Walking a mile in other's shoes: A Poverty Simulation

with Partners in Hope

Wednesday, October 21, 1-4 p.m.

Serving with the poor effectively or with genuine love is tough when you don't know what it feels like to BE poor. This half-day simulation, led by the community outreach agency Partners in Hope, will help you experience poverty and understand the tough realities faced by low-income people every day. To begin, you will be placed in a "family" that is facing the stresses of poverty - whether it's because you are newly employed, recently deserted by the breadwinner, homeless, disabled or raising your grandchildren. Your "family" will then be tasked to provide for basic necessities and shelter over four 15-minute weeks, attempting to work through the typical, "simulated" community resources that are supposed to stand in the gap for those in economic need. At the end, debrief your experiences with others about what it means to live in poverty. You will leave never seeing the people who need our "hand up" in quite the same way again.

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