“As a Black queer woman, I understand the importance of elevating the voices of the unheard, especially in spaces where they may feel overlooked.”

“Not only do we want people to understand us, we want them to understand us so they can empower us, so they aren’t just using us as a marketing ploy or just another target audience. We’re people, at the end of the day, and people deserve to be understood.”

“Gen Z’s outlook on in-person work is different than other generations. ‘Gen Zers look at coming into the office and in-office interactions completely different than previous generations,’ Ervin told the Daily Dot. ‘They’re not looking at it as, ‘Oh, I need to come in here to work.’ It’s like, ‘Oh, I need to know who’s going to be in the office that day because I want to connect with them.’”