Meghan Markle and Prince Harry kicked off World Mental Health Day on Tuesday with a visit to a Brooklyn-based school that prepares young adults from underestimated backgrounds for careers in the tech field
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Upon their arrival on Tuesday morning, the couple were given a tour of the facility by the co-founders of the school. They were then invited to take part in a roundtable with alumni.“Everyone’s got their own story, a reason for being here, your life is still going to be filled with complications and challenges. And if one of you starts to go quiet, doesn’t show up, you need to find out why," he said. “And remember to have fun! It has to be fun.
During a roundtable discussion, Meghan asked about the friendships created at Marcy. “All of you become the best advocates of Marcy,” she said. “Your stories and experiences give people an appetite to be here.”Harry asked the alumni what they were going to tell their kids about Marcy one day. Then Meghan said one day we’ll all be working for the graduates of the school.
Ogbanna adds: "We were just teachers who really saw a need to better serve our students who were graduating from high school and going into all of this debt or going to colleges that like weren't serving them.""They were so cool and down to earth," he adds. "I just hope they know how much it meant to us.
The summit will feature parents who have experienced tragic loss connected to their child’s social media use. Meghan and Harry have been working with the parents involved in Tuesday’s event behind the scenes, PEOPLE has learned."The families have been engaged with The Archewell Foundation for the past year, bolstering community and driving towards solutions," a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex tells PEOPLE.
The Archewell Foundation Parents’ Summit will Meghan and Harry's first trip to New York City following the Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Awards in May, where the Duchess of Sussex was honored. The following day, a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said the couple and Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland were involved in a "near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi.
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