The Our Young Voices publication is one of the manifestations of the Pride In Authorship Initiative that seeks to promote expression, written or otherwise, by our youth. Another part of this initiative is the participation in Youth Literary and Writing Contests. The winning essays will be published in the Our Young Voices publication, with the winner’s photo. This publication serves to document the cultural activities and achievements of our young people who participated in the Patrick Henry School’s Spoken Word Cafe which was held on November 10, 2016. Any cultural expression by our young people, literary or otherwise, should be celebrated because the youth are our future!