WATCH: Poet Amanda Gorman recites ‘This Sacred Scene’ at 2024 Democratic National Convention

Poet and activist Amanda Gorman spoke on the Democratic Nationwide Conference in Chicago on Wednesday, an evening targeted on preventing “for our freedoms,” from democracy to reproductive rights and extra.

Watch Gorman’s efficiency within the participant above.

The previous Nationwide Youth Poet Laureate recited her poem “This Sacred Scene” in entrance of the conference crowd. The piece celebrated the prospect of Vice President Kamala Harris as the primary lady of coloration to grow to be U.S. president.

In 2021, Gorman learn her poem “The Hill We Climb” moments after President Joe Biden was sworn in at his inauguration.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz may also formally settle for the vice presidential nomination, a day earlier than Harris takes the stage because the official nominee.