One small voice

I'm not sure I will even post this as it feels small and unimportant in the grand scheme of all that is ever "unprecedented" happenings.  A small voice, but nonetheless a voice.  And that is really the heart of it for me.  
My first exposure to the human resources as a profession was filled with enthusiasm, smiles, earnest offers of help and training.  That happiness and it's ever-present, 'I'm here to help' is what drew me to pivot my schooling and career trajectory.  
God, I loved my first HR job and people of that Airport Marriott.  For a small town girl, having her first "big job" in the city, living on my own, I felt like I could move that mountain I grew up on.  That was in very large part due to the way my HR mentors Marcia and Sharon made me feel about the work we doing.  My daily tasks of timeclock corrections, tip allocation posting, employee record updates, filing (god so much damn filing!), may have been mundane but they taught me the vital impact of  our work in every small duty.  That missed timecard punch, left a refugee housekeeper without pay for a day.  A record update undone translated to an uncelebrated work anniversary highlighting 15 years of loyalty to a dedicated employee.  Even all that paper filing had it's purpose in helping me learn hundreds of employee names so I could do my part in greeting, by name, the faces of the front and back of the house alike.  
I have so many great memories of the people there, but the most impactful were the ones in which I was entrusted to advocate for the employee.  On the job of course, in matters of conflict between worker and supervisor and also over time in the world outside the hotel.  When a refugee, newer to the country needed a local resource and wasn't sure where to go, we were who they could to turn to.  When a long term employee was being taken advantage, we were someone in their corner.  Above all, the trust of the employee mattered most. 
It's why with that one small voice I have, I'm saying I've lost trust in the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM).  From the beginning SHRM was the pinnacle of HR advocacy, education and community for me.  I studied so F'ing hard for my HR certification and earned the HR  credential nearly 15 years ago.  I maintained that credential even when SHRM made the controversial and ill-advised decision to issue their own certification and make it more profitable (for them) to migrate to it.  I have maintained membership in SHRM all these years as a way to stay connected to that knowledge and leadership base .  Through the course of my recertification webinars, I have seen a shift in the positioning of the organization. Acutely, the political lobbying for employER rather than employee focused policies has been horrifying to witness.  Now, just this month SHRM has announced they are eliminating the equity initiatives from DEI.  Well, I'm picking up that "E" by declaring myself and EX-member of SHRM and have made the conscious decision to not recertify my SHRM-CP credential.  
For me, I remain committed to extending earnest help, with enthusiasm, and through trustworthy words and behaviors.