As an ally, you might do much of your work in the background, quietly and often without accolade or recognition. Much like what this group discusses here in one of our Bold Conversations panel discussions: It Starts with You: What Being an Ally at Work Really Looks Like. You can support a marginalized group yet not be an ally when your work stops at words. Do not ask an underrepresented group to do the work for you. Work to understand what you can do in the spirit of allyship with the intent of action.