Meghan Markle Gives Inspiring Speech at Girl Up Leadership Summit
Riya Yadav, INN/Gwalior, @infodeaofficial
Megan Markle addressed 40,000 young women as a part of the virtual Girl up Leadership Summit, delivering an inspiring speech to encourage them to continue to fight for change in the world.
In the almost nine minute-long clip, Meghan ( wearing a bright blue top believed to be by Adam Lippes) told the attendees that “ this is humanity that desperately needs you. To push it, to push us, forcefully in a more inclusive, more just, and more empathetic direction. And to not frame the debate – on racial justice, gender, climate change, mental health and well being, civic engagement on public service and so much more”.
She also praised the attendees for the activism and work they have already begun, saying, “ Girl up members are organizing Black Lives Matter protest around the world, you are creating films to encourage your peers to become activist leaders, you are criminal justice system, you are telling your school boards we need more mental health resources for all ages. You are leading a coalition to end gun violence. You are standing up demanding to be heard, but you are also demanding to own the conversation”.
Megan noted that their generation is “often referred to as digital natives” and encouraged the young women watching to band together to harness the power of the digital world for a change.
“You understand that our online world has the power to affirm and support as much as it does to harm. But we are not meant to be breaking each other down; we are meant to build each other up.
So use your voice both on – and offline to do such that – build each other up and support each other” she continued there will always be negative voices and sometimes those voices can appear to be outsized and sometimes they can appear to be painfully loud.
You can and will use your own voices to drown out the noise. Because that is what it is – just noise. But your voices are those of truth and hope. And your voices can and must be louder.“
