Youth Express

Featuring original writing, music, theater, journalism and reflections from Pittsburgh-area youth

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June 03, 2020 00:07:26
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Reflections on the Coronavirus pandemic and racism in the US - S3E18

Jhordan Price, a junior at Propel Andrew Street, with reflections on the Coronavirus pandemic and police brutality against people of color, and students around...

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May 20, 2020 00:12:59
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Re-Release: Role models, original live music, and a plastic pollution on aquatic life - S3E17

  From our archives, Pittsburgh Public School teens talk about role models, Melina Bowser performs an original song from the 2019 Teen Invasion at the...

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May 13, 2020 00:07:00
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An original essay and poem about the COVID-19 pandemic - S3E16

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...

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May 06, 2020 00:12:10
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Original essay, music, and youth thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic - S3E15

Mariska, a 6th grader at Pittsburgh Sci-Tech, with an essay on human and animal relationships, youth band, Self-Seriousness, with an original song entitled, Sleepy...

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April 29, 2020 00:12:33
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Original music, poetry, and an essay on the relationship between people and animals - S3E14

Self-seriousness with a song entitled, Chaotic, students from Pittsburgh Public School's Summer Dreamers Academy with original poetry, and Pittsburgh Sci-Tech 6th grader, Kennedy Gilliard,...

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April 21, 2020 00:10:39
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Poems about civil rights activists, summer days, and grandparents - S3E13

Students at Manchester Academic Charter School with poems on civil rights activists, Pittsburgh Public Schools students share poems they had written about summer, and...

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