US Senator Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s vice-presidential candidate, has urged South Asian women to run for office and take up leadership roles in their communities. “To all the young women who are watching this, I want you to know that leadership begins the day you are born. You are never too young or too old to be a leader,” Harris said on Sunday, PTI reported. 

The 55-year old senator was addressing the virtual event ‘South Asian Women in Leadership: Ushering a New Wave of Diversity in the Biden-Harris Era’, that was organised by South Asians for Biden.

Harris has created history by becoming the first Indian-American and Black woman to get a major party’s vice-presidential nomination.

“So get involved in your community, run for office. Whatever you do, it matters, so just lead,” said the California senator. 

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his V-P pick Kamala Harris will face President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in the November election.

“As you know, my mother Shyamala Harris came (here) from India at age 19 to pursue her dream of curing cancer. She dedicated her life to fighting for the promise of America, just like Joe Biden has,” the Indian-origin senator said.

“Joe has been proud to stand with the Asian American and Pacific Islander community and is committed to making sure that the Biden Harris administration reflects the diversity of America. As Joe Biden has said, we are stronger because of our diversity and not in spite of it,” Harris said.