Poverty Simulation: The Impact of Poverty

145 Pavilion Lane,Youngwood PA 15697

18 April, 2023

Description

The Westmoreland County BH/DS office in partnership with MHA-SWPA is sponsoring a Poverty Simulation at WCCC Youngwood Campus. WCCC will be conducting the simulation in their gymnasium. Why a Simulation? Poverty is a reality for many individuals and families. But unless you’ve experienced poverty, it’s difficult to truly understand. A Poverty Simulation bridges that gap from misconception to understanding. It's an interactive immersion experience. It sensitizes community participants to the realities of poverty. The simulation delivers crucial insight into the world of low-income community members and helps participants experience their everyday struggles. The event, Crossing the Poverty Line: The simulation is not a game. It is based on clients and their lives. The simulation exists to: Promote Poverty AwarenessDuring the simulation, role-play a month in poverty and experience low-income families’ lives.Increase UnderstandingLocal ChangeTransform PerspectiveThe goal of the simulation is to shift the paradigm about poverty away from being seen as a personal failure and toward the understanding of poverty as structural, a failure of society.