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Kelly with a group of children in DC after completing the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s curriculum on nutrition and physical...

By Allison Behrndt Ms. Allison Behrndt is currently a MS Candidate (2015) in Medical Physiology at Case Western Reserve University. She...

By Marina Giannirakis, John Carroll University (2017) No matter who you are or what kind of person you are, there is no possible way to...

By Vanessa J. Ndege Ms. Ndege is currently a Housing Services Specialist in the Housing Stabilization Department- Emergency Services...

By Katherine H. LeMasters Ms. LeMasters is researching the pregnancy experiences of Roma women in Romania through the Edwin A. Morris ’26...

By Kelsey Hoffman, Lynchburg College (2015);  MSW Candidate (2017), Virginia Commonwealth University I woke up to the ringing of my too...

By Rebecca Dunn, Washington and Lee University (2016) There is a truly a housing crisis in our nation’s capital. This crisis is...

By Christopher Stella, Elon University, Elon Law (2017) Hurricane Katrina is arguably the worst man-made disaster that the United States...

By Kjersti Kleine, Furman University (2017) Driving into Helena-West Helena, Arkansas was like nothing I have ever experienced. As we...

By Molly Snell-Larch, AmeriCorps Member Service Fellow, LIFT (DC).  Ms Snell-Larch is a 2015 Graduate of the College of Wooster and a...

By Mason Grist, Washington and Lee University (2018). Confusion. Anger. Frustration. These emotions culminate in an outpouring of tears...

By Wesley Saintilnord, Berea College (2016) In spring of 2015, I was accepted to the prestigious Shepherd Internship Program at the Moses...

By Eleanor Paige Bacon As an intern at HomeAgain in Richmond, Virginia, a non-profit organization that provides transitional and...

By Jill Waity, Ph.D. When I first began college at Washington and Lee University, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. I had always done...

Timothy S. Jost, Robert L. Willett Family Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University, a featured speaker on the Affordable Care...

In the spring of 2014, I applied for the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty Internship Program, not knowing how valuable it...

By Shiri Yadlin, Shepherd Intern 2010 Yadlin will begin a Masters Program at Georgetown University this fall. She is a 2012 graduate of...

Monday, 8 June 2015 – The Rev. Dr. Rebecca Todd Peters writes about poverty studies in her current entry her blog, “To Do Justice.”  She...

What do Amman, Jordan and the Church Hill area of Richmond, Virginia have in common? If I had been asked this question three months ago,...

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