Poverty simulation gives community members insight into what it’s like to live in poverty
NORTH BEND — Community members from around Coos County participated in a poverty simulation Friday morning [March 15, 2019] at the Pony Village Mall in North Bend. In an effort to gain a better understanding of what it’s like to live in poverty, participants were divided into groups of “families” and placed in various mock scenarios. The workshop, which was hosted by the New Community Coalition, assigned each family one task: Make ends meet for a month despite being given a number of...