Hidden Homelessness with Deja Foxx

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🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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This week, Mal is joined by the incredible Deja Foxx, a 24 year old activist, strategist, and influencer from Tucson, Arizona. She was raised by a single mother and due to issues of substance abuse experienced hidden homeless at just 15 years old. Deja used this adversity to fuel her activism and is one of the leaders of the reproductive justice movement today. The girls discuss the importance of continuing the fight for reproductive freedom, the outcome of the election, and what is to come. Thank you to this episode's sponsors! • Squarespace: Go to https://squarespace.com for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, https://www.squarespace.com/DOTHEWORK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. • Manscaped: Get 20% off + free shipping with the code MADE at https://manscaped.com JOIN OUR SUBSCRIPTION COMMUNITY FOR NEW SHOWS, ASK MAL ANYTHING & MORE!!! madeitout.supercast.com Follow our guest @dejafoxx, follow the podcast @madeitoutpodcast and follow mal @malglowenke For all other inquiries, please email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yeah, I think about my younger self often.
0:02.2	And it really is my, sort of my, I don't have like a why for doing this work.
0:07.2	I have a who.
0:08.0	And for me, it's her.
0:16.5	Hey, y'all.
0:17.2	Welcome back to Made It Out.
0:18.4	Today I'm here with political strategist, Deja Fox,
0:21.6	and we are talking about her experience with hidden homelessness and how that led to her being
0:27.0	at the forefront of the reproductive justice movement. I am so happy that you're here.
0:32.2	It's an honor to be here. I'm having such a good time. We met at the DNC. Right.
0:39.4	Every time, and then we just kept seeing you for all of these different Harris campaign events. And every time Matilda and I walked
0:45.7	away, we were like, holy shit, that Tasia girl. Like, you're just brilliant. You're so well-spoken.
0:51.2	You're just named Forbes 30 under 30. You were like the youngest person to work
0:55.9	with Kamala Harris on her first campaign. You are at the forefront of the reproductive justice
1:01.2	movement. I want to talk about all of it. But first, I want to get to know you a little bit more.
1:08.3	Can you tell me about where you grew up, where you come from? Yeah. Thanks for
1:13.1	that space. I think, you know, in this world with like such short form content, we hardly ever get to
1:18.1	sit down and really, really talk. So I'm glad to be here and get to share a little bit more about me
1:22.9	and my story. I grew up in Arizona, which is one of the places we were on the trail together. I grew up in
1:29.5	Tucson, which is an hour north of the U.S. Mexico border, two hours south of Phoenix. I'm a first
1:34.7	generation American. I was raised by a single mom. And I grew up in government housing and on
1:41.1	food stamps. I went to public school. And so in a lot of ways, I feel like I was really raised by the city that I lived in. And I moved out really young.
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