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Seeking weekly volunteer to help facilitate weekly club for students impacted by incarceration
ORGANIZATION: POPS the Club
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Pain of the Prison System (POPS) creates, oversees and supports clubs that meet weekly throughout the academic year in high schools. POPS was created to support students who have been impacted by the carceral system. Most club members have parents and/or other loved ones who are or have been incarcerated; some students have been incarcerated themselves; and a number of students have family members who have been detained and/or deported. Needless to say, these students face a significant amount of stigma and loss. But in POPS clubs, students begin to recognize their own resilience while building supportive relationships with their peers. The POPS curriculum encourages students to find and use their voices in conversation, writing, artwork, and other types of creative expression.
POPS is looking for volunteers for our Thursday meetings from 12:25pm-1:05pm to help pick up lunch for the club and to help facilitate club meetings.
This opportunity will start at the beginning of November and continue through the end of the academic year (June 2022).
Note: All volunteers will need to complete a weekly PCR COVID test in order to participate.7 More opportunities with POPS the Club
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About POPS the Club
Location:
7305 NE Glisan, Portland, OR 97213, US
Mission Statement
The mission of POPS the Club is to support youth impacted by incarceration and confront the challenges they experience. Through arts-based programs, POPS creates a safe, empowering space for these youth, transforming stigma into hope and dignity so they can thrive academically, socially, and emotionally, now and as adults.
Description
POPS the Club started in 2013 at Venice High School as a method of supporting youth who have loved ones in prison to hope and healing. POPS was established as a 501(c)3 in early 2014, and as of June 2019, clubs have been established in eight high schools in Los Angeles, as well as in Georgia, New York, and Pennsylvania. POPS publishes an annual anthology of POPS students' and graduates' writings and artwork. Our goal is to bring the POPS program to high schools across the country. The impact of the support of peers, a curriculum focused on self-expression, mindfulness, and community engagement has been profoundly healing.
Below please find links to a few stories that help to tell the tale:
LA Weekly
https://www.laweekly.com/a-lit-club-at-venice-high-school-is-transforming-students-harmed-by-mass-incarceration/
Edutopia Magazine
https://popsclubs.org/2019/02/04/https-www-edutopia-org-article-locked-away-toll-mass-incarceration-students/
NPR Press Play
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/families-of-prisoners-reality-tv-culture-and-water-rules/teens-with-family-in-prison
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
701 South Catalina StreetLos Angeles, CA 90005
DATE POSTED
October 14, 2021
SKILLS
- Youth Services
- Reading / Writing
- Storytelling
GOOD FOR
- Teens
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 19
- Orientation or Training
- One to two hours/week through the academic school year.
- TB test, Livescan and Training.