- Speakers
- Grant OliphantGuestTanyaHostHelen DaviesGuestJacques HébertGuest
First, silence isn't neutral.
If you have a platform and a voice, using them is a responsibility to our communities and our democracy.
Staying quiet means someone else decides what story gets told, often at the expense of those with the least power to shape it.
Conversely, using our voice doesn't have to mean taking the mic from someone else.
We can listen deeply to local leadership, make space for them, and still speak up ourselves when the moment calls for it.
There's enough room for all of our voices.
Over the last few years, I've learned this the hard way.
Silence isolates.
Solidarity shields.
I think about our immigrant neighbors who haven't always had a platform.
who have counted on others to say the true thing out loud when they couldn't safely say it themselves.
The news cycle moves on.
The people living with what happened don't get to.
My hope for today is simple, that you leave a little more certain of the power you already have and a little more ready to use it.
Everyday people keep showing us what plain, unshowy courage looks like.
It's time our institutions match it.
First, silence isn't neutral.
If you have a platform and a voice, using them is a responsibility to our communities and our democracy.
Staying quiet means someone else decides what story gets told, often at the expense of those with the least power to shape it.
Conversely, using our voice doesn't have to mean taking the mic from someone else.
We can listen deeply to local leadership, make space for them, and still speak up ourselves when the moment calls for it.
There's enough room for all of our voices.
Over the last few years, I've learned this the hard way.
Silence isolates.
Solidarity shields.
I think about our immigrant neighbors who haven't always had a platform.
who have counted on others to say the true thing out loud when they couldn't safely say it themselves.
The news cycle moves on.
The people living with what happened don't get to.
My hope for today is simple, that you leave a little more certain of the power you already have and a little more ready to use it.
Everyday people keep showing us what plain, unshowy courage looks like.
It's time our institutions match it.
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