Our Mission is to enhance the lives of teens who have been impacted by the pain of the prison system--those with incarcerated loved ones and those who have been incarcerated themselves. We establish and support clubs in high schools across the country, offering students community and emotional support as well as opportunities to publish their artwork and writings created through the clubs. Vision: No one shall have to struggle alone or bear the shame, stigma and sorrow too often connected to those who endure the pain of the prison system.

POPS (Pains of the Prison System) the Club started in 2013 at Venice High School as a method of transforming the stigma and shame that affects youth with loved ones in prison. POPS stands for Pain of the Prison System, and POPS the Club stands for healing that pain by establishing and sustaining clubs that meet weekly in high schools and offer students community and emotional support.

http://www.popstheclub.com

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