Deja Foxx attends the 2023 Global Citizen Festival in Central Park on September 23, 2023 in New York City.
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The NPR network will be reporting live from Chicago all week to bring you Latest news on the Democratic National Convention.
Politicians aren’t the only ones making speeches tonight.
Deja Foxx, one of many over 200 content creators endorsed at the Democratic National Convention, also addressed the crowd Monday night. She described her childhood — being raised by a single mother, growing up in public housing and going to Planned Parenthood for health care.
“Thanks to policies that lift people up, I walked through the doors of my dream school as a first-generation college student,” she said. “People my age are making big decisions about their lives, and we deserve a president who supports us.”
Watch Foxx’s full speech:
Foxx lives in Tucson, Arizona and has over 140,000 followers on TikTok and 52,000 followers on Instagram..
In an interview with NPR after his speech, Foxx argued that the DNC’s decision to welcome hundreds of content creators sent a powerful message.
“It signals to young people that there is a president who will listen to them, who will respond to them, and who has young people in the room,” she said, adding that having the opportunity to have a voice as a creative person means more.
“This is a reminder that the future of politics and political figures will be different for Generation Z.”
