Inside Intercom - Putting allyship into action

Hi there,

In his sermons for Strength to Love, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Dr. King published those words in 1963 – and today, as we fight for Black Lives Matter, they continue to ring with power.

Dr. King’s words call on us to stand in solidarity with Black leaders and the Black community as allies. This week on the podcast, our CEO Karen Peacock speaks with two of these leaders in tech, Wikimedia’s COO Janeen Uzzell and Help Scout’s Engineering Coach Anjuan Simmons. They share how we as companies and individuals can turn allyship into anti-racist action.

Among their advice is this, from Anjuan Simmons: “If you decide that you’re going to take a stand and write about it [allyship], I want you to be bold enough to put some goals and some scope around it and I want you to measure it and I want you to hold yourself accountable.”

To action and accountability,

Courtney Chuang

PS. To round out our celebrations for Pride, teammates from around Intercom shared their stories – of coming out, of finding community, of fighting for change. Listen to their voices here.

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