With only 84 days until the election, some of America's most influential Black women are sharing why it's important to vote.
“I know what it's like to have a voice, and also what it's like to feel voiceless," the Duchess of Sussex shared. "I also know that so many men and women have put their lives on the line for us to be heard. And that opportunity, that fundamental right, is in our ability to exercise our right to vote and to make all of our voices heard."
"One of my favorite quotes, and one that my husband [Prince Harry] and I have referred to often, is from Kate Sheppard, a leader in the suffragist movement in New Zealand, who said, 'Do not think your single vote does not matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops,'" she continued."This is why I vote."
Winfrey shared similar sentiments, telling the outlet,"I vote for all the people who made a way -- out of no way -- so that I might live in a world of choices." "I vote for those who marched and prayed and sacrificed and withstood humiliations and disrespect and devastation just trying to cast a ballot," she said."I vote for those who died carrying the dream that one day their vote counted and could matter. I vote for the shoulders I stand on. Those who paid for the crown I get to wear.""First -- it's something I do every election. I grew up seeing my father, who had multiple sclerosis, vote in every election no matter what.
"When we all vote, we take our power back. And that's the other big reason I'm voting: Because this election could not be [more] important, especially at a time of such uncertainty and upheaval," she added."The truth is, a lot of folks are hoping we start questioning the power of our votes. So we've got to get registered and turn out -- in person or through our mail-in ballots. It’s the surest path to achieve the changes that we seek.
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