Empathy and Poverty

"Compassion isn’t a sign of weakness, but a mark of civilization."

Read:

Where is the Love? - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times

Kristof, N. (2013, November 27). Where's the Love?. New York Times, p. A31.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/28/opinion/kristof-where-is-the-love.html?smid=pl-share

Do this simulation:

Discuss:

Did you make it through the month?

What hard decisions did you have to make?

Which one was the hardest and why?

What might have helped you get through the month?

For more reading check out:

The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future

by Joseph E. Stiglitz

A forceful argument against America's vicious circle of growing inequality by the Nobel Prize–winning economist.