gettin' by ...a "virtual" experince with poverty
gettin' by... is a "virtual" learning experience that also that gives participants an opportunity experience some of the challenges people face living in poverty. This simulation comes in the form of a game. Like Walking in "their" shoes..., gettin' by uses real-world scenarios and brain science to simulate how poverty changes a person's ability to process information to and make logical decisions by impairing certain functions while enhancing others.
Answer Poverty is a licensed facilitator of gettin' by which allows us to offer this more accessible simulation option for smaller groups of 5- 25. For more information or to bring this simulation to your organization please contact us at gettinby@answerpoverty.org
Overview
"You will never see poverty the same way again."
We offer this "Virtual Training resource in partnership with Linda Riddell, the creator of gettin' by ™.
How gettin' by... will change the way you see poverty
Step 1
Experience it
Play the game and feel firsthand how scarcity reshapes your thinking and decision-making.
Step 2
Understand it
Learn the brain science behind poverty -- why it impairs some functions while sharpening others.
Step 3
Apply it
Leave with practical tools and an ethical framework to make your work more effective with people in poverty.
Linda Riddell is an Epidemiologist, specializing in poverty and social-economic status issues. She has a master’s degree in health policy and management. She dedicates her career to helping clients measure, understand, and improve health, especially for people living in poverty. She works with state governments, private institutes, and large insurers as a data scientist.
