How The Interiors Industry Can Transition Diversity and Equity from Words to Actions February 10, 2021 By Amanda Schneider “In the end, it’s not about finding policies that work; it’s about forging consensus, and fighting cynicism, and finding the will to make change.” Former president Barack Obama shared these enlightening words at a 2016 memorial service for the five police officers killed during a Dallas protest for two Black men killed by police. And while we easily could hear an echo of these words in a speech given today, they were spoken four years before George Floyd died in police custody—a time gap that demonstrates how little has changed and how dramatic the need is to shift words into actions that resonate.