{"id":5478,"date":"2024-03-04T17:11:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T17:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=5478"},"modified":"2024-03-04T17:11:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T17:11:10","slug":"poverty-simulation-helps-students-understand-those-struggling-with-low-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/03\/04\/poverty-simulation-helps-students-understand-those-struggling-with-low-income\/","title":{"rendered":"Poverty Simulation helps students understand those struggling with low income"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TROY Ala. (TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 Troy University’s Office of Civic Engagement<\/a> hosted a Poverty Simulation to help students understand the reality many of their classmates and neighbors face. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“[Students] take on a role of a family member and they go through four simulated weeks with their specific situation that provided by the simulation kit,” said Coordinator of Civic Engagement, Lauren Cochran. “They get to have a simulated experience of living a life as a member of a community with a low income.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One student told TrojanVision that he has a better understanding of how inflation affects the poverty rate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Better grasp of what some might be experiencing in life at this time of inflation and with the economy not being so great,” student Graydon Albritton said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MORE: What students need to know about taxes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The simulation is designed for students to understand how having a limited income contributes to poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“[It’s] a good experience of what it would be like to try and navigate different systems in a community, different challenges, all based on a set of circumstances where their income is not enough to make ends meet,” Cochran explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allison Moore attended the simulation. She said she feels that people from different backgrounds are not being treated fairly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s kind of a system that is set up for them to fail and even places that are meant to help can sometimes do harm,” Moore said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Poverty Simulation is part of the Missouri Community Action Network<\/a> and is annual event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TROY Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 Troy University’s Office of Civic Engagement hosted a Poverty Simulation to help students understand the reality many of their classmates and neighbors face. <\/p>\n

“[Students] take on a role of a family member and they go through four simulated weeks with their specific situation that provided by the simulation kit,” said…<\/p>\n

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