LIVE A MONTH IN POVERTY IN A FEW HOURS

LIVE A MONTH IN POVERTY IN A FEW HOURS
The Poverty Simulation provides
people from all backgrounds an
opportunity to walk in the shoes
of a low-income family for a
few short hours. Participants
receive an assigned identity and
family profile and experience
“one month” of poverty
compressed into the real time
LOCATION: La Sierra University
Zapara School of Business
Troesh Conference Center
DATE: May 17, 2015
TIME: 2:00 pm - 5 pm (light supper will follow)
QUESTIONS? Contact:
Marni Straine
951-329-6276 or mstraine@lasierra.edu
Daphne Thomas
951-236-5042 or dthomas@lasierra.edu
of the simulation. Afterward,
a debriefing occurs where
participants share insights
of extraordinary vividness
and intensity.
The result can be a very special
kind of awakening. The power
of this unique learning resource
is that it creates, like no other
method, an insight into the state
of chronic crisis that consumes
so many working poor families.
Sponsored by Catholic Charities and La Sierra University Church
Registration is limited to
the first 100 people