Youth Expressions & South Florida Poetry Community Team Up to Present A night of Poetry on Friday

Nov. 27, 2011 - PRLog -- 28 November 2011- Youth Expressions, the not-for profit organization dedicated to empowering young people through artistic expression is creating poetic synergy with the South Florida Poetry community at a fundraiser to be held at Let’Em Know Café 7901 NE 2nd Avenue on Friday, December 16, 2011 at 7pm. Admission is a minimum donation of $5 for teens and $10 for adults. Youth Expressions will showcase some of their most talented teen poets as they record live for their upcoming compilation album. Youth Expressions is a not-for profit program committed to helping at-risk urban youth develop into self-assured, focused, productive and skilled adults.
Youth Expressions has become an important part of the fabric of the South Florida community. They use Hip-Hop and other popular art forms to inspire and motivate at-risk young people develop into confident, focused and productive citizens. After participating in the Youth Expression program, the young people are fully prepared to reject negative stereotypes and influences, meet their responsibilities as citizens, and achieve greater opportunities for skill building, advanced education and meaningful employment.
“Our goal is to build awareness on behalf of the young people in our program and raise funds to make sure we can continue to provide programming that will make a difference in their lives”, states, Program Coordinator and YE Alumni, Calvin Early.  Youth Expressions currently has a waiting list of over 1500 youth in the Little Haiti, Liberty City and Overtown areas.