interfaith relations

As partners in StepUp Silicon Valley, Catholic Charities' coalition working to cut poverty in half in ten years, JCRC has helped host a number of Poverty Simulations. A Poverty Simulation is a program made available by the Missouri Association for Community Action to organizations
that want to promote a greater understanding of poverty. Participants in the simulation role-play the lives of low-income families trying to provide food, shelter and other basic necessities, using "play" money and other props, fictional scenarios and time limits. The frustrations and barriers encountered in living every day life become real to participants in the simulation. The goal is to increase the pool of people who understand the imperative to work toward real change to reduce poverty in our community.

The photos below are from the Poverty Simulation held at San Jose City Hall, at which JCRC Chair Heidi Eisips and JCRC Poverty Committee Chair Andrea Harris, worked at booths representing social service agencies.

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