As part of the UP3 (Understanding Poverty to Plan and Persevere) Initiative, PCRC began a 16-week workshop series, "Getting Ahead In a Just Gettin' By World," written by Philip E. DeVol, for individuals living in our community, receiving public assistance, to investigate poverty and establish a plan for stability. This blog establishes the basis of the investigations interwoven with current events.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
During our first "Getting Ahead" workshop, we were faced with the task of exploring the intricacies of poverty. What are the daily issues people face who live in poverty (aka: living with few resources)? This mental model illustrates our list of concrete obstacles that prevent people with few resources from being able to think about the future. Poverty robs families of being able to plan and traps them in the "tyranny of the moment." This list represents some of the concrete roadblocks that impede self-sustainability as investigated by the group:
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