We all benefit.

• Closed captioning
• Baby changing stations in all restrooms
• Wheelchair ramps
• Transparent pay scales
• Coming back to your job after childbirth or adoption
• Beeps at pedestrian crosswalks
• Chairs with no arms
• Elevators
• Translation services
• Not having to accept workplace harassment

Diversity, equity, and inclusion guidelines support all of us.

The Faculty Handbook addresses this in detail, from the photos chosen to the language written.

As a piano instructor, this is reflected in the range of music chosen, in the biographies that are highlighted, and in the references that I pull from to make a point.

Music pulls us together. We are connected.

This is a hill I'll stand on all day long.