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Nov 16, 2015

How the Shepherd Program Shaped my Career Path

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

Nov 13, 2015

SHECP Council Member Publishes Essay related to Understanding Racial Injustice in “Sojourners&

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

Nov 11, 2015

Subtleties of Poverty and Race: A Zimbabwean-in-America’s Perspective

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

Oct 26, 2015

Nutrition and Community: The Keys to Health in Camden

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

Oct 7, 2015

Connections between Mental Health and Poverty

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

Oct 6, 2015

Filling My Loving Cup

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

Oct 5, 2015

Poverty Studies and Business: A Seamless Integration

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

Oct 1, 2015

Hope We Must, Persevere We Will

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

Sep 30, 2015

Possessing a High Sense of Public Service

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

Sep 28, 2015

What Happens when Help is Gone?

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

Sep 15, 2015

The American Dream: Whose Dream is it Anyway?

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

Sep 15, 2015

Poverty Studies Leads to Policy Research Aspirations

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

Sep 11, 2015

Room 209

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

Sep 11, 2015

Engendering Confidence for Leadership in Community Reduces Poverty

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

Sep 8, 2015

Demanding Education as Opportunity When Prison is Viewed as a Home

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

Sep 4, 2015

How Mobile Oasis Improves Nutrition and Builds Community

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

Sep 4, 2015

Challenges to the Universal Right to Healthcare – CrossOver Ministry and the Shepherd Experien

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

Sep 4, 2015

Expanding My Concept of Health and Healthcare

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

Sep 3, 2015

Chemical Dependency Epidemic Reveals How US Healthcare Fails the Poor

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

Sep 3, 2015

Redefining Justice

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

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