1 00:00:11,610 --> 00:00:14,580 My name is Fariha Naqvi Mohammed. I am a 2 00:00:14,580 --> 00:00:16,800 video journalist with city news Montreal. 3 00:00:17,130 --> 00:00:19,140 I'm an op ed columnist with the Montreal 4 00:00:19,140 --> 00:00:21,810 Gazette and I'm a blogger and the founder 5 00:00:21,810 --> 00:00:25,080 of Canadianmoma.com, which is the number 6 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:28,560 one diversity blog in the country. I am a 7 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:30,690 passionate ambassador for all things of 8 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,710 diversity, as well as a PR specialist and 9 00:00:34,710 --> 00:00:35,700 a social media 10 00:00:35,820 --> 00:00:36,390 maven. 11 00:00:46,050 --> 00:00:48,120 The relationship between my identity and 12 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,930 this anti-racist project is deeply 13 00:00:51,930 --> 00:00:54,360 intertwined. Everything that I have done 14 00:00:54,390 --> 00:00:56,640 and professionally has stemmed out of my 15 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,910 experiences with racism and discrimination 16 00:00:59,910 --> 00:01:02,190 growing up. They fortunately and 17 00:01:02,190 --> 00:01:04,380 unfortunately, be well, fortunately for it, 18 00:01:04,380 --> 00:01:06,990 but the reality is that the unfortunate 19 00:01:07,290 --> 00:01:10,350 instances of physical, verbal emotional 20 00:01:10,350 --> 00:01:13,830 bullying I endured growing up, impacted me 21 00:01:13,830 --> 00:01:18,120 severely. In hindsight, contributed to 22 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,100 shaped me into the woman that I am today. 23 00:01:20,490 --> 00:01:23,010 But I have not forgotten that. So, I 24 00:01:23,010 --> 00:01:25,770 work actively to combat racism and 25 00:01:25,770 --> 00:01:28,290 discrimination in every form possible. 26 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:30,540 Whether it's through my storytelling in my 27 00:01:30,540 --> 00:01:32,490 news reports for City News Montreal. 28 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,040 Whether it's weighing in on topics in my 29 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,170 call op ed columns at the Montreal 30 00:01:37,170 --> 00:01:38,730 Gazette, or whether it's taken to social 31 00:01:38,730 --> 00:01:41,310 media on my platforms with my highly 32 00:01:41,310 --> 00:01:43,650 engaged following and challenging 33 00:01:43,650 --> 00:01:46,380 concepts and understandings of what it 34 00:01:46,380 --> 00:01:48,450 means to be racist or discriminate against 35 00:01:48,450 --> 00:01:54,510 others. I think it's very important to 36 00:01:54,510 --> 00:01:56,580 combat racism and discrimination, is to 37 00:01:56,580 --> 00:01:58,590 understand the importance of speaking up 38 00:01:58,590 --> 00:02:01,470 and using our voice. So often, we wait for 39 00:02:01,470 --> 00:02:04,140 others to speak up for us. So often we 40 00:02:04,140 --> 00:02:06,480 wait for somebody else to be the change 41 00:02:06,690 --> 00:02:09,720 that's needed. We have seen now with 42 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,850 COVID-19. Everybody kind of in their 43 00:02:11,850 --> 00:02:15,060 homes and kind of social distancing and 44 00:02:15,060 --> 00:02:17,730 self isolating and just being confined 45 00:02:17,730 --> 00:02:20,640 to their, you know, one location 46 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:22,260 and not being able to meet in person and 47 00:02:22,260 --> 00:02:24,870 advocate in person. We've seen this 48 00:02:24,900 --> 00:02:28,590 emergence of taking to social media, 49 00:02:28,590 --> 00:02:31,290 taking to digital platforms, like zoom, 50 00:02:31,530 --> 00:02:35,460 like Instagram lives. To create that, to 51 00:02:35,460 --> 00:02:38,640 amplify those voices and to reach into 52 00:02:38,910 --> 00:02:40,710 connecting with other communities and 53 00:02:40,710 --> 00:02:42,990 creating allies. I think it is 54 00:02:42,990 --> 00:02:45,630 important now more than ever before, to do 55 00:02:45,630 --> 00:02:48,420 that, and not allow current circumstances 56 00:02:48,420 --> 00:02:52,950 to dictate otherwise. I'm going to take 57 00:02:52,950 --> 00:02:54,990 you back to when I was seven years old. 58 00:02:55,590 --> 00:02:59,370 I was seven years old; I was reading the 59 00:02:59,370 --> 00:03:01,500 Montreal Gazette I was sitting at our 60 00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:04,230 dining table.I took the newspaper and 61 00:03:04,230 --> 00:03:06,780 I ran upstairs to my parents’ bedroom And 62 00:03:06,780 --> 00:03:08,610 I said to my parents that one day I want to 63 00:03:08,610 --> 00:03:11,550 write for this. My mom, may she rest in 64 00:03:11,550 --> 00:03:14,790 peace, said to me: "No, honey, one day, you 65 00:03:14,790 --> 00:03:18,270 want to own this." That, those words 66 00:03:18,270 --> 00:03:21,390 have never left my side. My mom is no 67 00:03:21,390 --> 00:03:22,950 longer with me but her words still 68 00:03:22,950 --> 00:03:25,530 resonate to this day. I worked really 69 00:03:25,530 --> 00:03:27,300 hard. I knew I wanted to be a journalist 70 00:03:27,300 --> 00:03:30,720 and I took the classes, I honed my skill, I 71 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,480 inhaled books at every opportunity I got. 72 00:03:33,810 --> 00:03:35,970 I love to read, I love to learn, I love to 73 00:03:35,970 --> 00:03:39,540 storytelling. Now, I started CEGEP. 74 00:03:39,660 --> 00:03:41,850 After the first semester we went home for 75 00:03:41,850 --> 00:03:46,740 the holidays and I made the decision to 76 00:03:46,740 --> 00:03:49,470 wear the hijab. I was the first woman 77 00:03:49,470 --> 00:03:52,080 in my family to wear the hijab. In fact, I 78 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,120 had to actually fight against my family. 79 00:03:54,510 --> 00:03:56,430 Who was more secular at the time. I 80 00:03:56,430 --> 00:03:58,680 had to make that decision to wear the 81 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,820 hijab. Those around me, so I'm talking 82 00:04:02,820 --> 00:04:05,610 about the in my immediate circle. I had a 83 00:04:05,610 --> 00:04:07,470 lot of naysayers. I had a lot of people 84 00:04:07,530 --> 00:04:09,720 not happy with my decision to wear the 85 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:10,290 hijab. 86 00:04:11,580 --> 00:04:13,980 So, one thing I heard a lot of was: "well, 87 00:04:13,980 --> 00:04:15,690 you say you've always wanted to be a 88 00:04:15,690 --> 00:04:18,690 Journalist but there's nobody who looks 89 00:04:18,690 --> 00:04:21,330 like you on television. So obviously, if 90 00:04:21,330 --> 00:04:22,800 you are choosing to wear the hijab, 91 00:04:22,830 --> 00:04:23,940 you are going to kiss those dreams, 92 00:04:23,940 --> 00:04:28,380 goodbye." It was a humbling moment and 93 00:04:28,380 --> 00:04:31,230 I remember very, very clearly. I 94 00:04:31,230 --> 00:04:32,730 looked at those around me who said that 95 00:04:32,730 --> 00:04:35,490 and I said: that's okay Because this is 96 00:04:35,490 --> 00:04:37,350 something I believe in and this is 97 00:04:37,350 --> 00:04:41,070 something I want to do for myself. So 98 00:04:41,070 --> 00:04:44,580 be it. So fast forward a few years. I got 99 00:04:44,580 --> 00:04:46,890 married, I moved to Toronto, I had my kids 100 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,170 and all the while I was actually 101 00:04:49,170 --> 00:04:50,880 freelancing for a local newspaper in 102 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,580 Toronto. Nothing big but was just 103 00:04:53,580 --> 00:04:55,380 something enough to keep me writing 104 00:04:55,380 --> 00:04:59,970 regularly. I moved back to Montreal 105 00:05:00,990 --> 00:05:04,740 and I had this urge, I knew that I wanted 106 00:05:04,740 --> 00:05:06,990 to continue writing. I knew that I was not 107 00:05:06,990 --> 00:05:08,850 ready to abandon my dream because it was 108 00:05:08,850 --> 00:05:11,310 such an integral part of who I was as 109 00:05:11,310 --> 00:05:14,220 an individual. So, what I did is I actually 110 00:05:14,220 --> 00:05:18,210 launched a blog; Canadianmoma.com. I 111 00:05:18,210 --> 00:05:20,760 launched it in part, truth be told. 112 00:05:21,090 --> 00:05:23,550 Because I wasn't sure that somebody who 113 00:05:23,550 --> 00:05:26,130 looked like me, meaning a woman who wears 114 00:05:26,130 --> 00:05:29,100 a hijab could ever be on television, or 115 00:05:29,100 --> 00:05:31,470 could ever work in mainstream media. So, I 116 00:05:31,470 --> 00:05:33,600 launched my blog and at the time it was 117 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,840 a sea of white. There was no diversity in 118 00:05:36,870 --> 00:05:39,300 the blogosphere and I stood out like a 119 00:05:39,300 --> 00:05:44,610 sore thumb. So, I launched my blog. The 120 00:05:44,700 --> 00:05:46,800 number one thing I learned very quickly 121 00:05:46,860 --> 00:05:48,390 was, you don't write about religion and 122 00:05:48,390 --> 00:05:50,220 you don't write about politics. That's two 123 00:05:50,220 --> 00:05:54,540 things you just do not do. Huge taboos. And 124 00:05:54,540 --> 00:05:56,070 then that brought me to September 125 00:05:56,070 --> 00:06:01,680 10th 2013, 2012, or 2013. It was when they 126 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,620 announced the proposed charter of values 127 00:06:05,070 --> 00:06:08,070 with then Quebec Premier, Pauline 128 00:06:08,070 --> 00:06:11,760 Marois. It’s something that hit me 129 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:15,600 to my core. That as a fiercely proud Quebec 130 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,440 born Canadian Muslim woman. It was being 131 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:21,360 questioned, my identity was being 132 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:25,770 questioned. I heard a radio report 133 00:06:26,370 --> 00:06:29,370 that referred to Muslims in Quebec as "us 134 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:33,450 versus them." I was driving and my 135 00:06:33,450 --> 00:06:35,610 knuckles were white from gripping onto the 136 00:06:35,610 --> 00:06:37,830 steering wheel. I was so upset, I 137 00:06:37,830 --> 00:06:40,140 came home that night. I poured my 138 00:06:40,140 --> 00:06:43,410 heart into a blog post. I wrote a blog 139 00:06:43,410 --> 00:06:45,510 post an open letter to Pauline Marois 140 00:06:46,830 --> 00:06:49,650 and I hit send. I published it and I went 141 00:06:49,650 --> 00:06:52,350 to bed. When I woke up the next 142 00:06:52,350 --> 00:06:55,080 morning, 50,000 people had read my blog 143 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:59,610 post. At the time, that was a huge deal. I 144 00:06:59,610 --> 00:07:01,410 had never seen numbers like that before. 145 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,640 So, it began, I started getting calls 146 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:10,560 for radio, print, and television. So, the 147 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,540 first call for television that I ever got 148 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,700 was from breakfast television Montreal. 149 00:07:15,390 --> 00:07:20,190 It was their second week, and I was asked 150 00:07:20,190 --> 00:07:21,870 to be on the show. And at that point, I 151 00:07:21,870 --> 00:07:23,940 was the first woman to ever even be on 152 00:07:23,940 --> 00:07:25,710 television as a guest too much less to 153 00:07:25,710 --> 00:07:28,860 work in the industry. I went on, and I 154 00:07:28,860 --> 00:07:31,800 spoke passionately and I articulated 155 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,110 myself. When the camera shut off. 156 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:36,090 The then host 157 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:42,270 turned to me and said: "You’re good." I said, 158 00:07:42,270 --> 00:07:45,150 thank you. She said, like, You're 159 00:07:45,150 --> 00:07:46,560 really good. Like, we need to have you 160 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,740 back on. I said, thank you, I would be 161 00:07:49,740 --> 00:07:53,820 happy to. I went home. So, I did 162 00:07:54,090 --> 00:07:57,630 local, national, international interviews 163 00:07:57,630 --> 00:08:00,450 based on that one blog post. I spoke on Al 164 00:08:00,450 --> 00:08:03,120 Jazeera international to an audience of 34 165 00:08:03,150 --> 00:08:06,090 million people around the world. I debated 166 00:08:06,090 --> 00:08:09,510 with scholars and professors and advocates 167 00:08:09,510 --> 00:08:13,590 and everyone in between, on television. 168 00:08:15,060 --> 00:08:19,230 Over the next five years, I 169 00:08:19,230 --> 00:08:21,930 continued to weigh in on topics of 170 00:08:21,930 --> 00:08:25,200 diversity, and of race, and of religion. 171 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:27,630 All the taboos I was told to never weigh 172 00:08:27,630 --> 00:08:30,420 in on. What happened, I learned very 173 00:08:30,420 --> 00:08:33,090 quickly is it started to resonate with a 174 00:08:33,090 --> 00:08:35,130 lot of people. So, people started asking 175 00:08:35,130 --> 00:08:37,200 me and this is not these are not Muslim 176 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:38,520 people. These aren't people who wear the 177 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:40,650 hijab, or who look just like me. These are 178 00:08:40,650 --> 00:08:43,170 people who are just not white, for lack of 179 00:08:43,170 --> 00:08:46,890 better word. Who are just thanking me for 180 00:08:46,890 --> 00:08:48,720 using my voice and thanking me for 181 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,450 speaking up, and thanking me for advocating 182 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,720 for rights and issues that matter to them. 183 00:08:55,890 --> 00:08:57,870 So, I continued on. I carried on with 184 00:08:57,870 --> 00:09:00,810 my blog, with my interviews on breakfast 185 00:09:00,810 --> 00:09:02,880 television Montreal. I was invited on 186 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:06,060 periodically. Anytime there was an issue to 187 00:09:06,060 --> 00:09:09,150 do with race, or discrimination, or 188 00:09:09,150 --> 00:09:11,640 Muslims I was invited on. And every time 189 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,110 they would say: thank you so much for 190 00:09:13,110 --> 00:09:15,690 coming, you're amazing. Then one day I 191 00:09:15,690 --> 00:09:19,380 said: I love being here, I’m so happy to 192 00:09:19,380 --> 00:09:20,850 be here, but I'm going to let you in on a 193 00:09:20,850 --> 00:09:23,760 little secret. There's more to me than my 194 00:09:23,820 --> 00:09:27,180 hijab. Meaning, you can have me on the show 195 00:09:27,180 --> 00:09:29,040 anytime and it doesn't actually have to 196 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,950 be about a Muslim issue. They were 197 00:09:31,950 --> 00:09:33,450 taken aback a little bit and they said, 198 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:37,530 Oh, yeah, of course. Absolutely. So, I 199 00:09:37,530 --> 00:09:43,920 went home. In 2017 so, this is a few weeks 200 00:09:44,070 --> 00:09:48,210 after the Quebec City mosque shooting that 201 00:09:48,210 --> 00:09:50,430 gripped our entire nation. That just shook 202 00:09:50,430 --> 00:09:53,580 us all. I immediately started 203 00:09:53,580 --> 00:09:56,850 blogging about it and my response to it. I 204 00:09:56,850 --> 00:09:58,560 got a call from the Montreal Gazette. 205 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,460 Saying that they've been following my blog 206 00:10:02,700 --> 00:10:06,300 and asking me if I would like to have my 207 00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:09,480 own column in the Montreal Gazette. So, 208 00:10:09,660 --> 00:10:12,810 that was one childhood dream realized. 209 00:10:12,810 --> 00:10:14,850 Of course, I said, yes, yes, please. I 210 00:10:14,850 --> 00:10:17,340 would absolutely love that.So, I 211 00:10:17,340 --> 00:10:18,780 started with my column at the Montreal 212 00:10:18,780 --> 00:10:23,130 Gazette. Fast forward to 2018, I got 213 00:10:23,130 --> 00:10:26,160 another phone call. This time from one of 214 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:27,660 the producers of breakfast television 215 00:10:27,660 --> 00:10:30,330 Montreal. Saying that they're actually 216 00:10:30,330 --> 00:10:34,380 launching a new show, City News Montreal, 217 00:10:34,980 --> 00:10:37,320 in September of 2018. They're looking 218 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:40,020 for a video journalist, and might I be 219 00:10:40,020 --> 00:10:45,540 interested in it? At that moment, I 220 00:10:45,540 --> 00:10:49,290 just felt so many stars aligned. My 221 00:10:49,290 --> 00:10:51,690 childhood dream of being on television one 222 00:10:51,690 --> 00:10:54,900 day came true. I said, yes, please. 223 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:59,730 So, we created the segment Diverse City. 224 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,070 Which is the only segment of its kind in 225 00:11:02,070 --> 00:11:07,200 Canada and North America on a mainstream 226 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:11,280 network to feature diversity. In 227 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:15,270 doing so, I became the first woman in 228 00:11:15,270 --> 00:11:17,280 Quebec history to wear the hijab on 229 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:21,540 television. So, what happened there was, I 230 00:11:21,540 --> 00:11:23,130 was invited back on breakfast television 231 00:11:23,130 --> 00:11:26,400 Montreal to introduce me as part of the 232 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,550 New City news team. When I was 233 00:11:29,550 --> 00:11:35,130 was about to go on camera. The then host, 234 00:11:35,130 --> 00:11:37,620 Derek Page, who's a lovely human 235 00:11:37,620 --> 00:11:40,920 being and a friend of mine. Turned to me 236 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:45,720 and said, "ready to make history?" The 237 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,240 goosebumps that followed, It was just the 238 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,340 perfect thing to say at that moment. 239 00:11:50,340 --> 00:11:53,160 So, I made history as the first woman in 240 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:57,780 Quebec to wear a hijab on television and 241 00:11:57,780 --> 00:12:03,120 the second in Canada. One thing that I've 242 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:07,050 learned and I know as clear as day is 243 00:12:07,050 --> 00:12:10,950 that representation matters. Diversity 244 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,710 matters. We are not going to stay quiet 245 00:12:13,710 --> 00:12:16,890 about it anymore. We don't need to have 246 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:20,190 other people telling our stories. We need 247 00:12:20,190 --> 00:12:23,010 to reclaim the mic and tell our own 248 00:12:23,010 --> 00:12:25,680 stories. That is exactly what I've done. 249 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:29,220 But more than that, as I go into cultural 250 00:12:29,220 --> 00:12:32,160 communities every week. Whether it's 251 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,020 cultural diversity, whether it's sexual 252 00:12:34,020 --> 00:12:36,450 diversity, whether it's any other form of 253 00:12:36,450 --> 00:12:37,200 diversity. 254 00:12:37,590 --> 00:12:40,290 I pass the mic to the members of 255 00:12:40,290 --> 00:12:42,540 these communities and I think that is 256 00:12:43,260 --> 00:12:45,480 something very simple and straightforward. 257 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,420 That we can ask, anyone watching this to 258 00:12:48,420 --> 00:12:53,670 do is to pass the proverbial mic. So, some 259 00:12:53,670 --> 00:12:54,990 people might, you know, people might be 260 00:12:54,990 --> 00:12:56,580 watching be like: Okay, great, it's easy 261 00:12:56,580 --> 00:12:58,140 for you to do you're on television. You 262 00:12:58,140 --> 00:13:00,960 literally pass the person the mic. But 263 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,500 what I mean by that is if you have 264 00:13:04,500 --> 00:13:06,120 a following on social media; no matter how 265 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:12,900 big it is. Feature individuals from Black, 266 00:13:12,900 --> 00:13:15,900 Indigenous, people of color, various 267 00:13:15,900 --> 00:13:19,140 communities; pass them the mic. Let them 268 00:13:19,140 --> 00:13:21,330 do take overs of your social media. 269 00:13:21,570 --> 00:13:23,550 Feature their voices, amplify their 270 00:13:23,550 --> 00:13:25,920 voices, amplify the content that they 271 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:30,660 produce. So, one thing that being a digital 272 00:13:30,660 --> 00:13:32,820 marketer and working in PR as well as 273 00:13:32,820 --> 00:13:36,120 Journalism. One thing I'm acutely aware of 274 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,520 is a lack of representation in marketing. 275 00:13:39,090 --> 00:13:40,380 So, that's, I mean, I could talk to you 276 00:13:40,380 --> 00:13:41,970 about that whole other day. But the lack 277 00:13:41,970 --> 00:13:43,320 of representation in marketing is 278 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,840 actually really pervasive. Because 279 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:50,160 what happens is, when people of color when 280 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,950 Black and Indigenous people are left out 281 00:13:52,950 --> 00:13:55,320 of the conversation are not represented 282 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,980 when it comes to marketing. It gives 283 00:13:59,010 --> 00:14:01,200 the meta message that we do our voices 284 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,110 don't matter, that we don't matter. So, 285 00:14:04,110 --> 00:14:08,460 what happens is people will sooner 286 00:14:08,460 --> 00:14:11,160 spend their hard-earned money with a brand 287 00:14:11,190 --> 00:14:14,640 that is inclusive. When I say people, I 288 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,860 mean, people who care about diversity. 289 00:14:16,860 --> 00:14:18,240 People who are passionate about 290 00:14:18,450 --> 00:14:20,790 inclusivity will spend their money with 291 00:14:20,790 --> 00:14:23,100 brands and organizations that show 292 00:14:23,100 --> 00:14:26,430 representation and diversity. That is 293 00:14:26,430 --> 00:14:28,320 something really important. So, if you come 294 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,830 across an ad, for example, that shows 295 00:14:32,310 --> 00:14:35,760 diverse representation. Something 296 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,200 simple you can do is way in, you can 297 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,960 comment and say I love this diversity. You 298 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,140 can share it you can spend your money, put 299 00:14:43,140 --> 00:14:45,570 your money where your mouth is. Go and 300 00:14:45,570 --> 00:14:48,660 support those businesses. Because now more 301 00:14:48,660 --> 00:14:51,060 than ever before, we need to stand up and 302 00:14:51,060 --> 00:14:53,610 stand united and say that diversity 303 00:14:53,610 --> 00:14:57,150 matters. We are proud and unapologetically 304 00:14:57,150 --> 00:15:01,080 here. We will stand in our truth and let 305 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:02,550 our actions and our words speak for 306 00:15:02,550 --> 00:15:03,300 themselves.