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On this episode of SHECP Talks, Mansi Tripathi, a 2022 graduate of Washington and Lee University talks about her 2019 internship with the...

On June 16, 2022, Dr. Kelli Jarrell, a SHECP alum, spoke about her work as a Social Emergency Medicine fellow, her development of the...

SHECP Founding Executive Director Harlan Beckley and Distinguished Professors Release New Book – Dr. Harlan Beckley and Dr. Matthew...

“The Shepherd Program permanently changed the way I see the world, directed my education, and influenced my passions.” Caroline Gill...

“Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity” posted a commentary today by SHECP executive director, Harlan R. Beckley, “Why Don’t...

Isabella Martin writes a short story to help us understand the transition that youth from low-income rural families must make as they...

Lindy Stevens, formerly a Teach for American participant and currently a law student at Washington and Lee, finds that No Child Left...

Jake Struebing, currently attending Yale Law School, takes a realistic approach to law, public policy, and affordable housing. To view...

By Joe Landry Washington and Lee University ’13 Instead of cutting aid to the poor, the president and Congress should focus on reforming...

Driving into DC the night before the first day of my internship was a surreal experience. I did not know whether I should be scared,...

By Kerriann Laubach Ms. Laubach is a student at Washington & Lee University School of Law As an undergraduate Environmental Studies major...

Hopscotch, I always thought, is a game played by innocent, laughing children on a playground that is safe from danger and pain. It is...

SHECP Executive Director, Harlan Beckley, spoke at the Chautauqua Institution this summer on “Rethinking Poverty and Inequality: Changing...

Zachary offers deeper insight into mental health policy for vulnerable residents of Cleveland. Mental health care has long been an...

Caroline Gill, currently working for J.P. Morgan in New York, analyzes the regressive nature of tax expenditures and their effect on the...

“The Affordable Care Act and Low-Income Americans” Timothy S. Jost Robert L. Willett Family Professor of Law Washington and Lee...

Leanne Stone, W&L Leanne Stone, a member of Washington and Lee University’s Class of 2014, explored her interest in youth and education...

Nicky Peacher, W&L, assists students in the Bridges at St. Paul’s School program W&L student Nicky Peacher helped a summer enrichment...

Becca Dean, W&L I spent my summer as a Shepherd Intern in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Kennedy Krieger Institute’s PACT Therapeutic...

Sarah Rachal, W&L W&L student Sarah Rachal worked with children in PACT’s therapeutic nursery in Baltimore as part of the 2013 Shepherd...