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By Rebecca Dunn, Washington and Lee University (2016) Ms. Dunn is a Sociology major and a Poverty and Human Capability Studies minor. She...

By Joe Pettit, SHECP Council Member. Dr. Pettit is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Morgan...

By Farai Musariri, Hendrix Collge (2016) Mr. Musariri is a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major with an interest in poverty studies. ...

By Sneha Modi, University of Notre Dame (2016) I had the opportunity last summer to intern with The Food Trust, a non-profit that...

By Akiksha Chatterji, College of Wooster (2017) The summer has been an intense to say the least. Frontline Service, in Cleveland, Ohio,...

By Kaeleigh E. Gale, Berea College (2016) When I was accepted into the Shepherd Poverty Consortium, I was excited to be able to work...

By Kate Donnelly Ms. Donnelly works for Raffa, P.C., a public accounting firm specializing in nonprofits.  She is a 2011 graduate of...

By Emma Jackson, Centre College (2018) There I was: standing in my office, the walls papered with photographs and interview transcripts,...

By Cabell Willis Cabell Willis is a 2014 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in...

By Batsheva Honig, Washington and Lee University (2017) The train stops at 56th Street station. I linger a moment making sure that I am...

By Katherine Rose Johnson, Middlebury College (2018) “tell me about your despair, yours, and I will tell you mine” — Mary Oliver, Wild...

By Morgan Hobbs Ms. Hobbs works at Mathematica Policy Research in Washington, D.C. as a Research Assistant. She is a 2015 graduate of...

By Jaziah Masters, Baylor University (2017) This room has special meaning for me. This past summer, room 209 became my classroom, a...

By Zoe Stein, Washington and Lee University (2017) This summer I served as a mentor for Monster Slayers, a summer program targeting...

By Emma Swabb, Washington and Lee University (2017) It was the first Wednesday of the mandatory summer program at Washington Jesuit...

By Hannah Gilmore, Washington and Lee University (2016) Alana Babington and I pored over a map of Greensboro, NC, divided into wobbly...

By Emily Kruse, University of Notre Dame (2016) As a Medical Administrator Intern at CrossOver Ministry, a free healthcare clinic in...

By Jennifer Saccente, Washington and Lee University (2017) “Well that will certainly be interesting…” This comment, along with a look of...

By Abigail Block, Washington & Lee University (2017) When I attempt to explain my summer experience to friends and family, it comes out...

By Leah Travis, Millsaps College (2017) It was my last day in Washington, D.C. after having spent a whirlwind summer interning as an...