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Colleen Ritchie

Colleen Ritchie

Director of Share Food Pantry in Indianapolis and Lead Risk Specialist at NextGear Capital, serving her community with dignity and compassion.

Jul 31, 2026

3:09
And I want to jump all the way in here.
3:12
Yeah.
3:12
So at my job in December of 2017, United Way came and did a poverty simulation class.
3:21
So what they do is they take real life examples, obviously take any personal information out.
3:28
And we were given scenarios of, you know, this is your budget, these are the bills, make it work, right? And then in the scenario that I had, then the next month, the income was gone, but it's still like, make it work.
3:46
And so my eyes were just very much open about how people can be trying super hard working full time.
3:55
And it's just not enough to make ends meet.

11 MINS LATER

15:22
you know, just

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