DEIA Isn’t Dead. I’m Just Done Begging.

Let me tell you something I didn’t expect to say out loud: This job search has blessed me. Not because it’s been smooth (spoiler: it hasn’t). Not because rejection feels good (it doesn’t).

And definitely not because the landscape is cute right now (it’s giving “we eliminated the role but still need someone to do the work” energy).

But somewhere in the stillness—in the pause between interviews, in the moments where I had to ask God, “What now?”—I found something I didn’t know I needed: clarity.

Because here’s the truth: I’ve watched DEIA roles get cut like clearance candles at the end of Black History Month.

We’ve seen it.

👉🏽 Target quietly scale back public-facing equity efforts.

👉🏽 Universities “restructure” DEI centers out of existence.

👉🏽 Government agencies rebrand roles, neutralize language, and pretend it’s about alignment when it’s really about avoidance.

DEIA didn’t get phased out. It got ghosted.

And yet—I’m still here. And I’m not going anywhere.

Because DEIA is not dead. It’s just inconvenient for people who never meant it.

What they see as a liability, I still see as leadership.

What they call “polarizing,” I call principled.

This work lives on because it was never just a department. It was a devotion. A posture. A promise to make the workplace more human—for everyone. I’ve been in rooms where I was too strategic for the culture folks and too “culture” for the strategy folks. I’ve had to water myself down just to keep the peace. And I’ve watched systems co-opt language they didn’t live by.

But this job search?

It reminded me that my calling is not up for performance review.

I’m not just looking for a job. I’m looking for work that’s worthy of my story, my strategy, and my Spirit. The deeper truth is: I’m not bitter. I’m better. I’m not shrinking. I’m sharpening.

God used this search season to re-center me. To strip away the fear of disappointing systems that were never built with me in mind. To remind me that peace doesn’t come from job titles—it comes from alignment.

So if you’re in this same space—navigating shifts, loss, transitions, or confusion—I want to say this to you plainly: You are not behind. You are being repositioned. You are not a trend. You are a testimony.

DEIA is not gone. It just refuses to beg for rooms that don’t want transformation. I’m still leading. Still building. Still believing. Whether it’s through strategy, storytelling, accessibility, or culture—I’m doing it from a place of wholeness now.

Let the world backpedal. We’re building forward.

And just for the record: DEIA lives. In the people. In the purpose. In every brave decision to tell the truth anyway. Including mine.

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I write like this regularly—faith-filled, purpose-driven, and always a little spicy. You’re not alone. You’re not crazy. And you’re definitely not too much.

You’re just becoming more—on purpose.