![Pictured is a previous poverty simulation sponsored by Access of West Michigan. The Women's Center will host two simulations on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.](/gvnext/files/img/article/0DF51374-0117-E767-DA836EA10D49191E/47E3B49F-E21A-A09E-968F48B1B39A9687/original.jpg)
Poverty simulation offers unique MLK experience
![Pictured is a previous poverty simulation sponsored by Access of West Michigan. The Women's Center will host two simulations on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.](/gvnext/files/img/article/0DF51374-0117-E767-DA836EA10D49191E/47E3B49F-E21A-A09E-968F48B1B39A9687/original.jpg)
A unique social justice activity on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 21, will give participants a better understanding of what it's like to live in poverty.
The Women’s Center will host poverty simulations, with help from
Access of West Michigan, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center,
Pere Marquette Room.
Brittany Dernberger, assistant director for the Women’s Center,
said simulation participants will leave their identities at the door
and interact with mock social service agencies.
The event will include an introduction, the actual exercise, and
a debriefing period in which participants will share their reactions
and experiences. To conclude the workshop, volunteer staffers will
share personal stories of living in poverty or working with people in poverty.
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