The first evening event for the VBC was the Youth Empowerment Night, organized by a high school student. The event included all young motivational speakers talking directly from their experiences of living with hardships (disability, coming out as trans, living with an eating disorder, being an immigrant, experiencing incarceration. Youth musicians played their sets, there was music, food, and other organizations tabling. It was moving to see so many young people in attendance supporting other young people.