Walgreens Expressions Challenge is honored to have Raymond A. Thomas, Award Winning Artist and Film Maker direct the 2018 Art Gallery Tour. Raymond A. Thomas is an award-winning artist, international award-winning filmmaker, and noted creative director. This cross-disciplinary artist won Best of Show and 1st prize at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry’s … Continued
Escape to a World by Ryshaun Brown Clyde C. Miller Career Academy, 10th Grade St. Louis, MO Escape to a world within the mind, where your future is yours and your past falls behind. A world you create where low self-esteem doesn’t exist. Come and join me, I insist! Escape to a world within the … Continued
Poem by Chicago Finalist Mariam Keita Winnie Mandela Options High School Inner Cosmos The shine of your star is fading The glitter in your eyes is dimming The pride in your body is crumbling The hope in your heart is dying A star has descended from the dark sky Falling down over a million miles … Continued
By St. Louis Finalists Alex Panchot and Reid Doctor Metro High School What is respect? What is respect? Respect is an integral part of everyday human interaction. Respect can be towards anyone and anything, but the understanding of respect is the problem for today’s youth. Respect, for me at least, is the common understanding of … Continued
The following is a poem by Chicago Finalist Courtney Pugh Homewood Flossmoor High School “The Darkroom” There are pictures that I took and then pictures that were taken, planted in my mind and easily mistaken. The ones that I took I like to hide, and bury them deep for no one to find. But the … Continued
The following is a poem by Jess Kagan St.Louis Finalist from Clayton High School The Mirror on the Wall I’m not sure how we became best friends. Me and my mirror on the wall. It just took one glance out of the corner of my eye, for me to be drawn to him like a … Continued
Meet Jaylen Bledsoe, motivational speaker, investor, CEO, and consultant. Did we mention he’s only 16 years old? Yes, at his short age Bledsoe has accomplished much great success. His leadership and natural entrepreneur spirit were invested in him at a very young age. Bledsoe started his own technology company, Jaylen D. Bledsoe Global Group … Continued
A teen’s perspective. National Coming Out Day (NCOD) is celebrated on October 11. NCOD serves as an awareness day for anyone in the LGBT or LGBT ally communities. NCOD has become a movement in many countries nationwide. As popular as this day is, it’s crazy to think that every day teens are facing fears that … Continued