Description

Deepen your understanding of the realities faced by people in poverty through this thought-provoking  experiential activity. During the simulation, you will assume the role of a low-income individual with your own background story and challenges and will have the task of providing for your household's needs. Volunteers will take the roles of bankers, social service employees, school principals, police and other community members who will interact with you along the way. The session will conclude with a facilitated debriefing session in which participants will share their experiences and insights from the simulation.  You don’t want to miss this!

We’re also looking for volunteers to help run the simulation. You’ll attend a short orientation ahead of time and then represent one of the community resources folks interact with over the course of the simulation.

Register for Only the Simulation

If you would like to join us only for the poverty simulation - either as a participant or a volunteer - you can register here.

Presenter

CAP Services, Inc. has been on the front line of the war on poverty since 1966. CAP, a private, nonprofit corporation, offers programs in Marquette, Outagamie, Portage, Waupaca, and Waushara counties. CAP Services is headquartered in Stevens Point.

More than two dozen programs are offered by CAP Services to transform people and communities to advance social and economic justice.

Since the War on Poverty was declared by President Lyndon Baines Johnson in 1964, community action agencies have been charged with addressing poverty by purposefully engaging low-income people in shaping the programs and services they needed. CAP Services achieves this through its governance (one-third of the seats on CAP’s Board of Directors are low-income representatives) and through its triennial needs assessment survey.