non-profit organization, seeks to improve the lives of citizens living in the Tréme/7th ward of New Orleans. This...
Dec 8, 2017
The Dehumanizing Nature of the Immigration System: More Than Names on a File
“I am really sorry to ask these questions. I won’t pretend to know how difficult it must be to answer them,” I reached across the table...
Nov 28, 2017
Mick publishes chapter on teaching poverty and mental health through service-learning
Professor Mick teaches Rhetorics of Gender and Poverty as well as the Capstone for Poverty Studies. She serves on the SHECP Governing...
Nov 28, 2017
Traversing the 9th Street Divide: Educational Enrichment for the Children of Louisville
As we drive down West Hill Street I count the number of foreclosed properties we pass, the boarded-up windows and doors marked with...
Oct 30, 2017
A Message from Harlan Beckley, Executive Director, SHECP
As I near the end of my twenty years with the Shepherd Program at Washington and Lee, its intern Alliance that included Berea College,...
Oct 27, 2017
SHECP Class of 2017 Sets Record, Wins Praise from Partners
2017 was a record-setting year for the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty. Under the direction of Internship Director Amy K....
Oct 27, 2017
SHECP Welcomes New Member, Manchester University, to Consortium
The Shepherd Consortium (SHECP) is pleased to welcome its newest member, Manchester University (MU), to membership. Located in North...
Oct 25, 2017
SHECP launches inaugural giving campaign – ‘Transforming Poverty Studies’
Will you join us? On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Giving Tuesday, people around the world will come together to celebrate and support...
Oct 17, 2017
2017 SHECP Symposium Speaker Videos are Now Available
2017 SHECP Symposium speaker videos are now available at https://www.shepherdconsortium.org/conferences/symposium/ for the speakers and...
Aug 10, 2017
Shepherd Consortium Elects New Officers and Council Members
Shepherd Consortium Elects New Officers and Council Members and Governing Board Chair Appoints Committee Chairs The Shepherd Higher...
May 3, 2017
Speakers Announced for Symposium on Criminal Justice, Poverty, and Race
Lexington, VA — Paul Butler, Albert Brick Professor in Law at Georgetown University; James Forman, Jr., Professor of Law at Yale...
May 1, 2017
Millsaps College Selected as SHECP Academic Home; Rolph Named Academic Director
Millsaps College Selected as SHECP Academic Home; Rolph Named Academic Director Following a competitive application process, Millsaps...
Apr 21, 2017
Poverty Studies Students will Prepare for Internships at Marymount University
Poverty Studies Students to Prepare for Summer Internships at Marymount University. Lexington, VA — The Shepherd Higher Education...
Mar 23, 2017
Harlan Beckley to Speak at Sixth Annual “Taking the Pulse on Poverty” Symposium
Taking the Pulse on Poverty” symposium will take place on Tuesday, March 28 and focus on the missing connections between poverty and...
Jan 20, 2017
Kappa Alpha Order supports SHECP
SHECP would like to thank the Kappa Alpha Order for the generous donation of office space within their National Administrative Offices in...
Nov 30, 2016
Special Message from the SHECP Executive Director, Harlan Beckley
Perhaps I should not be surprised that several SHECP alumni and friends have written since the November election to tell me how important...
Oct 26, 2016
Poverty Studies Graduate Publishes in the American Academy of Pediatrics AAP Voices
Elizabeth Lidinsky Donahoo, MD, recently published “Step Outside the Office to Understand Healthier Lifestyles” on AAP Voices website as...
Sep 19, 2016
Childhood Literacy Videos Posted
The Shepherd Consortium website now features videos of the speakers and discussion from the July 30 symposium on “Childhood Literacy as a...
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