Growing Possibilities, Seeding Futures
We provide educational and vocational pathways for underserved communities that help our community and planet thrive.
Pathways of Purpose (POP) empowers youth and the community to dream big for their lives and the world by providing asset-based, STEAM educational and vocational programs. We address the growing risks of climate change, social and economic inequities with movement building towards sustainable systems.
Guiding Purpose
Organizational Pillars
Land, Food, Housing & Environment
Nature-Based Healing
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)
Vocational Identity Development
Community Cultural Wealth
Arts for Social Change
Youth Leadership & Empowerment
TAY YOUTH AGES 14-24
Cultural Foodways Network
Sowing Seeds Media Arts
Children & TAY Youth
Educational Counseling
Advocacy & Referrals
Cultural Arts Classes (Multidisciplinary)
Adults & TAY Youth
Fellowships
College & Career Pathways
Entrepreneurship Support
Liberated Futures Lab (Community Land Trust)
Black & Indigenous Land Group (Virtual)
Community Wide
Organizational Consulting
Black & Green Zone (Environmental Justice Events)
Mutual Aid (Free Produce, Starts & Seeds)
Plant Nursery (Sliding Scale Nursery)
Community Offerings
Explore POP Programs & Services
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Black & Indigenous Land Working Group
National Remote Program, co-hosted with New Economies Coalition
The project is for Black, Indigenous and People of Color working within land back, reparations, rematriation, inheritance, cultural revitalization, traditional knowledge, food soverienty and liberation. -
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LFL Community Land Trust
Regional Project
LFL is a Community Land Trust (CLT) co-stewardship model for Black, Indigenous (Intertribal) and People of Color. LFL Community Land Trust is a coalition of community-based organizations and partners, and a land project incubator. POP launched the LFL project in Humboldt County, with plans to scale our impact in the Northern CA region. -
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Cultural Foodways Network
Local Food Justice Fellowship, Plant Nursery & Mutual Aid
CFN Fellowship are vocational training programs for TAY youth and adults with disabilities in sustainable agriculture. We are scaling our impact for 2026 by launching a CFN cultural foodways, native plant nursery and seed bank.
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EcoCultural Arts
Local Youth & Community Programs
We focus on cultural arts practices and ecological frameworks. Ecological and cultural “EcoCultural” Arts are creative practices that merge environmental awareness and cultural expression, seeking to revitalize practices, restore ecosystems, promote sustainability and foster community engagement. -
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Black & Green Zone
Environmental Justice Spaces
We create EJ educational spaces with the intention that BIPOC communities have always been leading the way. This community engagement work is a pop-up at local festivals and events. Environmental Justice means many things to many people, but we must honor the roots of Black and Indigenous, People of Color in leading the way forward.
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POP Organizational & Professional Services
Remote & Regional Services
We can help your organization or business affirm your purpose, improve your efficacy, grow your impact, and build your capacity for equity. We use data driven, human centered ecological frameworks, practices, evaluations, workshops and trainings. We tailor our planning, programs and processes for your specific objectives, while providing expert guidance and support.
Networks
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we reside and work on the ancestral and unceded homelands of Indigenous peoples, including the Wiyot, Yurok, Karuk, Hupa, Tolowa Dee-ni’, Bear River, Blue Lake, Trinidad, Big Lagoon, Mattole, Wailaki and others. We have a deep respect for our Tribal communities and partners, who are the original and continuing stewards of the land, waters and natural resources. We call for reciprocal actions and advocacy from any non-Native allies, such as supporting local Indigenous and Tribal people and communities, in their efforts for equity, opportunity and sovereignty in our region.