Young Publisher's Network

Young Publisher's Network is a youth based organization ranging from the ages of 10 to 25 that allows people who have a passion or at least an interest for the arts and teach you the steps of promoting, producing, and getting published.(We publish the work also). Where I'm from this oppurtunity is the chance of a lifetime because people don't understand the importance of expressing themselves, especially the african american community(Where I'm from) What can be done to reinforce the fact that our opinion matters, young, old, black, white, whatever... I think we need to voice our social concerns but how do we as people join forces and make a difference without causing conflicts between each other?