POP Festival

POP Festival

Years in Existence: 4
Project Theme: Post-Secondary Exploration
Target Audience and Location: 9-12 grade students at Brown County High School in Indiana
Mission: To equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge to lead a purpose-driven life by connecting them to post-secondary educational institutions and opportunities.

Project Description: Founding Scholar Josephine Fields and educator Scholar Kristi Billings developed The Pursuing Our Purpose (POP) Festival for high school students in grades 9-12 to explore their purpose through a daylong event filled with workshops led by community members, college educators, and local businesses. The goal of the festival is to encourage students to ask questions, build connections, and discover their purpose in an engaging way. This year, led by student leaders Shauna Custard and Taylor Lucas, the POP Festival is focused on ensuring their peers understand the multitude of opportunities and choices they have related to success after high school. Through this year’s guest facilitators, the team is excited to empower students to make purpose-aligned and financially feasible decisions about their next steps.