Broke the Game

Divisions abound in our world today - and creating empathy is on everyone’s radar. Broke the Game, both a board game and an app, creates and enhances empathy for individuals struggling to overcome poverty. Originally conceived  to create empathy for unhoused individuals living in shelters, Broke the Game has expanded to include the challenges experienced by multiple segments of the US population caught in systems of poverty. Based on situations pulled from real-life, Broke’s game-play environment mimics the high stakes situations of financial precarity where the contraction of cognitive function occurs.

During this session, participants will play Broke the Game, be introduced to the research behind the impact it has on empathy creation, and be able to contribute their insights as Broke undertakes the process of validation as an evidence-based tool for empathy creation.