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A 15-year-old poetry slam champion harnesses the voice of his generation to call for systemic change

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A 15-year-old poetry slam champion harnesses the voice of his generation to call for systemic change
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At 12, Solli Raphael became the youngest winner of the Australian Poetry Slam with his insightful and inspiring rhetorical tongue twisters. Since then, Raphael has refined his message, echoing his generation's growing concerns about the future of our planet and advocating for systemic political and economic change.

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