For generations, we’ve been pressured to keep quiet.

Told to tone it down and take what we can get.

Pushed to take a backseat as DEI’s most outspoken detractors.

make headlines. And others on the sidelines attempt to

silence us from being an echo beyond a moment.

But we’re done mistaking their volume, for power.

Because if they’re gonna be loud and wrong,

we’re setting the record straight.

If they’re upping the ante, we’re turning up our volume,

raising our voices and standing ten toes down

with less talk and more action.

If they’re hating from their heart, we’re fighting for

DEI with our chin up and chest out.

And when they attempt to turn us down,

we’re gonna turn all the way up.

We’ve always stood out in the crowd, anyway.

An inclusive community of: You. They/them.

Black. Brown. Allies. Abilities of all kinds.

All down to ride at dawn and stand strong for equity.

In this fight for DEI, we need everyone to get loud.

Raise hell. Make good noise. Lift every voice.

Now’s our cue. Mic on.

We’re all going OFF MUTE.