Voices from the Poverty Simulation

On October 8th, Mental Health America of Licking County's Bridges Out of Poverty Initiative, in partnership with Denison University, conducted a poverty simulation.  This activity is designed to show participants in a tangible way the many complex challenges faced by those who live in poverty.

After the simulation, the participants, some of whom role-play as persons in poverty and others as those public and private sector service providers on whom the poor are so dependant, were given the opportunity to reflect on their experience.

Two of these reflections were captured on video.