Even if your voice shakes
As protests against police brutality rock the nation, it's time to speak up and speak out.
"The only wrong thing to say is to say nothing," an emotional Meghan Markle said during a poignant virtual commencement speech on Wednesday.
"What is happening in our country and in our state and in our hometown of LA has been absolutely devastating," she told graduates of her former high school. "Because George Floyd’s life mattered, and Breonna Taylor’s life mattered, and Philando Castile’s life mattered, and Tamir Rice’s life mattered, and so did so many other people whose names we know and whose names we don’t know. Stephon Clark. His life mattered.”
Stars are stepping up, using their platforms and opening their wallets to fight injustice against the black community.
Kanye West has launched a college fund for Floyd's daughter, as well as donating $2 million to the families of Floyd, Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery and the legal teams supporting them.
The Weeknd has donated $500,000 to organizations fighting for racial equality. “Keep supporting our brothers and sisters out there risking everything to push for actual change for our black lives,” he wrote on Instagram. “Urging everyone with big pockets to give and give big and if you have less please give what you can even if it’s a small amount.” Many others, like Drake, Saweetie, and Law Roach, have followed suit.
"Strahan, Sara and Keke" co-host Keke Palmer urged members of the National Guard to “stand with the community” during a protest in Hollywood, while "Riverdale" star Cole Sprouse and actress Jaime King have both detailed their experiences being arrested while protesting. Meanwhile, Oprah shared that she does "not know a Black man period who has not been profiled, including [her longtime partner] Stedman Graham.” And "The Talk" co-host Eve opened up about having "uncomfortable" talks about race with her white husband. “All he can do is try to understand and try to ask the questions, and he wants to understand, and that’s what the nation — that’s what the world — has to do."
There has never been a more important time to support the black community. Through donating, protesting, signing petitions or patronizing black-owned businesses, the moment is now.
Maggie | 
