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Fortune 500 companies are often viewed as workplace trendsetters, but their actions shouldn't dictate the path for smaller organizations. When major retailers like Walmart make headlines for "moving away" from DEI initiatives, it creates a misleading narrative that all companies should follow suit. The reality is that most U.S. organizations operate on a much smaller, more intimate scale. Their DEI work isn't about multi-million dollar programs affecting thousands - it's about practical, everyday actions like making meetings more inclusive, creating safer spaces for dialogue, and examining workplace practices for hidden biases. What's particularly telling about current anti-DEI efforts is that they mirror DEI practices themselves - but redirect these tools to protect the interests of those who already hold systemic advantages. This reveals a fundamental contradiction: if DEI principles are supposedly flawed, why are they being used as weapons against the very communities they were designed to support? The impact of inclusion work happens at the human level, whether in the workplace, or around the dinner table this holiday season. These efforts continue not because they're mandated or headline-worthy, but because they reflect our basic commitment to creating fairer, more equitable spaces for everyone.