On August 20, the Duchess of Sussex spoke to attendees of the ‘When All Women Vote Couch Party.’
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I’m really thrilled that you asked me to be a part of this. I think this is such an exceptional time [and I am] happy to be here for my friend Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote, and to kick off the When All Women Vote Couch Party.
It is fair to say that we are all very grateful for your work because we need it now really more than ever.
When I think about voting and why this is so exceptionally important for all of us, I would frame it as: We vote to honor those who came before us and to protect those who will come after us because that’s what community is all about and that’s specifically what this election is all about.
We’re only 75 days away from election day and that is so very close and yet there is so much work to be done in that amount of time because we all know what is at stake this year.
I know it, I think all of you certainly know it. And if you’re here on this fun event with us then you are just as mobilized and energized to see the change that we all need and deserve.
And as we look at things today, though it had taken decades longer for women of color to get the right to vote, even today we are watching so many women in different communities who are marginalized still struggling to see that right come to fruition. And that is simply not OK.
When we look at the attempts at voter suppression and what that’s doing it’s all the more reason we need each of you to be out there supporting each other, to understand that this fight is worth fighting, and we all have to be out there mobilizing to have our voices heard.
We are obviously faced with a lot of problems in our world right now, both in the physical world and in the digital world but we can and must do everything we can to ensure all women have their voices heard because at this juncture if we aren’t part of the solution, we are part of the problem.
If you aren’t going out there and voting you are complicit. If you are complacent, you are complicit. I think when we are looking at all the different ways we can engage, we can support one another, it doesn’t really matter what issue it is that speaks to your heart. Whatever it is, we can make the difference in this election, and we will make the difference in this election.
It is the countdown to the change that we would all like to see for the better for our country. In the fraught moment right now we find our nation [in], exercising your right to voice isn’t simply being part of the solution, it’s being part of a legacy.
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Kinsey Schofield is the Editor-in-Chief of To Di For Daily and you can follow her on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.