You shouldn't have to do this but if you're being asked to present at the DEI townhall, you might politely but firmly ask for a different panel makeup to reflec

You shouldn't have to do this but if you're being asked to present at the DEI townhall, you might politely but firmly ask for a different panel makeup to reflect the power the company is putting behind the effort. These initiatives should be driven by the business units, is the VP of product there, the SVP of engineering, the officers of the company, board members even??? This panel can talk about what they're doing to drive the initiative and ideally there are no DEI/People people on stage at all aside from maybe a moderator. If there is no diversity on that stage ... ask them what they're doing about it and if it's a goal for them to drive inclusion at all levels. Also, big monthly meetings are an anti-pattern. Once high level people are participating, you will hopefully see the frequency go down and the quality go up.