Meghan Markle is joining an online voting couch party on Thursday, Aug. 20, to discuss the importance of casting one's decisive choice in the U.S. presidential elections this November.
The online voting couch party will take place at 2:00 p.m. and at 5:00 p.m. A source told Yahoo U.K. that Meghan is "excited and honored" to speak at the event.
The Duchess of Sussex will talk among a panel that will, also, include actress and activist Yvette Nicole Brown, DJ Diamond Kuts, board chair Valeria Jarret and Samantha Barry, Glamour's editor-in-chief. The event is organized by Glamour and We All Vote, which is co-chaired by former First Lady Michelle Obama. The organization has non-partisan objectives with a mission to close the age and race gap in every election.
According to the event's page, the voting couch party will, also, celebrate women of color, especially those who fought for the 19th Amendment. This amendment sought to expand the right to vote among women and marginalized communities.
The news comes as Meghan, recently, spoke to Marie Claire about knowing the feeling of being "voiceless" as a biracial woman. In a piece discussing why she will vote in the upcoming elections, the Duchess of Sussex said that it is her fundamental right to exercise her ability to "make all of our voices heard."
In another virtual summit, Meghan, also, remarked that she and her husband, Prince Harry, discussed how he has never been able to vote as a member of the royal family. The royals are, apparently, not prohibited to do this civic act but they take their lead from Queen Elizabeth, who does not vote because she must remain politically neutral.
Meghan, also, said that she's looking forward to the tides changing in the U.S. She's eager to use her voice because she wasn't able to speak up about issues she's passionate about when she became a royal.
In recent months, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been discussing more political issues like race and class with various communities. Since the Black Lives Matter protests sparked in the U.S., Prince Harry and Meghan have, reportedly, also been touching base with groups who could educate them on these social issues.
The Sussex pair are still planning to launch their non-partisan foundation, Archewell, in the coming months. However, apart from their advocacies on mental health and women's issues, Prince Harry and Meghan also plan to include socio-political causes in their future work.
