Youth Activist Tiana Day Picks Up the Torch of Racial Justice and Healing

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Youth Activist Tiana Day Picks Up the Torch of Racial Justice and Healing

Tiana Day, a 20-year-old from the Bay Area, has quickly become an award-winning activist and founder of Youth Advocates for Change, an organization that aims to amplify youth voices and intersectional social justice issues through creative arts.

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