Name: Poverty Escape Room
Start: 2025-04-21T11:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-21T13:30:00-05:00
Location: Ronning Library

Step into the crisis of poverty—navigate limited resources, face real-world struggles, and spark change. Can you survive the day?
About this Event

The Poverty Escape Room is an immersive professional development experience designed to help communities understand the challenges faced by families living in poverty. Participants navigate tasks with limited cash, time, and resources to simulate real-world struggles.

The Poverty Escape Room isn't a traditional simulation. This activity is designed to allow participants to experience and gain insights into the complex issues associated with poverty. We all know that you cannot truly "escape" poverty in 90 minutes, but can you survive a day in the life of someone in the crisis of poverty? In the Poverty Escape Room, participants can gain a glimpse into the obstacles and barriers that individuals in poverty encounter daily and reflect on their experience with other participants. The goal is to foster awareness and understanding of the impact of poverty on the individuals and families we interact with regularly. The Poverty Escape Room also serves as a starting point for conversations on how we can collectively support and empower those living in poverty.