Gen Z for President with Deja Foxx
eileen kelly
Eileen Kelly
4.8 • 897 Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Deja Foxx is the founder of GenZ Girl Gang and the youngest former presidential campaign staffer in modern history. We talk through her experience with homelessness, being the first in her family to go to college, and how Gen Z is changing the political game.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to going mental. This is your host Eileen Kelly. I'm interested in the things many of us face but don't always talk about. |
| 0:08.0 | After spending five months at McLean Hospital working on my mental health, I'm back. |
| 0:13.8 | A little more insightful and with plenty of stories to share. |
| 0:16.8 | Expanding on my usual topics of sexuality and intimacy, this season takes into account |
| 0:21.9 | everything I learned during my stay. |
| 0:23.6 | I'll be bringing together a wide range of guests, some beloved, some contentious, |
| 0:28.3 | to discuss work, love, and the bizarre phenomenon that is modern life. |
| 0:32.2 | Join me as we try to make sense of it all. |
| 0:35.0 | Today we're going to be joined by Deja Fox. |
| 0:38.0 | She is a thought leader at the intersection of social justice and Social Media. |
| 0:43.0 | She is the founder of Gen Z Girl Gang, a student at Columbia University, |
| 0:48.0 | and a digital creator with Ford Models, who got her start advocating for reproductive justice after |
| 0:54.4 | experiencing homelessness in her teen years. At just 19 years old she worked for |
| 1:00.0 | Kamala Harris as an influencer and surrogate strategist and became one of the youngest |
| 1:05.0 | presidential campaign staffers in modern history. Can you introduce yourself in your own words? |
| 1:15.0 | Sure. My name is Deja Fox. I'm 21 years old. I use she and her pronouns. I'm calling in from San Diego, California. I'm an activist. I'm a strategist and I'm a future president of the United States. |
| 1:29.0 | I'm currently a full-time student at Columbia University and I'm the founder of Gen Zee Grogang. |
| 1:33.4 | Sick. Okay, thank you so much. I'm so excited to have you on and reconnect with you. I feel like a |
| 1:41.0 | good place to start is kind of if you want to tell me a little bit about your |
| 1:45.4 | upbringing and what it was like to grow up in Tucson. |
| 1:48.8 | Sure, yeah. |
| 1:50.3 | I was born and raised into Senator Sona. |
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