End of Year Celebration 2019

Come celebrate with us!

Join us on Tuesday, June 18 from 6-9pm at East Nashville Beer Works for our End of Year Celebration!

Our event will include a pop-up art show, an interactive art activity, and an exclusive opportunity to play The Game of Rent with us while you sip brews that support our artists and mission. There is a dog-friendly patio at ENBW so bring your friends, family, and pups to the event!

Thank you East Nashville Beer Works for donating a percentage of the beer sales to POVA from the evening.

What is The Game of Rent?

The Game of Rent is a teaching tool for building empathy and understanding around affordable housing. The Game of Rent helps players put themselves in their neighbors' shoes. With a roll of the dice and drawing of cards, each person assumes a new identity - perhaps a single parent working as a middle school teacher with two kids, or a young professional with a few roommates, or a couple caring for an aging parent.

The prototype Game has been played with bankers, students, community advocates, public officials, developers, teachers, and architects - in Nashville and around the country - and they've consistently given feedback like, "I'd never thought about that barrier to housing," or "I didn't know that's what my employees struggle with," or "wow, this is so real - like, this is my exact living situation." The reality is that the rent is too high for almost half of American renters, but that statistic is still less meaningful than drawing a Housekeeper card, having four children, needing to account for an eviction record, and trying to find a two-bedroom apartment for under $600. The Game of Rent begins to simulate what members of our communities experience on a daily basis when looking for somewhere to live.