What We Do
Don’t Hide It, Flaunt It (DHIFI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the mission of advancing acceptance, understanding, tolerance and mutual respect for a person’s visible or invisible differences. Inspired by the theme, “The things that make me different make me, me,” DHIFI encourages people of all ages to flaunt their own differences and ultimately embrace and celebrate what makes each of us unique.
DHIFI is a leading provider of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and empathy-building programs and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) curriculum for students, universities, community organizations and Fortune 500 companies nationwide.
In addition to its programming, DHIFI brings awareness to the importance of celebrating difference through public events, social media campaigns and partnerships/collaborations with corporate entities and celebrities. DHIFI invites “flaunters” of all ages to share about their personal visible and/or invisible difference(s) through art or essays which are eligible for publication consideration on the Don’t Hide It, Flaunt It website.
Our History
Don’t Hide It, Flaunt It was founded by Meg Zucker, who is the President of DHIFI and the author of Born Extraordinary: Empowering Children with Differences and Disabilities. Meg is a well-established advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion with significant writing and public speaking expertise focusing on those topics. She is also a lawyer with more than twenty-five years of experience in the field of anti-money laundering and financial crime. To learn more about Meg, visit her website www.megzucker.com
Meg was born with Ectrodactyly, a genetic condition resulting in her having shortened forearms, one finger on each hand and one toe on each foot which she passed on to two of her three children. When her oldest son was bullied on the playground in elementary school because of his physical difference, Meg was inspired to start DHIFI to empower kids with visible and invisible differences and teach all kids the importance of empathy and acceptance. DHIFI’s programs help kids to unite not despite, but even because of, their differences and to come to celebrate them together.
DHIFI’s initial flagship program, Kids Flaunt, is a curriculum that has reached hundreds of thousands of teachers and students nationwide and was developed by Meg in collaboration with leading educators and child psychologists. Kids Flaunt includes a social-emotional learning (SEL) lesson plan, reading passage about differences and art and / or writing activities based on DHIFI’s theme, “The things that make me different make me, me.”
Today, DHIFI not only offers its Flaunt It programming and assemblies for youth in and outside the classroom, but also provides offers diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging programming that is customized for people of all ages whether in corporate, community, service or other environments.
Our Partners
