
Youth Express
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Youth Express features the original writing, music, theater, journalism, and reflections from Pittsburgh-area youth.
Youth Express
1y ago
Morgan McCray, Olivia Hill, Felicity Rovano, and Sienna Stern, all 8th grade students at Sacred Heart Middle School, reflect on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Youth Express
1y ago
Clairton Elementary and Middle School students talk about their favorite aspects of Christmas, Madison Dalton and Liza Wilson from Oakland Catholic with their celebration of Kwanzaa, and Christmas stories with Montour High School students.
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Re-release: Education reform, an original song, and discussion of youth involved in politics - S3E27
Youth Express
1y ago
Students in the Emerging Leaders program talk about changes to public education that they would like to see, The Electric Army performs an original called Zesty, and students at Pittsburgh Obama discuss ways that teens can get involved in politics before being old enough to vote.
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Youth Express
1y ago
Grace Boyer, a junior at The Ellis School with a documentary on Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh produced as a prototype for an upcoming series called RADcast, Hallie Sufrin with her original song entitled, Rain, and SonnyThaKid with his original song entitled Black America ft. Neve.
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Youth Express
1y ago
From our archives, Pittsburgh Public School teens talk about role models, Melina Bowser performs an original song from the 2019 Teen Invasion at the Andy Warhol Museum, and Pittsburgh middle and high school student discuss the effects of plastic pollution on aquatic life.
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Youth Express
1y ago
Roman Gray, a 6th grader at Pittsburgh Sci-Tech with an essay on human and animal relationships and Ali, an 8th grader at Harrison Middle School with poetry and reflections on the pandemic.
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Youth Express
1y ago
Students from H.O.P.E. for Tomorrow with reflections on Jackie Robinson and social justice issues in sports and Marc Jones Jr., a 12 year old at Pittburgh Colfax, talks about what he has learned from his family's business.
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Youth Express
1y ago
8th grade students from Manchester Academic Charter School with reflections on the book, Monster, by Walter Dean Myers and another group of students around Pittsburgh discuss colorism.
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Youth Express
1y ago
8th grade students from Manchester Academic Charter School discuss the meaning of freedom and share poetry and raps on this theme and students around Pittsburgh discuss the disparity of educational opportunities in school.
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Youth Express
2y ago
Teens from throughout Pennsylvania talk about the importance of social emotional learning and Grace Fritsch, a junior at North Allegheny Senior High, Natalie Cohen, a senior at Commonwealth Charter Academy, and Leo Rickard, a freshman at Shady Side Academy read original stories.
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