SHECP - Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty

10/14/2026

Cohort living is central to the SHECP Summer Internship experience: for 8 weeks, students forged community together in a new place.Interns built lasting connections in their community and with one another through shared housing, weekly dinners, city explorations, and support from alumni, faculty, and community partners. Cohort living is sharing a space, building relationships and finding community in a new place.

The 2026 Summer Internship Report is now live! Check out the full report: https://www.shepherdconsortium.org/post/2026-shecp-internship-report

10/12/2026

From July 31 - August 1, SHECP interns, faculty, and staff gathered at Marymount University for a weekend of connection, reflection, and conversations about approaching anti-poverty work through a holistic lens. Through speaker sessions and student panels, interns shared about their summer experiences and explored how their work will shape their understanding of poverty and influence their vocational thinking moving forward to campus and beyond.

The 2026 Summer Internship Report is now live! Check out the full report: https://www.shepherdconsortium.org/post/2026-shecp-internship-report

10/08/2026

This summer, SHECP intern Anna Corey worked at COTS Daystation, an adult daytime shelter in Burlington, Vermont. In her Intern Insights, she describes how her experience reshaped her understanding of homelessness, the complex barriers to accessing essential services, and the importance of community collaboration.

Read Anna’s full reflection, “A View From the Daystation,” on the SHECP website: https://www.shepherdconsortium.org/post/a-view-from-the-daystation-corey

10/05/2026

Across 14 cities, 2026 SHECP Summer Interns spent an average of 2,625 hours per week investing in host communities, totaling 21,000+ hours of service from June to August. Many of SHECP’s partners have hosted interns since the founding of the program 29 years ago; these deep community relationships, going beyond individual partnerships, drive lasting impact and reciprocal investment between interns and communities.

The 2026 Summer Internship Report is now live! Check out the full report: https://www.shepherdconsortium.org/post/2026-shecp-internship-report

10/03/2026

Last summer, the two 2026 SHECP Internship Programs matched 80 students with transformational internship placements, where they provided substantive support to 65 community partners.

Thank you to everyone who helped make Summer 2026 a success! We invite you to read more about it all in the full Summer Internship Report here: https://www.shepherdconsortium.org/post/2026-shecp-internship-report

09/21/2026

This summer, Baylor student and SHECP intern Dami Ogunbyi worked for the Guilford County Public Defender’s Office. In her Intern Insights, she describes how her experience transformed her understanding of poverty’s consequences in the legal system, how effective leadership requires empathy, and seeing individuals as more than statistics.

Read Dami’s full reflection, “Worldwide Leadership Begins with Empathy,” on the SHECP website: https://www.shepherdconsortium.org/post/worldwide-leadership-begins-with-empathy

07/13/2026

Tharros Place Residential Director LaToya D. Scott, LMSW and SHECP intern Eli Childress from Manchester University were featured on Savannah, GA news (WSAV-TV) to talk about the benefits of the Shepherd Consortium internship program for both students and community partners. Check it out!

Savannah, GA (WSAV-TV) — This summer, four Savannah-area organizations will receive a little extra help in the form of interns– including Tharros Place.The Shepherd Higher Education Con…

07/07/2026

We were glad to welcome Sam Wilmoth, Senior Manager of Consulting for RAINN, as our first Practitioner Insights speaker of Summer 2026. Sam spoke with our interns about his career working with survivors of sexual violence and shared openly about the bravery and humility he needed to navigate his vocational journey. Sam completed his Shepherd Summer Internship in 2005 with Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.

The final Practitioner Insights events will be this month. These events are open to consortium members and are geared towards students learning more about vocation and careers in anti-poverty work.

06/22/2026

Hey SHECP alumni! Interested in connecting with 2026 SHECP interns? Join us for a virtual networking event with current students tomorrow night, Tuesday June 23rd at 7pm ET. Meet with students in specialized discussion groups to discuss post-undergraduate pathways. Registration link: https://forms.gle/epnYvyXgf1U5ARxR6

06/15/2026

Interns are out the door and off to work! From Atlanta to Waco, from Georgia Legal Services to New Arrivals Institute, and beyond, the 2026 SHECP Summer Internship program is underway.

Pictured (clockwise from top left): (1) Kalvin dropping off Detiny and Dami at the courthouse before heading to New Arrivals Institute (2) Mellanese and Charlie returning to New American Pathways after a morning of packing boxes, (3) the full Waco cohort (Joy, Ananya, Andrew, Jessica & Amberly) heading to work (4) Fiona at Savannah’s Georgia Legal Services

Baylor University • Baylor Career Center • Berea College • Hamilton College • The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center at Hamilton College • Manchester University • Middlebury College • Middlebury College Center for Community Engagement • Millsaps College • Millsaps College Center for Career Education • Washington and Lee University • Washington and Lee Career and Professional Development