United Way teaches empathy through The Poverty Spiral game
A board game being played by 14 people Tuesday afternoon at the YWCA Butler elicited more learning than laughter, which is exactly what the United Way was going for.
Amy Franz, United Way’s Butler region director, explained that participants in the afternoon exercise split into three groups to play The Poverty Spiral.
Each player receives a card describing the challenging lifestyle they are in.
Players take turns drawing cards and reading aloud a scenario that would negatively affect their already-challenging lives and two choices they could make in the face of the situation.
Each player then chooses one of the two options and discusses why they made that choice.
The card also reveals the consequences of each of the choices and players move their game pieces further into or out of the Poverty Spiral, which is illustrated on the game board.
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